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File Download

• Loader: RK3588_SPL_Loader_v1.15.113.bin

• ROCK 5B System Image (kernel 5.10): rock-5b_debian_bullseye_kde_b39

• ROCK 5B System Image (Kernel 6.1): rock-5b_bookworm_kde_b5

• ROCK 5B+ System Image: rock-5b-plus_bookworm_kde_b2

• SPI Image: spi_image.img

• MiniLoader.bin

Install rkdeveloptool

rkdeveloptool is Rockchip's software for USB burning on Linux/macOS platforms.

The rkdeveloptool can be thought of as an upgrade_tool for the open source version.

If your operating system does not provide rkdeveloptool, you will need to compile and install it from source.

Debian

Execute the following command from the command line to install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev dh-autoreconf pkg-config libusb-1.0 build-essential git wget
git clone https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool
cd rkdeveloptool
wget https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool/pull/73.patch
wget https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool/pull/85.patch
git am *.patch
autoreconf -i
./configure
make -j $(nproc)
sudo cp rkdeveloptool /usr/local/sbin/

Ubuntu

Execute the following command from the command line to install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev dh-autoreconf pkg-config libusb-1.0 build-essential git wget
git clone https://github.com/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool
cd rkdeveloptool
wget https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool/pull/73.patch
wget https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/rockchip-linux/rkdeveloptool/pull/85.patch
git am *.patch
autoreconf -i
./configure
make -j $(nproc)
sudo cp rkdeveloptool /usr/local/sbin/

On Ubuntu 22.10 and later you can install it from the command line: sudo apt-get install rkdeveloptool

ArchLinux

rkdeveloptool can be installed from the AUR .

Enter to Maskrom

ROCK 5B

1. Remove the microSD card and power cable.
2. Press and hold the Maskrom button.
3. Insert the USB A-C cable into the Type-C port of ROCK 5B, with the other end plugged into the computer. This should normally put it into Maskrom mode.

ROCK 5B+

1. Remove the microSD card and power cable.
2. Press and hold the Maskrom button.
3. Insert the USB A-C cable into the Type-C port of ROCK 5B+, with the other end plugged into the computer. Power on the ROCK 5B+; this should normally put it into Maskrom mode.

Using rkdeveloptool

Write to a file

tip

rkdeveloptool does not automatically decompress compressed files when writing to them.

You must first extract the used files and specify the extracted files in rkdeveloptool.

tip

rkdeveloptool does not support the selection of a Maskrom device, nor the selection of a storage medium to be written to. Normally, when using rkdeveloptool, only one device and one storage medium are connected in hardware. This step cannot be controlled by software.

If you need to write to multiple devices at the same time, use upgrade_tool.

1. Extract the image file (see **File Download** above for details of the image file, here rock-5b_debian_bullseye-test_kde_39.img.xz is used as an example)
   xz -d rock-5b_debian_bullseye-test_kde_39.img.xz
2. Flash Loader
   sudo rkdeveloptool db rk3588_spl_loader_v1.08.111.bin
3. Flash System Image
   sudo rkdeveloptool wl 0 rock-5b_debian_bullseye-test_kde_39.img
   

Reboot

sudo rkdeveloptool rd

Login

After rebooting the device, you can log in to the system via HDMI or serial port.

tip

Account and password are both radxa.