Update Software

Follow this guide to update the Blue Pill software.

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If Blue Pill is unable to communicate with our server, please read the troubleshooting chapter:
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Update SkaarOS system software

First, open the 'Settings' page. Here you see 'System Information' in the page top.

Click the orange 'Update' button to open the update pop-up.

Select the latest stable version for update. To update using the latest pre-release version, enable 'Show Pre-Releases' and select the latest version from the list. Please note, we can only fully support the latest stable release versions and pre-releases may have some bugs. 

Click 'Update'. It will automatically download, install, and reboot the device.

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Open the 'Packages' page.
Locate the 34 lines: 'hardware-manager' / 'system-manager' / 'reactor' / 'SkaarOS*
If a green 'Update' button is displayed to the right of any of them, this means there is an update available.
If so, please click the 'Update' button for each of them.them or the Update All button 
( After the update, if they do not display 'Running' you must click the 'Stopped' text and select 'Restart'. )

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It is recommended to update SkaarOS last as individualit devicerequires cores.a reboot. 

Update Pre-Release Versions

Show Pre-Release must be enabled to see pre-release versions on the Packages page.
This is done by clicking on the toggle at the top of the Packages page.
( This only affect the current web browser in the current session. It will be off next time you log in. )

White list our server URL's

In order to download software, Blue Pill must have network access to these 3 domains:

• https://pkg.skaarhoj.com
• https://init.skaarhoj.com
• https://lb1.skaarhoj.com