Alternative installation methods

For the Raspberry Pi, there are two alternative installation methods that allows multiboot. Some users want to dual boot Lakka and OpenELEC. NOOBS is the prefered method.

NOOBS

Works for RPi1, RPi2, RPi3 and RPi4.

NOOBS project page NOOBS GitHub repository

1. Format your SD card as FAT32
2. Download latest NOOBS lite release
3. Extract NOOBS to your SD card
4. Open Lakka NOOBS download page

5. Enter the folder matching your RPi:

   • For RPi0 / RPi1: Lakka_RPi
   • For RPi2 / RPi3: Lakka_RPi2
   • For RPi3 (64 bits): Lakka_RPi4_64
   • For RPi4: Lakka_RPi4
   • For RPi4 (64 bits): Lakka_RPi4_64
6. Download all the available files into a local folder named as the last part of the URL (e.g. Lakka_RPi3_64)
7. Copy the folder with all the files to the os folder in your SD card
8. Boot your RPi with your SD card, Lakka should appear in the OS list

BerryBoot

Works for RPi1 and RPi2.

BerryBoot homepage

1. Flash Berryboot on your SD card.
2. Update Berryboot to latest version.
3. Download the .system file for RPi or RPi2
4. Rename the file to lakka.img
5. Use the Berryboot “Add OS” Menu

Ignition

Works for SolidRun hardware, the imx6 hummingboard and cubox-i. They support Lakka officially.

Ignition installer

PlopKexec Boot Manager

If you want to install Lakka on a PC that does not support USB booting, but has a CD drive.

PlopKexec

PlopKexec is a Linux Kernel based boot manager for autodetecting and chainloading Linux distributions from USB and CD/DVD. It works even if no Bios USB support is available.