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I specify here that this is the basic version of Emulationstation. Not that of Retropie or Recalbox.
Feel free to visit the [official Emulationstation github page](https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation/) for more informations
# Building
Log in SSH on your Gameshell and go to your home directory.
`cd /home/cpi`
You need to install a few packages :
`sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-locale-dev libfreeimage-dev libfreetype6-dev libeigen3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libasound2-dev libgl1-mesa-dev build-essential cmake fonts-droid`
Clone the git project :
`git clone https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation.git`
**NOTE**: by default you are on the **master** branch. A branch named _video_ exists and add the video preview support.
> You can switch on the video branch by (not tested yet)
> `git checkout remotes/origin/video`
Then, generate and build the Makefile with CMake:
`cd EmulationStation`
`cmake .`
`make`
This will take a few time.
Now install emulationstation to /usr/local/bin/emulationstation, which will let you just type 'emulationstation' to run it, do:
`sudo make install`
# Add EmulationStation to launcher
## Create entry
Go to **/home/cpi/launcher/Menu/GameShell** and create a _XX_Emulationstation.sh_ file. Where XX is the number you want depending on the position in the launcher.
Just add `emulationstation` inside.
## Add an icon
Go to **/home/cpi/launcher/skin/default/Menu/GameShell** and add _Emulationstation.png_
# Configuring
## Create es_systems.cfg
**NOTE**: A system must have at least one game present in its "path" directory, or ES will ignore it! If no valid systems are found, ES will report an error and quit!
Go to ~/.emulationstation/ and create the file es_systems.cfg :
![](https://i.imgur.com/s0y6esu.png)
## Create gamelist.xml
in ~/.emulationstation/ create a floder named **gamelists**.
We're following our SNES example by creating a **snes** folder in **gamelists** and a _gamelist.xml_ file inside.
in ~/.emulationstation/ create a floder named **downloaded_images** and a **snes** folder inside.
Edit your _gamelist.xml_ :
![](https://i.imgur.com/ySDheqw.png)
# Installing a more descent theme
The default theme is not adapted for small resolution. Until you have something really optimized for a resolution of 320x240, you can install the GBZ35 theme
Go to the theme folder
`cd /etc/emulationstation/themes`
To insall light theme :
`git clone https://github.com/rxbrad/es-theme-gbz35.git`
To insall dark theme :
`git clone https://github.com/rxbrad/es-theme-gbz35-dark`