Raspbian software

[paul5421]

HI,

Sorry if I am posting this in the wrong place, or the answer is blindingly obvious, I am new to the PI community. I have a Pi 3 which I run only openelec on as a media device.

Can I run openelec on raspbian, therefore permitting me to run other programmes such as a browser etc.

Also is it possible to use an external USB driven memory drive (1TB), if so would it be complicated to run.

Love the product.

many thanks.

Paul.

[AikonCWD]

No, OpenELEC is a Operating System, also Raspbian is an Operating System too. You can't run Raspian over EO (or viceversa).

If you want a mediacenter + desktop... install Raspbian and then install Kodi (the mediacenter part of OpenELEC)

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sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install kodi -y
sudo reboot

[kusti8]

No, OpenELEC is a Operating System, also Raspbian is an Operating System too. You can't run Raspian over EO (or viceversa).

If you want a mediacenter + desktop... install Raspbian and then install Kodi (the mediacenter part of OpenELEC)

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sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install kodi -y
sudo reboot

Not all of those are needed, just these:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install kodi

[HawaiianPi]

Using a USB drive is simply a matter of plugging it into one of the USB ports.

If it's a USB powered hard drive there may be some power issues, depending on which model Pi you are using (the original Pi models had limited power available on the USB ports), but for a self-powered hard drive or flash memory device you shouldn't have any problems. Just plug it into an open USB port and Raspbian should mount it. If you have show connected volumes enabled the drive will appear on the Raspbian desktop when mounted.

Linux can read/write most common file systems, but if the drive is formatted in some unusual way it may require reformatting, or additional software to mount it. With the Lite version of Raspbian, I believe mounting will have to be handled manually, or via the /etc/fstab file.

OpenELEC is Linux with the Kodi media center, so you should be able to install Kodi in Raspbian, but I have not played with it myself, so I'll leave the details to someone with experience.

[paul5421]

Thanks for that, sounds straight forward, it is a Pi 3 with a power source.

The external hard drive would be USB powered.

So basically if I go for a raspbian enabled micro card 32gb and load up Kodi I am laughing...

Paul