This is a lightweight image writing app with a simple four-step GUI for creating LibreELEC USB/SD Card installation media on Linux, macOS and Windows. It automatically displays the currently available downloads (defaulting to the latest release) and detects OS locale to switch the GUI to a matching local language.

Changes to master language (en_GB) strings can be submitted via pull request to this GitHub repo. English strings are periodically synchronised to a Transifex project: https://www.transifex.com/libreelec/libreelec-usb-sd-creator allowing contributors to translate them into other languages. Translated strings are periodically synchronised from Transifex back to this repo for inclusion in the next release.

Pull requests for all other languages will be rejected. You will be asked to submit changes via Transifex.

Requests for new languages should be made on Transifex. Once a new language has been approved it will be added to the translation project where you can conribute translated strings.

Please note: languages are translated by people (you) not magic!

Issues should be reported via the forum here: https://forum.libreelec.tv/board/41-usb-sd-creator-support

select: Custom install -> select QT 6.6.2 -> disable all besides MinGW Install to C:\QT

https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

https://git-scm.com/download/win

https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/ select "WITHOUT DEVKIT" for download

https://www.activestate.com/products/perl/ (needs registration) or

https://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Coding-languages-Compilers/ActivePerl.shtml

https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ select Windows installer (64-bit) for download at install select "Add Python to PATH"

C:\Qt\Tools\Ninja C:\Qt\Tools\CMake_64\bin

reboot Windows

Clone the repository to C:\usb-sd-creator git clone https://github.com/LibreELEC/usb-sd-creator.git

Open cmd with admin rights powershell Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Compiling needs around 13GB RAM.

Open powershell at C:\usb-sd-creator .\windows_qt_build_static.ps1

After the compiling is finished the files are located at C:\Qt\static\$version .

Open a cmd at C:\usb-sd-creator and run windows_build.bat. The finished executable is located at C:\usb-sd-creator\releases.

Open a command prompt and type the following in the console:

mkdir -p ~/Downloads ~/Qt
cd ~/Downloads

wget https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/6.6/6.6.2/single/qt-everywhere-src-6.6.2.tar.xz
tar xf qt-everywhere-src-6.6.2.tar.xz
cd qt-everywhere-src-6.6.2
./configure -static -no-shared -release -opensource -confirm-license -silent -prefix ~/Qt/6.6.2-static -nomake examples -nomake tests -no-strip -no-cups -qt-zlib -qt-pcre -qt-libpng -qt-libjpeg -qt-harfbuzz -qt-freetype
ninja qtbase/all qttools/all
ninja install

TODO

Assuming the repo is in your home directory

cd ~/usb-sd-creator

./osx_build.sh

If building again cleanup using:

./osx_clean.sh

Simply double click the app from a finder window in the root of the repo: LibreELEC USB-SD Creator

Run the app from the command line, that will prompt for a password:

./LibreELEC\ USB-SD\ Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/LibreELEC\ USB-SD\ Creator

Or:

Run the app from the command line using sudo

sudo ./LibreELEC\ USB-SD\ Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/LibreELEC\ USB-SD\ Creator