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Version: v2.7.0

Recalbox

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This platform is in beta and not ready for production use.

Zaparoo Core on Recalbox supports shell script launching. Full launcher support is coming in a future release.

File Paths

ItemPath
Config file~/.config/zaparoo/config.toml
Data directory~/.local/share/zaparoo
Log file/tmp/<session_id>-zaparoo/core.log
Mappings directory~/.local/share/zaparoo/mappings

Where ~ is the home directory of the current user.

Install

Download Zaparoo Core for Linux from the Downloads page, unzip it and copy the zaparoo file to /recalbox/share/system/bin.

Enable SSH in Recalbox settings (Network > SSH Server). Default credentials: root / recalboxroot.

cd /recalbox/share/system/bin
./zaparoo -install
systemctl --user enable zaparoo.service
systemctl --user start zaparoo.service

To uninstall:

./zaparoo -uninstall

Readers

All readers are supported.

Supported Launchers

LauncherNotes
Shell ScriptsCustom .sh file execution

Create shell scripts to launch games, applications, or media. Add scripts to the allow_file list in config.toml and restart Zaparoo.