Help updating chromebox to 20.3 from 17.3

lvlndco · February 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM

Hi, I am having a hard time installing a newer version of kodi on my chromebox from a usb stick. I currently have krypton 17.3 generic .x86_64 and cannot for the life of me install the newer version onto my chromebox. Any help would be very welcome.

**chewitt** · February 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM

I'm not aware of any project staff that use Chromeboxes these days. Have you looked at the MrChromebox site?

Are there any specific errors with the update process?

lvlndco · February 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM

I wiped the chromebox and installed libreelec with linux. The issue I am having is the inability to unzip and install the files from my usb. I will check out mrchromebox, thank you. What devices work best now if I have to go away from the chromebox? We have a home theater, and need a platform to stream into our projector via our receiver.

MatteN · February 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM

Are you going to run LibreELEC the recomendation probably will be Raspberry Pi 5.

**chewitt** · February 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM

Have you tried updating the existing install instead of reinstalling? .. our general advice is to clean install when making large OS/Kodi bumps but all you really need to do is stop Kodi and rename /storage/.kodi to /storage/.kodi-old so the post-update Kodi starts with a clean config and no Python2 add-ons installed.