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Port details on branch 2025Q3
retroarch Cross-platform entertainment system based on libretro API
1.21.0 games Σ=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.21.0Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: dmenelkir@gmail.com search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-07-16 12:36:51
Last Update: 2025-09-15 20:39:14
Commit Hash: 6900b55
Also Listed In: emulators wayland
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch
Description: #
RetroArch is the reference frontend for the libretro API. Popular examples of implementations for this API includes videogame system emulators and game engines, but also more generalized 3D programs. These programs are instantiated as dynamic libraries. We refer to these as "libretro cores".
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages: #
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist #
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/RetroArch-1.21.0/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/RetroArch-1.21.0/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/RetroArch-1.21.0/GPLv3
  4. bin/retroarch
  5. bin/retroarch-cg2glsl
  6. @sample etc/retroarch.cfg.sample
  7. share/applications/com.libretro.RetroArch.desktop
  8. share/doc/retroarch/COPYING
  9. share/doc/retroarch/README.md
  10. share/man/man6/retroarch-cg2glsl.6.gz
  11. share/man/man6/retroarch.6.gz
  12. share/metainfo/com.libretro.RetroArch.metainfo.xml
  13. share/pixmaps/com.libretro.RetroArch.svg
  14. @owner
  15. @group
  16. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • RetroArch>0:games/retroarch
To install the port: #
cd /usr/ports/games/retroarch/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install games/retroarch
  • pkg install RetroArch
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: RetroArch
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port. #
distinfo: #
TIMESTAMP = 1751263047 SHA256 (libretro-RetroArch-v1.21.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 9da17918c10d91d4ebfde9ff402dba0b1ad6660fdbce7656d32f0c0182b3a538 SIZE (libretro-RetroArch-v1.21.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 70961877
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC): #
RetroArch
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386
FreeBSD:14:latest1.22.2_21.22.2_2-1.21.01.22.2_2
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.22.2_21.22.2_2-1.21.01.22.2_2
FreeBSD:15:latest1.22.2_21.22.2_2n/a1.21.0n/a
FreeBSD:15:quarterly1.22.2_21.22.2_2n/a-n/a
FreeBSD:16:latest1.22.2_21.22.2_2n/a-n/a
Dependencies #
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies: #
  1. vulkan.h : graphics/vulkan-headers
  2. vulkan-loader>0 : graphics/vulkan-loader
  3. v4l_compat>0 : multimedia/v4l_compat
  4. input.h : devel/evdev-proto
  5. kd.h : graphics/svgalib
  6. gmake>=4.4.1 : devel/gmake
  7. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  8. python3.11 : lang/python311
  9. sdl2-config : devel/sdl20
  10. xorgproto>=0 : x11/xorgproto
  11. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  12. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  13. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  14. xi.pc : x11/libXi
  15. xinerama.pc : x11/libXinerama
  16. xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
  17. xscrnsaver.pc : x11/libXScrnSaver
  18. xv.pc : x11/libXv
  19. xxf86vm.pc : x11/libXxf86vm
Test dependencies: #
  1. python3.11 : lang/python311
Runtime dependencies: #
  1. retroarch-assets>0 : games/retroarch-assets
  2. libretro-core-info>0 : games/libretro-core-info
  3. python3.11 : lang/python311
  4. x11.pc : x11/libX11
  5. xcb.pc : x11/libxcb
  6. xext.pc : x11/libXext
  7. xi.pc : x11/libXi
  8. xinerama.pc : x11/libXinerama
  9. xrandr.pc : x11/libXrandr
  10. xscrnsaver.pc : x11/libXScrnSaver
  11. xv.pc : x11/libXv
  12. xxf86vm.pc : x11/libXxf86vm
Library dependencies: #
  1. libass.so : multimedia/libass
  2. libdrm.so : graphics/libdrm
  3. libfontconfig.so : x11-fonts/fontconfig
  4. libfribidi.so : converters/fribidi
  5. libxkbcommon.so : x11/libxkbcommon
  6. libavcodec.so : multimedia/ffmpeg
  7. libfreetype.so : print/freetype2
  8. libepoll-shim.so : devel/libepoll-shim
  9. libudev.so : devel/libudev-devd
  10. libv4l2.so : multimedia/libv4l
  11. libwayland-egl.so : graphics/wayland
  12. libopenal.so.1 : audio/openal-soft
  13. libEGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  14. libgbm.so : graphics/mesa-libs
  15. libGL.so : graphics/libglvnd
  16. libSDL2.so : devel/sdl20
  17. libQt6Core.so : devel/qt6-base
There are no ports dependent upon this port #
Configuration Options: #
===> The following configuration options are available for RetroArch-1.21.0: ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support CACA=off: libcaca graphics library support DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation FFMPEG=on: On-the-fly recording of gameplay with libavcodec FREETYPE=on: TrueType font rendering support JACK=off: JACK audio server support OPENAL=on: Audio support via OpenAL OPENGL=on: 2D/3D rendering support via OpenGL OSS=on: Open Sound System support PIPEWIRE=off: PipeWire multimedia server support PULSEAUDIO=off: PulseAudio sound server support QT=on: Qt based desktop-style GUI SDL=on: Simple Direct Media Layer support UDEV=on: udev device hotplug support V4L=on: Video 4 Linux support WAYLAND=on: Wayland display support X11=on: X11 (graphics) support ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name: #
games_retroarch
USES: #
compiler:c++11-lib cpe gmake pkgconfig python shebangfix ssl openal:soft gl qt:6 sdl xorg
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message #
Master Sites: #
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/libretro/RetroArch/tar.gz/v1.21.0?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 2 #

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.21.0
15 Sep 2025 20:39:14
commit hash: 6900b55dd8e16b850c5497ec6e41e44756cac42bcommit hash: 6900b55dd8e16b850c5497ec6e41e44756cac42bcommit hash: 6900b55dd8e16b850c5497ec6e41e44756cac42bcommit hash: 6900b55dd8e16b850c5497ec6e41e44756cac42b files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer 
games/retroarch: Fix build if multimedia/pipewire installed

This does not affect clean builds (as with Poudriere).

PR:		289429
Approved by:	Daniel Menelkir <dmenelkir@gmail.com> (maintainer, implicit - fix
build)
MFH:		2025Q3

(cherry picked from commit 8f270dd4b52979124c89a3bacb137c69d93d2255)
1.21.0
16 Jul 2025 12:35:40
commit hash: bb0e9fe6f1ade6c7146b682a0849038e3ffb8581commit hash: bb0e9fe6f1ade6c7146b682a0849038e3ffb8581commit hash: bb0e9fe6f1ade6c7146b682a0849038e3ffb8581commit hash: bb0e9fe6f1ade6c7146b682a0849038e3ffb8581 files touched by this commit		 Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Tilde Joy		 
games/retroarch: Update 1.19.1 => 1.21.0

Changelogs:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/v1.21.0/CHANGES.md

Improve port:
- Fix RUN_DEPENDS.
- Fix X11_USE.
- Switch from qt:5 to qt:6 - default for upstream.
- Install etc/retroarch.cfg as sample.

PR:		287943
Approved by:	Daniel Menelkir <dmenelkir@gmail.com> (maintainer, timeout 2 weeks,
fix build)
MFH:		2025Q3
Co-authored-by:	Vladimir Druzenko <vvd@FreeBSD.org>

(cherry picked from commit d81332eb57279b166aa50f781ed37a03565e2004)

Number of commits found: 2

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