Pi Setup Nov 2016

Yet another setup for the Pi

Base OS

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

• Raspbian
• RASPBIAN JESSIE WITH PIXEL
• Win32DiskImager utility
• put on 16 gig micro card
• boot

• Before installing new application or service in Raspbian, make sure to
• always type this into terminal: ( if this file is on your PI use cut and paste )

This takes awhile ( perhaps an hour? )

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Change Password

• as shipped id is pi password is raspberry. default user is pi , and the password is raspberry
• Change your password. When logged in as the pi user, you can change your password with the passwd command. Enter passwd on the command line and press Enter . You'll be prompted to enter your current password to authenticate, and then asked for a new password.

passwd

Preferences

Use the menu to change to a us keyboard or whatever preference you may have.. timezone?

• WiFi Country code
• Timezone
• Keyboard

Set Up Remote Desktop

1. use this command to setup the pi

sudo apt-get install xrdp

but there seem to be problems on the pi 3 see [connect probs]

Need the IP Address

on the pi issue the command

ifconfig

and read the tcpip address of the pi( inet addr ) which you can then use, or better use a fixed address

fixed ip address

• [1]

sudo leafpad /etc/dhcpcd.conf

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the file and add one, or both of the following snippets. Depending on whether you want to set a static IP address for a wired connection or a wireless connection eth0 = wired, wlan0 = wireless. You’ll need to edit the numbers in the snippet so they match your network configuration.

• interface = This defines which network interface you are setting the configuration for.
• static ip_address = This is the IP address that you want to set your device to. (Make sure you leave the /24 at the end)
• static routers = This is the IP address of your gateway (probably the IP address or your router)
• static domain_name_servers = This is the IP address of your DNS (probably the IP address of your router). You can add multiple IP addresses here separated with a single space.

• my next Rasberry Pi 178/179

interface eth0

static ip_address=192.168.0.176/24
static routers=192.168.0.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1

interface wlan0

static ip_address=192.168.0.200/24
static routers=192.168.0.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1

Spyder

>>> sudo apt-get install spyder