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This page contains a list of all available releases for the ROCK64, as well as links to other resources.

Linux

AOSC

AOSC OS is a general purpose Linux distribution that strives to simplify user experience and improve free and open source software for day-to-day productivity. To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website.

Download:

https://aosc.io/downloads/ (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)

Default credentials
Default user	`aosc/anthon`

Arch Linux ARM

Official Arch Linux ARM release.

Installation:

https://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv8/rockchip/rock64

Armbian

Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM boards. They are usually Debian or Ubuntu flavored.

Download:

ROCK64's Armbian site (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)
Download archive (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)

ayufan's Linux releases

The community member ayufan offers multiple ROCK64 Linux releases based on Debian and Ubuntu. The forum thread for release can be found here.

Download:

https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/linux-build/releases (supports the microSD card and eMMC)

Note: Make sure to download images for the ROCK64.

Default credentials
Default user	`rock64/rock64`

Debian

Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software.

Download:

Instructions:

Go to the download directory
Download firmware.rock64-rk3328.img.gz and partition.img.gz
Combine the 2 parts into 1 image file: zcat firmware.rock64-rk3328.img.gz partition.img.gz > debian-installer.img
Write the created .img file to microSD card or eMMC Module using dd: dd if=debian-installer.img of=/dev/sda bs=4M. Replace /dev/sda with your target drive.
Plug the microSD/eMMC card in the Rock64 (and connect a serial console, or keyboard and monitor) and boot up to start the Debian Installer

Notes:

An Ethernet connection is required for the above installer
Remember to leave some space before your first partition for u-boot! You can do this by creating a 32M size unused partition at the start of the device.
Auto creating all partitions does not work. You can use the following manual partition scheme:

 #1 - 34MB  Unused/Free Space
 #2 - 512MB ext2 /boot           (Remember to set the bootable flag)
 #3 - xxGB  ext4 /               (This can be as large as you want. You can also create separate partitions for /home /var /tmp)
 #4 - 1GB   swap                 (May not be a good idea if using an SD card)

See README.concatenateable_images here or README.concatenateable_images here for details regarding the concatenateable images and their installation from non-Linux systems.

Debian by mrfixit2001

Mrfixit2001's minimal Debian build. Version 190514 onward support Rock64-v3 board

Download:

Direct download from mrfixit2001's github (supports the microSD card and eMMC)

Default credentials
Default user	`rock/rock`

DietPi

DietPi is a lightweight yet easy to setup and feature-rich Linux distribution, based on Debian. To find out more about DietPi, please visit the official documentation. Discuss the ROCK64 build on the PINE64 forum thread.

Download:

Debian 11 Bullseye (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 4GB or more)
Debian 12 Bookworm (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 4GB or more)

Default credentials
Default user	`root/dietpi`

Lakka

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown retrogaming console. Visit PINE64 forum for more information about the Lakka release.

Download:

https://le.builds.lakka.tv/RK3328.aarch64/ (supports the microSD card and eMMC)

LibreELEC

LibreELEC is a "Just enough OS" Linux distribution combining the Kodi media center with an operating system.

Download:

Official build image (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)
Daily builds (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)

Manjaro ARM

Manjaro is a user-friendly Linux distribution based on the independently developed Arch operating system. Manjaro editions for Rock64 are available directly from Manjaro. To learn more about Manjaro please visit the Manjaro Forum.

Note: Only supports ROCK64 version 2 SBC!

Download:

Manjaro ARM ROCK64 GitHub (supports the microSD card and eMMC)

NEMS Linux

NEMS stands for "Nagios Enterprise Monitoring Server" and it is a modern pre-configured, customized and ready-to-deploy Nagios Core image designed to run on low-cost micro computers. To find out more on NEMS Linux, please visit their site.

Warning: Only supports ROCK64 ver2 SBC

⚠️ The linked release is outdated and should no longer be used!

Download:

Download torrent seed from NEMS Linux (supports the microSD card, 16GB or more, MD5 of the xz file is 6e2088922c5d197db8b8ba3057120389)
Direct download from pine64.org (supports the microSD card, 16GB or more, MD5 of the xz file is 6e2088922c5d197db8b8ba3057120389)

Note: The installation guide can be found here.

Default credentials
Default user	`nemsadmin/nemsadmin`

NextCloudPi

NextCloudPi comes not only with NextCloud preinstalled, but also with management tools for backups, SSL certificates, SAMBA, enhanced security and more. Visit the project's website. You can follow the ongoing discussion about NextCloudPi on the PINE64 forum.

Download:

⚠️ The linked release is outdated and should no longer be used!

Direct download from pine64.org

Note: The MD5 hash of the .gz file is 2d3eb799e99a3bb90d5aa7731baf27c6

Default credentials
Root user	`root/1234`

OpenMediaVault

Openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution. The forum thread concerning this release can be found here.

Download:

Note: The MD5 hash of the .xz file is 474c2a5aac8874fd188404c8e04e53e8

Direct download from pine64.org (32 bit armhf)

Note: The MD5 hash of the .xz file is bf5d2ea2bc7a5623ba958ed358a80c2a

Default credentials
TTY and SSH, except OMV	`rock64/rock64`
OMV for Web	`admin/openmediavault`
OMV for TTY	`root/openmediavault`

Recalbox

Recalbox is a free and open-source operating system created for the emulation and preservation for retro games. Recalbox allows you to re-play a variety of videogame consoles and platforms in your living room with ease. To find out more about Recalbox and available tweaks to the installation please visit the PINE64 forum thread. Visit the project's website for more details.

Note: Only supports ROCK64 ver2 SBC

Download:

Direct download latest release build from mrfixit2001 GitHub (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)

R-Cade

Retro Center's R-Cade, the 4K Media Center Arcade. RCade Features 100+ retro-gaming systems, a lightweight web browser, and full 4K UHD media playback.

Download:

Direct download from Retro Center's GitHub (supports the microSD card, eMMC and USB boot)

Slackware

Slackware is a very old, interesting, convenient and easy distribution. Visit the project's website here (https://fail.pp.ua). You can follow the ongoing discussion about Slackware on the PINE64 forum (https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=5868)

Note: This Slackware build using the ZST compression algorithm, please visit the ZST GitHub site for a decompression utility.

Download:

http://dl.fail.pp.ua/slackware/images/rock64/ (supports the microSD card)

Default credentials
Default user	`root/password`

Flashing the distribution to the eMMC:

Flash the image to micro SD, power up the board with micro SD and login
Copy the image file to micro SD by using SFTP. The image file must have the .img file extension.
After finish copy the file, power off the board and add eMMC module to the board
Boot the board, run below command for flashing to eMMC module
Run sudo dd if=[IMAGE] of=/dev/[DEVICE] bs=10M (example: sudo dd if=slack-current-aarch64-xfce_08May18-4.4.126-rock64-build-20180508.img of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=10M).
then edit these two files in eMMC module:
- mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 /media
- echo "rootdev=/dev/mmcblk1p1" >> /media/boot/uEnv.txt
- sed -i 's:mmcblk0p1:mmcblk1p1:' /media/etc/fstab
After that, power off the board and remove the microSD card. Then boot with only the eMMC module.

BSD

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. The RockChip FreeBSD page has instructions for installing FreeBSD. Version 13.0 and greater include prebuilt images.

Download:

Images for various FreeBSD releases can be found here

Default credentials
SSH access (enabled by default)	`freebsd/freebsd`
Root user	`root/root`

NetBSD

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. To learn more about NetBSD please visit NetBSD main page.

Download:

Direct download (select ROCK64, supports the microSD card and eMMC)

Notes:

Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here or the bootable image from armbsd.org can have the MSDOS partition modified to setup SSH using this method.

Default credentials
Root user and SSH	`root/[none]`

OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution. You can install OpenBSD on your Rock64 by following these instructions.

Android

Android TV 9.x eMMC (No Google Play)

The Android 9.0 image for eMMC boot. For the installation of the Playstore on Android 9.0 please follow this forum thread.

Image downloads (for direct flashing):

Stock images (write the image to eMMC module using an USB adapter for the eMMC module)
- Stock image for the 16GB eMMC module from pine64.org (560MB, MD5 of the Gzip file D985808B4CA912201372DC2F5F322AE9, build 20190617)
- Stock image for the 32GB eMMC module from pine64.org (579MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 5D65A44F78BD08B4584413C8BEEAAF05, build 20190617)
- Stock image for the 64GB eMMC module from pine64.org (615MB, MD5 of the Gzip file B34D1C119386CBA1658E5F0FB9E4413D, build 20190617)

Rooted images (write the image to eMMC module using an USB adapter for the eMMC module)
- Rooted image for 16GB eMMC module from pine64.org (561MB, MD5 of the Gzip file DBB5B3D46B77A33BC9F09173C9788E6E, build 20190618)
- Rooted image for 32GB eMMC module from pine64.org (579MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 5F3B97EA72B3227082500B3FB1FAB44A, build 20190618)
- Rooted image for 64GB eMMC module from pine64.org (615MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 6833B124ABA3AC2269A6B4F51EFD1109, build 20190618)

Image downloads (for Rockchip Tool):

Stock image from pine64.org (544MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 9B717263E7749A732C8B5C7D7D59C5C6, build 20190617)
Rooted image from pine64.org (544MB, MD5 of the Gzip file FC5F80C3A939AD0F8DCE5B85F22D20A1, build 20190618)

Note: See the guide to flashing eMMC using Rockchip Tools. Please unzip the file first and then use Rockchip tool to flash it. The OTG port located at top USB 2.0 port and it needs USB type A to type A cable.

Notes:

Please allow 10-15 minutes on first boot for initialization

Android 9.x (No Google Play)

The rooted Android 9.0 TV image for booting from the microSD card. For the installation of the Playstore on Android 9.0 please follow this forum thread.

Image downloads (for direct flashing):

Image for 8GB microSD cards from pine64.org (546MB, MD5 of the Gzip file A250B72CD6AAB24B8156DE08EB15530C, build 20190621)
Image for 16GB microSD cards from pine64.org (556MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 09A6BACD71159853D5E4C6C21C883B0F, build 20190621)
Image for 32GB microSD cards from pine64.org (574MB, MD5 of the Gzip file C68DC5D96F1C546B96EC690CE7BFE910, build 20190621)
Image for 64GB microSD cards from pine64.org (707MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 4EFC87B4CEE4C7655618DCA95EF7DD0D, build 20190621)

Note: Flash the file to the microSD card, for example using dd.

Image downloads (for Rockchip SDDisk Tool):

Direct download from pine64.org (539MB, MD5 of the Gzip file EE00D309745F842213E21B2F1E20C510, build 20190621)

Note: Please unzip first and then using Android tool to flash it. Allow 3-5 minutes boot up time on first boot for initialization. The Rockchip SDDisk Tool ver. 1.57 can be found here.

Android 8.x TV eMMC (preinstalled Google Play Store)

The Android 8.1 TV stock image for booting from the eMMC.

Image downloads (for direct flashing to the eMMC module):

Direct download from pine64.org (561MB, MD5 of the .xz file C05846B89A6483DA911CEA604627524F, build 20180606)

Note: Please allow 10-15 minutes boot up time on first boot for initialization.

Image downloads (for Rockchip Tool):

Direct download from pine64.org (752MB, MD5 of the .xz file 9738F060D2F62A83637797363D2B38C9, build 20180606)

Note: See the guide to flashing eMMC using Rockchip Tools. Please unzip the file first and then use Rockchip tool to flash it. The OTG port located at top USB 2.0 port and it needs USB type A to type A cable.

Android 8.x TV

The Android 8.1 stock image for microSD boot, build 20180623.

Download:

Direct download from pine64.org (575MB, supports the microSD card)

Note: The MD5 hash of the .xz file is 85372A568C114ADE7CD9632CEBA193E9

Notes:

Write the image to a microSD card using dd and boot it.
Please allow 10-15 minutes on first boot for initialization

Android 7.x eMMC

The rooted Android 7.1.2 stock image, build 20171204.

Download image (microSD card to eMMC):

Direct download from pine64.org (558MB, MD5 of the .xz file 43443467DFCAEDE767556843EB4D6707)

Note: DD image to a microSD card. Shorting the eMMC PIN with a jumper as shown on the first image of the guide to install stock Android build to eMMC module. After power ON the box for 2-3 second, quickly remove the jumper, then it will start writing the new image to the eMMC. Please allow around 1 minute of boot up time before UI is presented via HDMI. Please allow 10-15 minutes boot up time on first boot for initialization. Has USB 3.0 patches. Enable Real Time Clock support for Popcorn Hour Transformer.

Download image (eMMC boot):

Direct download from pine64.org (544MB, MD5 of the .xz file 7C831F9E6B4311A3B3D4743FBBB628D0)

Note: Please unzip first and then using Android tool to flash in. Has USB 3.0 patches. Enable Real Time Clock support for Popcorn Hour Transformer.

Notes:

See ROCK64 MAC Address on how to set the MAC address.

Android TV 7.x eMMC

The Android TV 7.1 community build image by ayufan.

Download image (eMMC):

Direct download latest release build from ayufan github and look for android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-x.x.x-xx-update.zip

Note: For eMMC flash-all image, please unzip first and then use Android tool to flash in

Notes:

Please allow 5 minutes boot up time on first time for initialization
See ROCK64 MAC Address on how to set the MAC address.
Release notes on ayufan Android 7.1 github

Android TV 7.x

The Android TV 7.1 community build image for microSD boot by ayufan.

Download:

Direct download latest release build from ayufan github and look for android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-x.x.x-xx-raw.img.gz (supports the microSD card)

Android SDK

The Android P SDK (v9.0).

Download:

Direct Download from pine64.org (104.34GB)

Note: The MD5 hash of the TAR-GZip file is 1EAC08942E238293E3AF11C7890DF307

Difference between revisions of "ROCK64 Software Releases"

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