I must admit Openelec is a great distro (pretty fast as well) however sometimes we want to install third party applications. Here is a basic how to
This tutorial is written for MK808b plus however most Armv7 sticks should work good.
Installing Openelec to Nand
1. I always prefer installing to Nand
Reason being Openelec has a very good structure where it loads whole img on-the-fly to memory each time it boots and only changes (configurations) etc are stored in the /storage folder
This means stronger chance of survival during abrupt shutdowns etc. Which also means you cant just copy anything you want to usr or lib or bin folders.
You must intelligently use the storage folder
2. Since this tutorial is written for Mk808b plus (wifi is AP6210/6212 but should work with other wireless as well), go here and grap the release (due credit to kzaq)
3. Follow the proceed as follows - Refer to thread above
incase the pin method doesnt work....just boot into the android and run the command
more information here
4. Once you boot in (set up the first time options) you will see the following under storage directory
It is important to understand the following
/storage/.config/modules-load.d can be used to load say kernel drivers which are missing.
For example you want to load realtekwifi.ko driver,
just copy the file (realtekwifi.ko) to the above folder /storage/.config/modules-load.d/ and
Just create a file (any name ending with .conf) realtekwifi.conf
Open the realtekewifi.conf file with vi and just enter the realtekwifi (notice i did not add .ko extension)
Reboot it and it should load the wifi drivers
Incase you want to enable additional drivers, just edit the following file and say 'y" or 'm' (yes means compile into kernel and m means compile as module)
I would suggest compile as modules and load the additional modules using the above method
Notice below of a sample tv stick that loads additional modules during boot (they were compiled with option m and copied to that folder and a .conf file created)
Now thats all sweet and dandy
What if you want to install applications
Now fundamentally your system is up and running however you can make changes to the system but they will be lost on reboot.
First you can identify the application you want to install. Typically look for armhf packages here
The last one is specially for odroid c1 (aka s805)
Assuming you identified a package. Generally I identified I want to install say v4l-utils
What you can do is locate the package say here.
Download the package and unzip using 7.zip and you will get a data.tar file
Copy using winscp to openelec
untar using the following command tar -xf packagename.tar
You may need the libraries also
You can identify the dependencies as follows
You must create a folder of your choice in the below directory
and then copy bin and lib folders of v4l-utils under the above folder
What it basically does is kodi autoloads the files especially the libraries by changing the LD_LIBRARY_PATH during boot.
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Perfect your application is now working
You can run it by changing to the folder and running it as ./programname
Sometimes libraries can conflict and for that case you can create a script named autostart.sh in
/storage/.config/autostart.sh
You can make sure the usr/lib and lib folders have lowest preference
You will need to sleep 1minute to make sure the export command is the last command to run post boot
This tutorial is written for MK808b plus however most Armv7 sticks should work good.
Installing Openelec to Nand
1. I always prefer installing to Nand
Reason being Openelec has a very good structure where it loads whole img on-the-fly to memory each time it boots and only changes (configurations) etc are stored in the /storage folder
This means stronger chance of survival during abrupt shutdowns etc. Which also means you cant just copy anything you want to usr or lib or bin folders.
You must intelligently use the storage folder
2. Since this tutorial is written for Mk808b plus (wifi is AP6210/6212 but should work with other wireless as well), go here and grap the release (due credit to kzaq)
incase the pin method doesnt work....just boot into the android and run the command
reboot recovery
4. Once you boot in (set up the first time options) you will see the following under storage directory
It is important to understand the following
/storage/.config/modules-load.d can be used to load say kernel drivers which are missing.
For example you want to load realtekwifi.ko driver,
just copy the file (realtekwifi.ko) to the above folder /storage/.config/modules-load.d/ and
Just create a file (any name ending with .conf) realtekwifi.conf
Open the realtekewifi.conf file with vi and just enter the realtekwifi (notice i did not add .ko extension)
Reboot it and it should load the wifi drivers
Incase you want to enable additional drivers, just edit the following file and say 'y" or 'm' (yes means compile into kernel and m means compile as module)
I would suggest compile as modules and load the additional modules using the above method
Notice below of a sample tv stick that loads additional modules during boot (they were compiled with option m and copied to that folder and a .conf file created)
Now thats all sweet and dandy
What if you want to install applications
Now fundamentally your system is up and running however you can make changes to the system but they will be lost on reboot.
First you can identify the application you want to install. Typically look for armhf packages here
The last one is specially for odroid c1 (aka s805)
Assuming you identified a package. Generally I identified I want to install say v4l-utils
What you can do is locate the package say here.
Download the package and unzip using 7.zip and you will get a data.tar file
Copy using winscp to openelec
untar using the following command tar -xf packagename.tar
You may need the libraries also
You can identify the dependencies as follows
You must create a folder of your choice in the below directory
/storage/.kodi/addons
What it basically does is kodi autoloads the files especially the libraries by changing the LD_LIBRARY_PATH during boot.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perfect your application is now working
You can run it by changing to the folder and running it as ./programname
Sometimes libraries can conflict and for that case you can create a script named autostart.sh in
/storage/.config/autostart.sh
You can make sure the usr/lib and lib folders have lowest preference
You will need to sleep 1minute to make sure the export command is the last command to run post boot
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