RetroPie Web GUI

RetroPie Web Gui is for managing your roms in RetroPie in a nice web interface. Developed by George Whitcher

Requirements

1. Apache is required. Install it by running the following command sudo apt-get install apache2
2. PHP is required. Install it by running the following command sudo apt-get install php
3. RetroPie is required. RetroPie

Installation

1. First you need to get your web directory ready. cd /var/www/html/.
2. You will need to adjust ownership. sudo chown pi:raspberry /var/www/html.
3. You will need to make your roms directory writable. sudo chmod 777 -R /home/pi/RetroPie/roms.
4. Delete index.html from your /var/www/html directory now that you have permissions. You can do this manually or by running rm /var/www/html/index.html
5. Now type git clone https://github.com/gwhitcher/RetroPie-Web-GUI.git .
6. Copy the config mv /var/www/html/system-config.php.default /var/www/html/system-config.php
7. Setup a symbolic link to your roms by entering the following ln -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms /var/www/html/roms.
8. Type hostname (usually raspberry) and then enter that in a browser on your network to view!

Updating

1. Go to your web directory cd /var/www/html.
2. Type git pull

Security

1. By default, RetroPie Web GUI is only accessible on your local network. If you want to lock down your RetroPie Web GUI: Dynamic Drive .htpasswd Generator