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L4T Lakka Install/Update Guide

Installation guide/tutorial for L4T Lakka on Nintendo Switch

PreviousL4T Fedora 41 Install GuideNextLinux USB or eMMC Boot

Last updated 10 months ago

Current version: (2023-10-23) Note: 6.0.6 or newer MUST be used for this release. Maintainer: -

If you need help you can ask in

Updating existing installations

If you come from a previous release and need to update.

  • Go to Main menu -> Online Updates -> Lakka updates to get the latest version and then reboot to apply it. Note: That method works since the 2023-10-23 5.0-beta12. If older, do a manually update.

  • Alternatively, get the latest version from manually and copy it as is in sd:/lakka/storage/.update/ folder and then boot. Warning: Do not rename the file!

Prerequisites

  • 6.0.6 or newer

  • A 2GB SD Card MINIMUM with a FAT32 partition in it.

First Time Installation

  1. Download the latest either from the version link at top or from here .

  2. Open the .tar archive and navigate inside the folder you see that has the same name with the .tar. You will see bootloader and lakka listed.

  3. Extract these 2 folders in your sd card root.

  4. Optionally configure bootloader ini file. Info found in lakka/boot/readme_config.txt

  5. Boot via hekate -> More Configs -> Lakka

Hints

You will have better performance using the vulkan video driver in most cores.

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