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Downloads:

66,528

Downloads of v 1.7.8.20190918:

758

Last Update:

19 Sep 2019

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • libretro developers

Tags:

retroarch games gaming emulation emulators

RetroArch

This is not the latest version of RetroArch available.

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1.7.8.20190918 | Updated: 19 Sep 2019

Downloads:

66,528

Downloads of v 1.7.8.20190918:

758

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • libretro developers

RetroArch 1.7.8.20190918

This is not the latest version of RetroArch available.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install RetroArch, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade RetroArch, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall RetroArch, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade retroarch -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.8.20190918'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade retroarch -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" --version="'1.7.8.20190918'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install retroarch
  win_chocolatey:
    name: retroarch
    version: '1.7.8.20190918'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'retroarch' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '1.7.8.20190918'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller retroarch
{
    Name     = "retroarch"
    Version  = "1.7.8.20190918"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'retroarch':
  ensure   => '1.7.8.20190918',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

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Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 19 Sep 2019.

Description

RetroArch is a frontend for libretro, an open API which exposes the functionality of a game, emulator or certain kinds of multimedia applications. libretro started as libsnes with the SNES emulator bSNES, but libretro has since become a far broader API. RetroArch builds around the libretro API to provide a powerful interface for libretro cores.

Package Parameters

The following package parameters can be set:

  • /InstallDir:{path} - Installation directory, defaults to {tools-location}\retroarch (typically C:\tools\retroarch)
  • /InstallationPath:{path} - Alias for /InstallDir
  • /DesktopShortcut - Add shortcut for RetroArch to the desktop.

Notes

If a custom installation directory is used for RetroArch, shims will still be created for retroarch.exe and retroarch_debug.exe on the path so that RetroArch can be started from the command line as with prior versions of this package.

Since v1.7.7 was released, the libretro/RetroArch developers have been uploading new builds without always updating the version. If you get checksum errors while installing RetroArch, this has probably happened again. Just let us know via the Contact Maintainers link and a new package should be up on Chocolatey shortly after.


tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$packageName   = 'retroarch'
$url           = 'https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.7.8/windows/x86/RetroArch.7z'
$url64         = 'https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.7.8/windows/x86_64/RetroArch.7z'
$checksum      = 'd03e14d80016008b12638af2b2e9c1b1640d836e357c3e7c888f576fb67567f0'
$checksum64    = '1f17ad6091fab7a67c68c28488560a3d05ee65a754ea138b8c35cc20b7a98b4d'
$checksumType  = 'sha256'
$checksumType64= 'sha256'


# Get the package parameters and then back them up for the uninstaller
# This works around choco#1479 https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1479
$pp = Get-PackageParameters
$toolsPath = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$paramsFile = Join-Path (Split-Path -Parent $toolsPath) 'PackageParameters.xml'
Write-Debug "Writing package parameters to $paramsFile"
Export-Clixml -Path $paramsFile -InputObject $pp

$installDir = Join-Path $(Get-ToolsLocation) $packageName
if ($pp.InstallDir -or $pp.InstallationPath ) { $installDir = $pp.InstallDir + $pp.InstallationPath }
Write-Host "RetroArch is going to be installed in '$installDir'"

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage "$packageName" `
  -Url "$url" -Checksum "$checksum" -ChecksumType $checksumType `
  -Url64 "$url64" -Checksum64 "$checksum64" -ChecksumType64 $checksumType64 `
  -UnzipLocation "$installDir"

if ($installDir -eq $toolsPath) {
  New-Item "$installDir\retroarch.exe.gui" -Type file -Force | Out-Null
  New-Item "$installDir\retroarch_debug.exe.gui" -Type file -Force | Out-Null
} else {
  Install-BinFile retroarch -path "$installDir\retroarch.exe" -UseStart
  Install-BinFile retroarch_debug -path "$installDir\retroarch_debug.exe" -UseStart
}

if ($pp.DesktopShortcut) {
  $desktop = [System.Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
  Install-ChocolateyShortcut -ShortcutFilePath "$desktop\RetroArch.lnk" `
    -TargetPath "$installDir\retroarch.exe" -WorkingDirectory "$installDir" `
    -WindowStyle 3
}
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$packageName   = 'retroarch'
$zip32         = 'RetroArch.7z'
$zip64         = 'RetroArch.7z'

if (Get-ProcessorBits -eq 64) { $zip = $zip64 } else { $zip = $zip32 }
Uninstall-ChocolateyZipPackage "$packageName" "$zip"

# Get package parameters
$pp = Get-PackageParameters
if ($null -eq $pp -or $pp.Count -eq 0) {
  # Work around for choco#1479 https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1479
  $toolsPath = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
  $paramsFile = Join-Path (Split-Path -Parent $toolsPath) 'PackageParameters.xml'
  if (Test-Path -Path $paramsFile) {
    Write-Debug "Loading package parameters from $paramsFile"
    $pp = Import-Clixml -Path $paramsFile
  } else {
    Write-Debug "No package parameters available; shims and desktop shortcut won't be removed if they were created"
    $pp = @{}
  }
}

$installDir = Join-Path $(Get-ToolsLocation) $packageName
if ($pp.InstallDir -or $pp.InstallationPath ) { $installDir = $pp.InstallDir + $pp.InstallationPath }

if ($installDir -ne $toolsPath) {
  Uninstall-BinFile retroarch -path "$installDir\retroarch.exe"
  Uninstall-BinFile retroarch_debug -path "$installDir\retroarch_debug.exe"
}

if ($pp.DesktopShortcut) {
  $desktop = [System.Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
  Remove-Item "$desktop\RetroArch.lnk" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force | Out-Null
}

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Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
RetroArch 1.14.0 1858 Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.13.0 1007 Sunday, November 20, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.12.0 1117 Tuesday, October 18, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.11.1 771 Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.11.0 462 Saturday, October 1, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.10.2.20220410 2381 Monday, April 11, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.10.2 1548 Sunday, March 27, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.10.0 1539 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.14 1560 Monday, December 6, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.13.20211113 1038 Sunday, November 14, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.13.20211109 628 Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.13 313 Monday, November 8, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.12 865 Monday, October 25, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.11 768 Wednesday, October 13, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.10 831 Monday, September 27, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.9 952 Friday, September 10, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.7 871 Monday, August 23, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.6 1042 Monday, July 26, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.5.20210619 1206 Saturday, June 19, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.5 821 Monday, June 14, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.4.20210611 403 Friday, June 11, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.3 1055 Monday, May 17, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.1 1465 Tuesday, March 30, 2021 Approved
RetroArch 1.9.0 3141 Friday, August 21, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.9 1213 Thursday, July 2, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.8 835 Monday, June 8, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.7 762 Friday, May 22, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.6 755 Friday, May 8, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.5 943 Sunday, April 5, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.4 1159 Saturday, January 25, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.2 608 Friday, January 3, 2020 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.1 769 Thursday, November 28, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.8.0 683 Sunday, October 27, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.8.20190918 758 Thursday, September 19, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.8 432 Thursday, September 12, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.7.20190522 1126 Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.7.20190510 815 Friday, May 10, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.7 370 Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.6 639 Friday, March 22, 2019 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.5.20181214 726 Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.5 670 Friday, October 12, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.4 590 Thursday, September 13, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.2 809 Friday, April 27, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.1 647 Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.7.0 644 Monday, January 8, 2018 Approved
RetroArch 1.6.9 506 Sunday, November 26, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.6.7 693 Tuesday, August 22, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.6.6 428 Friday, August 18, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.6.0 653 Saturday, June 10, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.5.0 651 Monday, March 20, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.4.1 479 Friday, March 10, 2017 Approved
RetroArch 1.3.6 749 Sunday, August 28, 2016 Approved
RetroArch 1.3.4 462 Monday, May 16, 2016 Approved

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