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Linux XBIAN for 64 bit download ONLY ??? - Mark2013 - 6th Sep, 2013 09:39 AM
Per the xbian downloads page:
http://www.xbian.org/download/
"Linux
You can download our Linux installer here. NOTE: Requires 64 bit Linux, X11 and Qt 5 or higher to be installed via your package manager. Must run in X11 session. You can also use DD and download the image below."
I use Linux, Ubuntu, Ver. 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) and it is a 32 bit OS. Does this mean I cannot download xbian and extract it to my Raspberry PI's SD Card? Or does this mean that a "dd" will dump the xbian file as a bit copy even if the computer "seeing" the download is only a 32 bit (That's OLD SCHOOL to you, pal!) OS. Does this mean I have to install Qt5 even with "dd"? I use the X Desktop, I guess. I know I use Gnome. X11 --what am I misunderstanding here?
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RE: Linux XBIAN for 64 bit download ONLY ??? - f1vefour - 6th Sep, 2013 03:42 PM
Use dd and the image.
RE: Linux XBIAN for 64 bit download ONLY ??? - Mark2013 - 27th Dec, 2013 06:24 AM
(6th Sep, 2013 03:42 PM)f1vefour Wrote: Use dd and the image.
Since joining this group in August, I have been trying to get Nazarko's "raspbmc" to work, then OpenELEC to work and all is failure.
I'm coming back to XBian. As for the response:
"Use dd and the image"
could you be a little less cryptic?
Which "image" and where do I get that specific code from?
I'm not scared of the command line, but "Use dd" is just too short. I get that the "image" will be disk-dumped onto the USB drive (or is that to be the sd card, as this is for a Raspberry PI?) and can figure it as /dev/sdc1, but other noobs (such as myself) could use a little more help.
Thanks in advance.
RE: Linux XBIAN for 64 bit download ONLY ??? - f1vefour - 27th Dec, 2013 04:15 PM
This: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xbian/files/release/XBian_1.0_Beta_2.img.gz/download
Extract the image and dd (disk dump I assume is what the command stands for) directly to your SDCard.
Terminal
dd if=/path/to/image of=/path/to/sdcard
I can't be specific as your SD may be in a USB adapter or whatnot. Be very careful with dd as you could write to the wrong disk/partition.