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Banana Pi Cookbook

By : Ryad El-Dajani
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Banana Pi Cookbook

By: Ryad El-Dajani

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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Banana Pi Cookbook
Banana Pi Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Installation and Setup
Installation and Setup
Introduction
Downloading an operating system for the Banana Pi
Setting up the SD card on Windows
Setting up the SD card on Linux
Booting up and shutting down the Banana Pi
2
Administration
Administration
Introduction
Determining the IP address and hostname
Connecting via SSH on Windows using PuTTY
Connecting via SSH on Unix-like systems
User maintenance
Searching, installing, and removing the software
Updating the operating system
Wireless network on the Banana Pro
3
External Disks
External Disks
Introduction
Mounting a USB drive
Mounting an SSD or HDD via SATA
Mounting via fstab
Booting from an external disk
4
Networking
Networking
Introduction
Sharing files over the network via Samba
Setting up a web application
Securing the Nginx web server using SSL
Synchronizing files over the Internet
Controlling the desktop remotely using VNC
Securing SSH using SSH keys
Setting up a UPnP media server
5
Using the GPIO Pins
Using the GPIO Pins
Introduction
Lighting up an LED using the gpio command
Programming the LED
Using the GPIO input with a pushbutton
6
Multimedia
Multimedia
Introduction
Configuring the audio device
Getting accelerated video playback
Setting up Kodi
Setting up an infrared remote control using LIRC
Index
Index

Chapter 1. Installation and Setup

This chapter will cover the following recipes:

  • Downloading an operating system for the Banana Pi

  • Setting up the SD card on Windows

  • Setting up the SD card on Linux

  • Booting up and shutting down the Banana Pi

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