SOPINE Software Releases

Note that SOPINE images are also compatible with the PINE A64-LTS.

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

Armbian

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

Download:

• https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/pine64so/archive/

FreedomBox

FreedomBox is a private server for non-experts: it lets you install and configure server applications with only a few clicks. For more information about FreedomBox, please visit http://www.freedombox.org.

⚠️ The linked release is outdated and should no longer be used!

Download:

• Direct download from FreedomBox site (418MB)

Notes:

• This is a headless build, not HDMI output.
• Please plug-in Ethernet cable first before initial power up. After power up for 10 minutes, using browser and type in http://fredombox.local to setup. Browser may warms for unsecure site and please proceed with exception.
• Freedom Manual: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual

LibreELEC

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

Download:

• Pine A64+ build direct download from Libreelec nightly (look for LibreELEC-A64.arm-...-nightly-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-pine64-lts.img.gz)

Notes:

• Nightly build for microSD and eMMC boot.

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.

⚠️ The linked release is outdated and should no longer be used!

Download:

• Direct download from pine64.org (supports the microSD card, 16GB or more, MD5 of the xz file is 5ad0d684296d50b4c1fcbac6db205ae0)
• Download torrent seed from NEMS Linux (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

OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded is the build framework for embedded Linux. OpenEmbedded offers a best-in-class cross-compile environment. It allows developers to create a complete Linux Distribution for embedded systems. See https://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Main_Page for more information on OpenEmbedded.

Download:

• https://github.com/alistair23/meta-pine64/

Notes:

• OpenEmbedded/Yocto layer for the Pine64 boards
• This layer aims to support as many features as possible on Pine64 devices. Where possible the layer aims to use opensource and upstream projects avoiding custom forks and binary solutions.
• More information and instructions can be found in the repo readme: https://github.com/alistair23/meta-pine64/#building

OpenWRT

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OpenWRT community build for microSD boot. The OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices.

Download:

• Direct download (look for pine64_sopine-baseboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz and pine64_sopine-baseboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz)

Notes:

• This is headless build, please use serial console to configure

Default credentials
Default user	-/passwd

BSD

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 PINE A64-LTS / SoPine with baseboard)

Default credentials
Root user and SSH	root/[none]

Notes:

• NetBSD community build for microSD boot
• Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here

Linux BSP SDK

Linux BSP Kernel 4.9

Download:

• Direct Download from pine64.org (5.40GB, MD5 of the TAR-GZip 7736e3c4d50c021144d125cc4ee047a4)

Android SDK

Android Oreo (v8.1)

Download:

• Direct Download from pine64.org (24.94GB, MD5 of the TAR-Gzip b0394af324c70ce28067e52cd7bc0c87)

Other resources

• Mali Driver