
- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN INSTALL#
- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN UPDATE#
- #HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN PC#
QEMU is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can run many guest systems and it also can be used with KVM to increase virtual machines speed. QEMU is another great open-source machine emulator and virtualizer, developed by Fabrice Bellard under GPL. Create a virtual machine running RPI OS in QEMU Introduction You can now check out my 27 tips to take a good start on this operating system if you need help configuring it. Your Raspberry Pi Desktop virtual machine running in VirtualBox is finally operational!
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN UPDATE#
Update your system and reboot one last time. Once the reboot is done, you will come to a first start wizard like this one:
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN INSTALL#
Now we can start the virtual machine and install the Raspberry Pi Desktop:


You can find download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux on this page. It allows you to create virtual machines on your computer and supports many operating systems to virtualize. It is available for most operating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, … VirtualBox is an open-source hypervisor, developed by Oracle.
#HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE ON TOP OF RASPIEN PC#
Use VirtualBox to run Raspberry Pi OS on PC Introduction

I advise you to use a Torrent client to download it, as it’s much faster. So you can download the image of Raspberry Pi OS in ISO format before continuing this guide. Looking for this image, I came across many forums that said it was not possible to emulate a Raspberry Pi on PC because it turns on ARM architecture, unlike a PC …Īnd finally, I ended up finding the image, directly on the official website, just above the main download. The default image offered on the official website, which is an .img format, which can’t work on VirtualBox for example. I think this is probably the main problem you’ve encountered: where to find an image compatible with the main hypervisors? If you are lost in all these new words and abbreviations, request my free Raspberry Pi glossary here (PDF format)!
