LibreELEC

Raspberry Pi / Linux / Kodi - Libre Embedded Linux Entertainment Center

LibreELEC is a non-profit fork of OpenELEC as an open source software appliance, a just enough Linux distro for Kodi.

• LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.5 April 14, 2018

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LibreELEC (official): 8.2.5 (RPi2.arm)

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LibreELEC (official): 9.0.2 (RPi2.arm)

See list of all LibreELECT releases

• LibreELEC 9.2.x includes Kodi 18.x
• LibreELEC 9.0.x includes Kodi 18.x
• LibreELEC 8.2.x includes Kodi 17.x
• LibreELEC 8.0.x includes Kodi 17.x
• LibreELEC 7.0.x includes Kodi 16.x

details

upgrade / update

via command line

cd /storage/.update

First you may want to check whether there's any other files in this folder:

ls -la

Now, after we are at the correct folder (and there are no other files in it) we download the correct update

use wget, example:

wget http://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.0.2.img.gz

now reboot

reference: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/how_to/update_libreelec

If you enabled ssh during installation then here is how to connect for the first time:

ssh -l root 192.168.x.x

Enter Password

libreelec

With LibreELEC it is not possible to change the system password ie: you can't check the password for ssh.

Now you're in.

Turning on the web interface

The webserver is disabled by default and has to be manually enabled by the user. This can be done in Settings → Services → Control → Allow remote control via HTTP.

To edit a video source

• KODI settings -> media settings -> manage sources, videos, right click or edit menu

set system time and date

Method 1: From the Interface

• Using the default skin, you need to set the date/time in System (Cogwheel) --> Interface Settings --> Regional

Method 2: From console

To set time

date -s

Recognized TIME formats:

 hh:mm[:ss]
 [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]
 YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm[:ss]
 [[[[[YY]YY]MM]DD]hh]mm[.ss]

Raspberry Pi VNC

LibreELEC add-ons > services

Addons --> LibreELEC Add-ons --> Services --> Raspberry Pi VNC

• note: repo fails to install service

view log

You can display log file in terminal

cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

You can have the log uploaded to the Internet via their own feature, how long it stays in the cloud is unknown

paste /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

Devs and support team are assholes. See this link as illustration:

• https://forum.libreelec.tv/thread/4261-zip-file-save/