Questions tagged [software-installation]
Questions regarding issues installing specific applications or operating systems on the Raspberry Pi.
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How to Install Fedora/Pidora and Ubuntu Mate on Raspberry Pi?
I have a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and a Windows Laptop, through which I have downloaded Pidora and made a bootable SD Card with Etcher Software.
When I try to boot my Pi using this SD card it is not doing ...
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Installing Etcher and Octopi: Unable to to Unzip and Install either of these programs?
So I have received my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ in the mail. Plug it in and hook it up. Everything works awesome up until this point...I would like to mention that I have been a Windows user my whole entire ...
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How to restart setup wizard at first time startup?
I started up my raspberry pi, and accidentally pressed escape during new password creation.
The startup wizard exited, and now I cant get back to the startup wizard.
How do I restart the startup ...
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Installing Raspbian without recommended Software from NOOBS
Is it possible to install Raspbian (without the Recommended software) from NOOBS?
Last time I chose Raspbian from NOOBS installation menu it also included the recommended software (Mathematica, ...
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Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-.list (Component)
I am trying to install software in my raspberry pi running resbian. Every time I try to install anything from through the terminal I get "Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-...
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Installing openssl 1.0.2g on jessie
I need to use libssl-dev 1.0.2g to compile some old codes.
I followed the guides in stackoverflow but it does not work in my case.
This is my /etc/apt/sourcelist
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian....
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Cant upgrade Raspbian neither run Python
I am trying to upgrade my Raspberry Pi 3 B+:
$ uname -a
Linux plexmediaserver-pi 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
But I am getting this weird error:
pi@...
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Microsoft Word on Raspberry Pi Zero W
Is there any way to install MS Word or Latex on a Raspberry Pi Zero W?
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Error installing dotNet4.0 on Wine
sorry if the solution is obvious but this is my first time working with Linux.
Backstory (just the reason why I do this): I have to code a Programm for school which has to run on a Raspberry Pi and I ...
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ReSpeaker 2mic drivers can't be installed on Pi 3b
I’m trying to set up a ReSpeaker 2mic Pi HAT. Emphasis on trying.
According to the instructions, i’m supposed to do this:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
git clone https://github.com/...
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I can't install System.Device.Gpio on RPi
I try to use .NET Core for Raspberry Pi 3 and want to install IoT libraries by using the instructions here I want to do development on my Mac and then copy files to the RPi so I created a console ...
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Help installing Zoiper on Raspbian or a .deb/.run file
Can anyone help me instal zoiper (voip) on my raspberry pi 3B+ (Raspbian OS).
I’m having great difficulties and would appreciate any assistance.
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installing software via preference menu
Complete newbie with Linux and everything Raspberry Pi, was given B+ starter kit and trying to install libre office from the Preference menu. I found the software and downloaded it but it requires a ...
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Clone my setup for multiple raspis
I'm going to have a bunch of people learning computing with raspis. I have my own 3b+ running Ubuntu MATE 18.04 set up with everything software- and config-wise I want the students to have. Is there a ...
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ADS1115 simplest.py works in terminal but not in Thonny
I defined two GPIO pins as SCL and SDA for another I2C, (e.g., i2c3 on busnum=3).
ADS1115 was successfully detected by runing (sudo i2cdetect -y 3).
Also, the modified simplest.py (where ...
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How to install Couchbase onto a Raspberry Pi 3
I am making a discord bot, and I want to use Couchbase as my Database option. (So I can get some practise on it, since work is switching to it)
However, Couchbase does not officially target the ARM ...
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~ $ sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin --------> Spits out dependency error
I'm new to the Raspberry Pi platform and also complitly new to Linux OS. That said, trubleshooting by my self is pretty much impossible. I hope I can find some help here :)
I wanted to install Samba, ...
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How do I Flash (install) Raspbian on Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 / 3+?
NOTE: This question & solution ONLY relates to Compute Modules 3 or 3+ with on-board eMMC storage. The "Lite" versions of these has NO eMMC Storage
I'm working on a project involving prototyping ...
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Remote Deployments
I have an application that runs on a RPi 3. This application can update itself by checking for a new version on a web server. If there's a new version, it downloads it from the server, runs a ...
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install pymc3 on raspberry
I would like to install pymc3 on my raspberry pi 3 model b+ for my hobby project. But installing pymc3 by pip took forever and it was never able to finish installing. It there any other way to install ...
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How to install Android on Raspberry Pi 2B?
I have tried following, but failed at some stage
Emteria OS : knowing that this OS is for Raspberry Pi 3 model, anyway I tried to install it for experiment. Screen froze at Kernel Starting
KitKat for ...
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Errors while installing OpenSSL from source (.deb) files
I am fairly new to raspberry pi's and Linux so forgive me if my question is trivial.
I have been trying to install openssl and libssl via ssh on a Raspberry Pi zero that does not have access to the ...
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Pi 3A+ doesn't boot past rc-local.service - how can I fix this on Windows?
Just set up my first Pi for the first time using a Windows computer - I don't have another Linux system available to me. I got the Pi working by flashing the Raspian disk image onto the SD, and this ...
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can't update to python 3,5 although we have install it with the command below
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.6/Python-3.5.6.tar.xz
tar xf Python-3.5.6.tar.xz
cd Python-3.5.6
./configure
make -j 4
sudo make altinstall
can't update to python 3,5 although we have ...
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Installing equivalent of unrar package (rar)
I wanted to install rar from packages ( https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=unrar ), unfortunately it seems that it is impossible on Raspbian:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ rar
bash: rar: command not ...
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Libboost package installion error on Raspberry pi 3b+
Command:
sudo apt-get install libboost1.50-all-dev
Result:
Error: Could not find any package by globe and regex libboost1.50-all-dev
Error: Unable to locate package libboost1.50-all-dev
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Getting error: `/usr/bin/veracrypt: No such file or directory` after installing veracrypt
I am trying to install the armv7 version of Veracrypt on my Raspberry Pi. I downloaded it from: https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.21/+download/veracrypt-1.21-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2, unzipped and ...
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Synergy closing immediately
So I'm running raspbian stretch on a raspberry pi 3 and just installed synergy to run as the client. (installed via terminal "sudo apt-get install synergy")
It was working yesterday, but now, when I ...
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Getting Japanese fonts (hiragana & katakana) and entering text into LibreOffice (NB Not changing entire system language to Japanese) Qu Pt 2
Following Goldilocks guidance, I seem to have a series of fonts installed but can find nothing to say/show how they might be 'activated' and input swapped between English letters and Japanese ...
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Getting Japanese fonts (hiragana & katakana) and entering text into LibreOffice (NB Not changing entire system language to Japanese)
I want to use some Japanese text entry in a word processor (eg LibreOffice). I have a Japanese capable keyboard. I haven’t found any exchanges which tell me how to do this. I’m a novice with RPi.
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How to get Arch Linux OS on a Raspberry Pi?
So, I was going to get Arch Linux on my Raspberry Pi as a test, and so I plugged the microSD card into my laptop. It's a Dell Latitude E6230 running Windows 10. Turns out it counted at like 5 ...
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SD card in read-only after NOOBS installation
I was booting for the first time a Raspberry Pi with NOOBs, the installation was doing fine until it got stuck for more than 20 min. After a quick read on the internet it was apparently fine to power-...
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installing pytorch on the pi
I am extensively using torch on a desktop CPU and would like to use it on the pi. I have found https://pitorch.org/, but it's still in construction (nice name, guys!) - is there any experience on ...
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uninstall a recently installed app
I installed lnd (lighgning network daemon) using the below command.
sudo install -m 0755 -o root -g root -t /usr/local/bin lnd-linux-armv7-v0.5.1-beta/*
What's the cleanest way to remove/rollback ...
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How to install UBUNTU MATE without another computer
I am using a raspberry pi 3 b (not b+) and I am looking to install Ubuntu MATE
I am currently running Raspbian but I have heard of Ubuntu MATE and wish to use it.
However I have not another computer ...
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Raspberry Pi won't fully download deb file
I am working on downloading some software a collaborator of my team at work made onto a raspberry pi but for some reason I am having some trouble. This is the first time I have worked this Raspberry ...
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Can't Install Packages with apt-get | no installation candidate
I'm using Raspbian Stretch with Desktop(v4.14.62-v7) and I can't seem to be able to install packages on my rPi.
For instance, when I type sudo apt-get install autoconf, I get:
Reading package lists.....
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Installing a Raspberry pi to run a browser
I have a raspberry pi device and I am wanting to use it to drive a monitor at our workplace which will show operational stats and monitor service up time.
So I just want a base desktop plus chrome ...
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Running programs, saving results
If I'm using Pi 3B+ to learn SQL and Python and doing exercises, should I install programs on an external USB drive because of limited size of Pi?
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Remote dd a Raspberry Pi
I have a couple of Raspberry Pis running at different sites. I can access all of them over SSH and all of them are running read only file system.
I need to fully replace the software on some of this ...
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What's the easiest way to get Raspbian with GUI, without software
Similar to Raspbian without a GUI and other programs I don't need:
It comes with a GUI -- I want to install my own window manager (if I want)
It comes with programs like Mathematica, ...
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Installing scipy 1.0.0 in python3 environment get decode byte error in _vq.pyx
I am following the instructions in How to install latest Scipy version on Raspberry Pi
and when I get to point of running:
python3 setup.py build
I get the following:
I tried looking at _vq.pyx but ...
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Qt 5.11.1 install: run configure with options
I am new to the whole installing via the console thing.
I try to install Qt 5.11.1 native on my Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspian Stretch according to this tutorial: http://www.tal.org/tutorials/building-qt-...
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unable to install packages- raspberry pi 3
I have been trying to get this working for a lot of hours now but no success.
Here is what I have done-
ping 8.8.8.8 works
Also added nameserver 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 in etc/resolv.conf as suggested on ...
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raspberry pi model b+ Not booting
I recently bought a raspberry pi 3 b+ from amazon and when I got it delivered the package was already opened, so I just want to check if my raspberry is working or not so I formatted a compatible sd ...
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Android Studio on Raspbian
I'd like to use my Raspberry Pi for programming, among others, Java. As an editor, I would like to use Android Studio.
Is there a kind of Android Studio to install on the Raspberry Pi?
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error trying to set up RFIDIOT on raspberry
I am new to raspberry and python in general. I followed different guides to set up RFIDIOT (even the documentation and the installation guide on the repository on Github). So far, when I run pcsc_scan ...
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Choosing a distribution and packages for a print server [closed]
I'm helping out someone who's not very tech-savvy replace an older desktop computer, whose only current use is as an SMB print server, with a Raspberry Pi 2B.
I've never worked witha Pi before, but I'...
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Rpi -3 fail to run `esptool`
In order to communicate with ESP32 to run miropython code, I needed to install esptool on my RPI ( done successfully )- using this guide
.
When executing, I got an error message that it doesnot exit-
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