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# RetroArch Web Player for YunoHost
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[](https://dash.yunohost.org/appci/app/retroarch)
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[](https://install-app.yunohost.org/?app=retroarch)
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*[Lire ce readme en français.](./README_fr.md)*
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> *This package allow you to install RetroArch quickly and simply on a YunoHost server.
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If you don't have YunoHost, please see [here ](https://yunohost.org/#/install ) to know how to install and enjoy it.*
## Overview
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RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.
It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.
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The RetroArch Web Player is RetroArch compiled through [Emscripten ](http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/ ).
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**Shipped version:** 1.9.6
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## Screenshots
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## Demo
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* [Official demo ](https://web.libretro.com/ )
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## Documentation
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* [Official Website ](https://www.retroarch.com/ )
* [Official web player documentation ](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/tree/master/pkg/emscripten ) (not much to see here...)
* [Official documentation ](https://docs.libretro.com/ )
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## YunoHost specific features
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### Use Shared ROMs library
Although you can upload a ROM at runtime, retroarch may have access to the ROMs you already have on your server:
* Games are located in `/opt/yunohost/retroarch/assets/cores` . A symbolic link is created to this folder in `/home/yunohost.multimedia/share/Games` , so that you can place your games from here
* cores have to be indexed to work : script `/opt/yunohost/retroarch/indexer.sh` run every 5 minutes to index all games in `opt/yunohost/retroarch/assets/cores`
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#### Supported architectures
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* x86-64b - [](https://ci-apps.yunohost.org/ci/apps/retroarch/)
* ARMv8-A - [](https://ci-apps-arm.yunohost.org/ci/apps/retroarch/)
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## Limitations
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* cannot save game, in fact, cannot write at all... so configuration is lost each time you start again
* no user management
* some core are listed but not implemented : they do not work, the issue is from the upstream app.
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## Links
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* Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/issues
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* App website: [Official Website ](https://www.retroarch.com/ )
* Upstream app repository: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/tree/master/pkg/emscripten
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* YunoHost website: https://yunohost.org/
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Developers info
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**Only if you want to use a testing branch for coding, instead of merging directly into master.**
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Please do your pull request to the [testing branch ](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing ).
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To try the testing branch, please proceed like that.
```
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sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing --debug
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or
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sudo yunohost app upgrade retroarch -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/retroarch_ynh/tree/testing --debug
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```
