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    Installation - LibreELEC

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    The document provides instructions for installing LibreELEC onto devices using Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. It explains the requirements, describes extracting the disk image file and writing it to a USB drive or SD card using various tools, and warns to ensure the correct drive is selected to avoid erasing the wrong device.

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    Installation - LibreELEC

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    The document provides instructions for installing LibreELEC onto devices using Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. It explains the requirements, describes extracting the disk image file and writing it to a USB drive or SD card using various tools, and warns to ensure the correct drive is selected to avoid erasing the wrong device.

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    The document provides instructions for installing LibreELEC onto devices using Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. It explains the requirements, describes extracting the disk image file and writing it to a USB drive or SD card using various tools, and warns to ensure the correct drive is selected to avoid erasing the wrong device.

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    Installation - LibreELEC

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    The document provides instructions for installing LibreELEC onto devices using Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. It explains the requirements, describes extracting the disk image file and writing it to a USB drive or SD card using various tools, and warns to ensure the correct drive is selected to avoid erasing the wrong device.

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    Installation

    FromLibreELEC
    InstallingLibreELEC

    Contents
    1Requirements
    2Installing
    2.1InstallingusingWindows
    2.2InstallingusingLinux
    2.3InstallingusingMacOSX

    1Requirements
    YouneedonlyafewthingstoinstallLibreELEContoyourHTPCdevice.
    Apersonalcomputertodothecreationoftheinstaller/installationon.ThiscanbeaWindows,Linux,or
    MacOSXbasedcomputer.
    AblankUSBstickorSDcard.
    IfyouplantoinstallLibreELEContoanIntelx8664device,512MB1GBfortheinstallerstickisalreadysufficient.
    Forotherhtpcdevices(Raspberry,Wetek,Cubox,Odroid,etcetera,aminimumof4GBorlargerforthetargetSDcardispreferred.

    AdiskimagesuitedforyourHTPCdevice,downloadedfromtheLibreELECdownloads
    (https://libreelec.tv/downloadtemp/)webpage.

    2Installing
    NowselecttheoperatingsystemyouaregoingtousetowritetheLibreELECdiskimagewith.
    NoteforIntelx8664devices:InstallingLibreELEConremovableUSBorSDCardmedia,youwillnot
    beabletosuspendyourcomputer.

    2.1InstallingusingWindows
    Requirements
    WindowsXP/7/8/10

    TheRufus(https://rufus.akeo.ie)writingapplication.
    ThesuitablediskimageforyourHTPCdevice.
    WARNING:Pleasenotethatthetargetdevice(USBStick/SDcardwillbefullyerased.Alsomakesure
    youusethecorrectdriveletterforyourUSBStick/SDcard.
    Instructions
    InsertyourUSBStick/SDcardintoyoursystem.Itshouldappearwithanewdriveletter.
    Directlyloadthe.img.gzdiskimageintoRufus,andwritethediskimageontotheUSBstick/SDcard.
    Alternatively:
    Extracttheimagefromthe.gzfileusing7zip(http://www.7zip.org/).
    InsertyourUSBStick/SDcardintoyoursystem.Itshouldappearwithanewdriveletter.
    RunWin32DiskImager(http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/)
    Selecttheimagefileandverifythedestinationdriveletteriscorrect,thenclickwrite.
    Whenitisfinished,useSafeRemoveinWindowsbeforeremovingtheUSBstickorSDcard.

    2.2InstallingusingLinux
    ExtractingthearchiveusingtheGUI
    Theinstallationfilecomesinacompressedformat,whichneedstobeunzipped.Doubleclickingthe.img.gzfile
    shouldopenyourArchiveManagertoolinyourLinuxenvironment.Extractthe.imgfilefromthe.gzfile,and
    moveittoalocationofyourchoice.
    InTerminalmodus
    Changetothefolderwhereyoudownloadedandextractedtheimageto(assumingtheDownloadsfolderinyour
    homedirectory):
    cd~/Downloads

    Extracttheimagefromthecompresseddownloadfile:
    gunzipdLibreELECGenericx86_647.0.0.img.gz(asanexamplefilename)

    CreatingtheUSBStick
    PluginyourtargetUSBStick.Typesudoblkidtofindoutwhich/dev/sdXitis.
    Youcanalsousepartedorfdisk
    partedl

    Makesurethediskisunmounted
    umount/dev/sdX

    Youneedsuperuserprivilegesforwritingthediskimage,soeitherusetherootuserorsudo.Writingthediskimage
    isdoneviathefollowingcommand:
    sudoddif=LibreELECGeneric.x86_647.0.0.imgof=/dev/sdXbs=4M

    MakesureyouhavetherightdeviceasitwillbefullywipedofALLdata.
    EnsurethechangesaresyncedtotheUSBStickbeforeremovingit:
    sync

    2.3InstallingusingMacOSX
    ExtractingthearchiveusingtheGUI
    SimpledoubleclicktheLibreELECbuildarchitectureversion.img.gzfileinthefindertoletarchiveutilityextract
    itforyou.

    ExtractingthearchiveusingtheCLI(CommandLineInterface)
    OpentheTerminal.
    Changetothefolderwhereyoudownloadedthereleasearchiveto(letsassumetheDownloadsfolderinyourhome
    directory):
    cd~/Downloads

    Thenextractthearchive.ItwillbenamedLibreELECbuildarchitectureversion.img.gz.Weneedtousegunzipto
    extractthearchive.
    gunzipdLibreELECGeneric.x86_647.0.0.img.gz

    CreatingtheUSBStick/SDcard
    InsertyourUSBstickandopenaterminalwindowandrunthefollowing
    diskutillist|grepvdisk0|tail+2

    Thiswilloutputsomethinglikethis
    /dev/disk1
    #:TYPENAMESIZEIDENTIFIER
    0:FDisk_partition_scheme*8.0GBdisk1
    1:DOS_FAT_32UNTITLED8.0GBdisk1s1

    FindyourUSBStick,inthiscaseitisdisk1
    Youneedtousediskutiltounmountthedisk,replace"x"withyourdisknumberfoundusingthestepbefore.
    diskutilunmountDisk/dev/diskx

    Nextweneedtozerooutthepartitionmap,OSXhasanissueifyoudon'tdothis
    sudoddif=/dev/zeroof=/dev/rdiskxbs=1024count=1

    Nextweneedtowritethediskimage.You'llneedsuperuserprivilegestodothis,whetheryouusetherootuseror
    sudo.Eitherway,youneedtoexecutethefollowingcommand:
    sudoddif=LibreELECGeneric.x86_647.0.0.imgof=/dev/rdiskxbs=4m

    Note:WeneedtousetheOSXspecific/dev/rdiskx

    It'sveryimportantthatyoumakesureyouhavetherightdeviceasitwillbewipedaspartoftheprocess.
    Forexample,it'sextremelyunlikelythatyourdevicewillbe/dev/rdisk0,asthat'salmostalwaysthefirst
    harddiskinyourcomputer.

    Note:makesurethere'snothingimportantonyourUSBStickastheabovecommandwillwipeALLdata
    onit.
    EnsurethechangesaresyncedtotheUSBStickbeforeremovingit:
    sync

    SafelyremoveyourUSBkey.
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