Unable to load Mupen64-Plus Next Without Core Crashing
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Description
I raised this issue originally on the Libretro Forums. Basically, I load a n64 ROM in the Mupen core and it immediately crashes. When checking the log file, this is the error output:
[ERROR] Failed to open libretro core: "/storage/cores/mupen64plus_next_libretro.so"
[ERROR] Error(s): libpng16.so.16: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I am using Lakka 3.4 on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4B, but I had this happen on the latest version as well before I rolled back.
Seems like from my Google-Fu libpng16.so.16 isn't included in Lakka and I can't get it because apt-get doesn't work in LibreElec lol. If there's an easier fix I'm all ears.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure while loading a Nintendo 64 ROM and inspect the reported core path, /storage/cores/mupen64plus_next_libretro.so, together with the missing libpng16.so.16 error. Check the Lakka 3.4 and latest-version core packaging for this Raspberry Pi setup; done means the Mupen core loads without the shared-library failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, linux, raspberry-pi
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100