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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

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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