Installing Lineage OS 13 on Mi Pad I am planning to install Lineage OS 13 on my MiPad (1st gen) running MIUI7.

I was told that the first thing i need to do for this is install a custom recovery like TWRP &amp; resize the partition as per this guide.

I have a few questions 

1) Do I first need to root my MiPad before installing TWRP? If so, how do I do that?

2) I found that I could install TWRP from the play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.twrp.twrpapp
(This is version 1.15)

How the guide says I should download TWRP_multirom-v2.8.4-mocha.zip Recovery. It doesn't mention where from but the version seems to 2.8.4

Why does the playstore contain such an old version? And where do I get TWRP_multirom-v2.8.4-mocha.zip from?

The guide also says 
    Change the Mi Recovery to either CWM or TWRP Recovery (I used TWRP)

What does this mean &amp; how do I do this?
To install Lineage OS 13 on your Mi Pad, requires these steps.

N.B: Rooting voids your warranty and may brick your device. Backup your device data before any operations. Kindly read the steps given on xda several times and perform operation.


Required to Root your Mi pad. MIUI Root zip

Download the zip file, place it on internal memory, go to updater app and flash the zip by selecting it from internal memory. your device got rooted.
To unroot, download stock rom from miui and flash it.
Install a custom recovery TWRP(recommended) or CWM. TWRP download

Download twrp app or zip file from the above link, if from app, open app, it will ask root permissions, provide them, select your device, and install the version provided for your device.
Lineage OS 13 ROM zip file. Lineage zip


XDA contains several discussions about rooting, installing custom recovery(twrp), custom rom(Lineage, resurrection remix etc.). Please go through every aspect about the steps and then follow it. 
Try to download any official rom, if not download unofficial that updated to latest version.

Google apps for marshmallow. opengapps

download google apps for your 


platform arm(32bit), arm64(64bit)
android version, lineage 13 is marshmallow(6.0)
variant based please look this answer for which-version-of-gapps-to-install-for-lineage   



If you can go to mi recovery using power and volume button, your bootloader is unlocked.
unlock steps mipad2