2 files changed, 34 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/games/RetroArch/README b/games/RetroArch/README
index aa1a63027d5f8..2c7fb219a048d 100644
--- a/games/RetroArch/README
+++ b/games/RetroArch/README
@@ -17,23 +17,12 @@ anyone to use.
 
 RetroArch will require at least one of the libretro cores to play any games.
 
-Cores alternatively can be downloaded with the online updater from the
-libretro buildbot instead of being compiled with slackbuilds. This will
-require the core directory to be writable and is incompatible with the
-libretro slackbuilds. The buildbot can be used with:
-  BUILDBOT=1 ./RetroArch.SlackBuild
-
 To build debugging symbols for RetroArch use:
   DEBUG=1 ./RetroArch.SlackBuild
 
 If building debugging symbols asan can also be built:
   DEBUG=1 ASAN=1 ./RetroArch.SlackBuild
 
-To use RetroArch's udev input driver your user will need to be part of the
-'input' group. This can be done with the following command:
-
-  usermod -a -G input user_name
-
 Some optional dependencies include:
 ffmpeg jack-audio-connection-kit libxkbcommon miniupnpc nvidia-cg-toolkit
 python3 SDL2 vulkansdk wayland
@@ -55,3 +44,5 @@ or
 
 RetroArch optionally supports using Vulkan instead of OpenGL, this will
 require the vulkansdk from SBo and support for your video card and driver.
+
+For additional notes, please see README.SLACKWARE.
diff --git a/games/RetroArch/README.SLACKWARE b/games/RetroArch/README.SLACKWARE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ecf96b2be2e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/RetroArch/README.SLACKWARE
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Cores alternatively can be downloaded with the online updater from the
+libretro buildbot instead of being compiled with slackbuilds. This will
+require the core directory to be writable and is incompatible with the
+libretro slackbuilds. The buildbot can be used with:
+
+  BUILDBOT=1 ./RetroArch.SlackBuild
+
+To change this after installing edit '~/.config/retroarch/retroarch'.
+
+To enable the buildbot:
+
+  menu_show_core_updater = "true"
+  libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
+  libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores/info"
+
+The paths can be any user writable directory.
+
+or to use the slackbuilds:
+
+  menu_show_core_updater = "false"
+  libretro_directory = "/usr/lib/libretro"
+  libretro_info_path = "/usr/lib/libretro/info"
+
+For Slackware64 installs use 'lib64' instead of 'lib'.
+
+  libretro_directory = "/usr/lib64/libretro"
+  libretro_info_path = "/usr/lib64/libretro/info"
+
+To use RetroArch's udev input driver your user will need to be part of the
+'input' group. This can be done with the following command:
+
+  usermod -a -G input user_name