ChipNomad Installation

Download ChipNomad build for your platform.

Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux)

ChipNomad doesn’t require special installation, just unzip the distribution package to a convenient folder and run the exectuable file.

The macOS buils is not signed so you will need to bypass macOS security checks:

  1. Open Terminal and in the folder with ChipNomad.app run: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ChipNomad.app
  2. Try opening ChipNomad, if macOS still doesn’t open it, go to System Settings — Privacy & Security, and allow running ChipNomad.

PortMaster

This build works on a wide variety of Linux-based handheld consoles. Ths list of supported devices.

As ChipNomad is not currently published to PortMaster repository, you will need to manually install it. PortMaster website gives the following instructions:

…Copy the zip file into the PortMaster Autoinstall folder. Then you just run the PortMaster Application and PortMaster will install the Port for you.

Here are the locations for the autoinstall folder for the

  • AmberELEC, ROCKNIX, uOS, Jelos: /roms/ports/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  • muOS: /mmc/MUOS/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  • ArkOS: /roms/tools/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  • Knulli: /userdata/system/.local/share/PortMaster/autoinstall

If that does not work you can also unzip the contents of the port into the ports folders of each cfw, note that this may break the port and ports may no longer start.

  • AmberELEC, ROCKNIX, uOS, Jelos: /roms/ports/
  • muOS: /mmc/ports/ for the folders and /mnt/mmc/ROMS/Ports/ for the .sh files
  • ArkOS: /roms/tools/PortMaster/autoinstall/
  • Knulli: /userdata/system/.local/share/PortMaster/autoinstall

Pre-2024 Anbernic RG35xx build

This build will only work on Pre-2024 RG35xx with GarlicOS 1.4 installed. Create a ChipNomad folder in Roms/APPS and unzip the distribution package to this folder.