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= Manual Install = | |||
If for some reason the rpi-update is failing to install the update, try the following. | |||
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cd /root | |||
rm -rf .rpi-firmware | |||
wget https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/archive/master.tar.gz | |||
tar xvf master.tar.gz | |||
mv rpi-firmware-master .rpi-firmware | |||
SKIP_DOWNLOAD=1 rpi-update | |||
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Revision as of 10:47, 7 March 2018
Current Version
To show the current installed version
uname -r
Upgrade
Install Tool
If the tool rpi-update is not already installed
apt-get -y install rpi-update
Upgrade
To upgrade to the latest firmware
rpi-update
Location
The location of the firwamre images that have been installed
/lib/modules
Manual Install
If for some reason the rpi-update is failing to install the update, try the following.
cd /root rm -rf .rpi-firmware wget https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-firmware/archive/master.tar.gz tar xvf master.tar.gz mv rpi-firmware-master .rpi-firmware SKIP_DOWNLOAD=1 rpi-update
Cleaning
You can remove all but the last two versions
Example of before:
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:49 . drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-03-24 11:24 4.9.16+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-03-24 11:24 4.9.16-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-05-20 19:37 4.9.28+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-05-20 19:37 4.9.28-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:31 4.9.35+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:31 4.9.35-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:45 4.9.36+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:45 4.9.36-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-18 18:18 4.9.62+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-18 18:18 4.9.62-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:49 4.9.64+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:49 4.9.64-v7+
Example of after:
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:50 . drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2017-07-09 22:29 .. drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-18 18:18 4.9.62+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-18 18:18 4.9.62-v7+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:49 4.9.64+ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2017-11-24 19:49 4.9.64-v7+
