Best way to install Retroarch on arch linux

  • First install packages
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sudo pacman -S retroarch retroarch-assets-xmb libretro-core-info
  • Change visibility of core updater to download cores from retroarch directly and change cores directory.
    ~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg
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    menu_show_core_updater = "true"
    libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
  • After that, update databases from online updater. Now you can easily install cores from core downloader 🎮🎮🎮