A tool to update the firmware and kernel of an SD card, usable while the Pi is running. WARNING you should only use this with a good reason it gets you the latest bleeding edge kernel/firmware.
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Questions tagged [rpi-update]
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Pending kernel upgrade even after reboot my RPi4
Every time I update my Pi4, it runs needrestart which complains that I'm using an old kernel version and I should reboot, but rebooting doesn't change anything.
First, I have to precise that:
I installed a full version on the SD Card (latest one in…
Olivier
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How to revert from rpi-update to stable build
I have been using a RPi3 for the last year without any issues. I have had rpi-update as part of a regular update process (cron job).
Lately I have been experiencing crashes. I started to investigate, and while there is nothing helpful in the syslog…
user643011
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What firmware version will rpi-update install?
How can I determine what version of the firmware will be installed by running rpi-update, without making any modifications to the installation?
Alistair Buxton
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Why can't I update my Pi?
Whenever I try the command sudo apt-get update it outputs this error:
E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
N: Is the package apt-transport-https installed?
I couldn't find any answers online.
Can someone please help?
Rowan Lerowsky
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Multiple segmentation faults
I am trying to upgrade my Raspberry Pi Zero and have been fighting a multitude of segmentation faults, and I am at a loss as to how to fix this. When I enter sudo apt-get upgrade, this is the output:
osmc@OSMCPIZERO32:~$ sudo apt-get…
Dai San
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Is older Raspberry Pi safe? When is the end of software support for them?
I am not asking about the discontinuation of manufacturing or selling of the hardware; I am talking about only the software.
There are famous old Android devices that the manufactures have abandoned a long time ago, but users are providing custom…
Damn Vegetables
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Unstable rPi 4B after rpi-update
My raspberry pi model 4B was having frequent WIFI issues.
I read that a firmware update was made to address this, so I thought I would upgrade the firmware.
After doing sudo rpi-update I now have newer firmware, but unfortunately, the rPi is now…
Bram
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Image rollback using Raspberry Pi Bootloader
I'm using Yocto framework based RPi build and have created My SD card partition as follows,
======================== SD card with 3 parts ========================
| 68MB(bootloader) | 4GB(Active image) | 4GB(passive image)…
Rajesh S
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"sudo apt-get update" gives "0% [waiting for headers]
As the title indicated, that is my problem.
Currently running an Rpi3 with Jessie, tried Stretch and the same problem occured.
when sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list, I have:
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie main contrib…
Mudda Haze
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Should I use use `rpi-update` for kernel upgrading on Ubuntu Mate v16.04.3 LTS for RaspBerry Pi 2 B+?
According to the GitHub rpi-update site:
This is only intended for use with Raspbian. If you are using a
different distribution then check with the maintainers if using
rpi-update is safe.
I have not been able to find any list of Linux…
Sopalajo de Arrierez
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Why is there a frown icon on the screen when I re-boot my Rpi 2 with Windows IoT
So, when I boot my RPi-2 which is running Windows IoT, the computer screen displays 2 gears and a progress bar. Earlier, the progress bar made it all the way to completion and the RPi-2 rebooted. However, on reboot, it went back to the two…
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Pi freezes while "Updating SDK" with ACT light on steady
I've been following a guide for setting up an LCD touchscreen on the Raspberry Pi 2 B, but whenever I run
sudo REPO_URI=https://github.com/notro/rpi-firmware rpi-update
it freezes while updating the SDK. When it freezes the ACT LED is on steady…
Nateowami
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Cannot find package openjdk-7-jre
I am trying to install JDownloader on my raspberry pi who have osmc (debian) as a OS. I am trying to install run below command
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
and it says
Package openjdk-7-jre is a virtual package provided…
abmussani
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Version for `uname -r` remains despite successful rpi-update
I did install my Raspberry PI using debian-pi/raspbian-ua-netinst like described in this SO Post
Now uname -r returned
3.18.0-trunk-rpi
When I ran rpi-update it seemed to have successfully installed the two upgrade packages (I don't know why there…
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RPi A+ and Pi noIR: How to update just the camera driver NOT OS
I have a SD card, with Raspbian and lots of programs installed on it. I want to run it on model A+ and use the pi noIR camera module. The problem is that the OS firmware version is quite old. I know that by an OS firmware upgrade I can solve the…
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