Hi All,
i am trying to understand auto-update function on LE.
I am currently on 12.0.2 on RPi5. Should i expect auto-update to 12.2.0 which was released today?
If not, could someone please explain to me why?
Trying to understand auto-update...
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4k3or3et -
August 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM -
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LE only auto-updates within the same release series, e.g. 12.0.0 > 12.0.1 > 12.0.2. It never auto-updates between major releases like 12.0.x > 12.2.0 or 12.x > 13.x as major releases often contain breaking hardware changes and/or Kodi major version changes.
For example. forced update from 12.0.2 > 12.2.0 would be an issue for RPi5 users running Tvheadend 4.2 (doesn't exist in 12.2) or an x86_64 device with older nVidia card would rebot to no Kodi home screen (GPU drivers don't exist in 12.2).
You can manual update in the settings add-on if you've read the release notes and nothing impacts you.
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Usually there is no autoupdate first week or two,
just download the image.gz (https://releases.libreelec.tv/LibreELEC-RPi5…4-12.2.0.img.gz) and put it in the /storage/.update folder and reboot.
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Usually there is no autoupdate first week or two,
There will never be auto-update from 12.0.x to 12.2.x.
