Transferring settings from another installation

fatgerman · July 29, 2019 at 6:53 PM

I'm currently running Kodi 18.2 on a Pi 3 / Raspbian and I'm thinking of switching to LibreElec when my Pi 4 arrives. What I don't want to do, however, is all the setup and scanning of all my files, installing addons, and all the general setup that would require. Can I just copy my userdata folder from my current setup to a LibreElec setup and have everything (addons, settings, skins) just work? And will I lose any LibreElec functionality if I do this?

**Iridium** · July 29, 2019 at 6:59 PM Official Post

As long as you haven't made any unusual modifications, a LE backup and restore should work fine.

fatgerman · July 29, 2019 at 7:10 PM

Thanks. Forgive my ignorance, but what's an 'LE backup and restore'. Is that an addon I'd need to install on my Raspbian setup first to make a backup?

**Iridium** · July 29, 2019 at 7:59 PM Official Post

Just go to settings --> LE --> Backup

**blueribb** · July 29, 2019 at 8:32 PM

In Kodi

- Go to Add-ons

- Install from repository

- Kodi Add-on repository

- Program Add-ons

- Backup > Install

- Run Backup and configure remote path for backup files

I'm not sure if this works with Libreelec Restore or if you need to install the Backup Add-on and run restore once Libreelec is installed.