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- The installer speaks without "you": the first screen asks "Where to install?", rows read "Copy the BIOS files from an old card or a folder", a close match reads "Close matches: ...". The handheld launchers and their port text follow, and the pronoun guard no longer lists any installer message. - A setup that runs as an app opens on its one-line command, the folder table after it; a setup that runs on its own device keeps the network folder first, which its ZIP route needs. - The home steps say what to do: "Its page gives one line to copy", "Paste it, press Enter".
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---
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level: start
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order: 30
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---
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# First install, step by step
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From an empty BIOS folder to a checked one.
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**Needed:** internet and some free space.
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## 1. Open a terminal and paste
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A **terminal** is a window for typing commands. Paste the matching
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line, then press Enter.
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<Tabs syncKey="os">
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<TabItem label="Windows">
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Open the Start menu. Type **PowerShell** and open it.
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```powershell title="PowerShell"
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irm https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i.ps1 | iex
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```
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem label="macOS">
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Open **Terminal**, in Applications, then Utilities.
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```sh title="Terminal"
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh
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```
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem label="Linux">
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Open a terminal.
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```sh title="Terminal"
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh
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```
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem label="Steam Deck">
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Switch to Desktop Mode and open **Konsole**.
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```sh title="Terminal"
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh
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```
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</TabItem>
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<TabItem label="Android (Termux)">
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Install **Termux**, a terminal app, and run this line. It installs Python
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and asks Android for storage access: allow both.
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```sh title="Terminal"
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh
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```
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</TabItem>
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</Tabs>
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On Batocera, Recalbox and similar setups, see
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[Get the files](../which-pack.md).
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## 2. Check the setup it found
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It opens a menu:
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```
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RetroBIOS: Where to install?
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Found on this machine:
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> <your setup>
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Another setup or folder
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BIOS folder: <its folder>
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```
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- **Right folder?** Press Enter.
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- **Wrong folder, or a handheld's SD card?** Choose
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**Another setup or folder**. Press / and type the device (Miyoo Mini),
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or browse.
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Arrows move, Enter chooses, Esc goes back (A and B on a handheld). On a
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touch screen, tap a row twice to open it, once to tick a box.
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## 3. Install
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Press Enter on **Install**. **Choose systems** picks the consoles to
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keep.
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**Game data** (only a game reads it) has its own row.
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**Old card?** In a card reader, choose **Copy the BIOS files from an old
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card or a folder**, then the card.
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## 4. Wait
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Esc or Ctrl+C stops, B on a handheld. Run again to resume.
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## 5. Read the result
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- **Done**: every file on the list is in place.
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- **Finished with errors**: run it again. It retries only those.
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- **Finished with files missing**: run it again online.
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- **Nothing installed**: the screen says why. See [If it stops](#if-it-stops).
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Screen readers: add `--plain`.
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## What the command does
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<!-- image: install-flow -->
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## Check it later
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Add `--check` to the same command. It changes nothing.
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<!-- os-tabs -->
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```sh
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --check
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```
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Result:
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```
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Every file on the list is in place.
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```
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Missing required files are named below it.
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## Undo
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Replaced files go to `retrobios-backup`, and `--restore` puts them back.
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## If it stops
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### Nothing was found here.
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Choose the setup, then its folder. Where the screen offers
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**Another setup or folder**, choose it first.
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### Error: Python 3.8 or newer is required.
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Run the command the message shows, then the installer again.
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RetroPie 4.8 has Python 3.7.3, and its update finds nothing newer. Run it on
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a computer, with RetroPie's `bios` share open, `\\RETROPIE\bios` from Windows:
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<!-- RetroPie-Setup scriptmodules/supplementary/samba.sh:49-52 (46128cd2) shares
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$home/RetroPie/BIOS as "bios", and RetroPie docs/Transferring-Roms.md:29 names
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\\RETROPIE. -->
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<!-- os-tabs windows: --platform retropie --dest \\RETROPIE\bios\ -->
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```sh
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curl -fsSL https://abdess.github.io/retrobios/i | sh -s -- --platform retropie --dest <the bios share>
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```
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### Error: the downloaded installer does not match its expected fingerprint.
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Nothing ran, because something changed the file. Try another network.
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### Cannot create ...
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That folder cannot be written. Do what the message says.
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### The card is full
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Nothing was written. Free some space there.
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### The game still does not start
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See [When a game does not start](troubleshooting.md).
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## Next steps
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- [Get the files](../which-pack.md)
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- [When a game does not start](troubleshooting.md)
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- Details: [Reading the installer's output, line by line](installer.md#reading-a-run)
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