Index

A

• accelerated video playback
  • obtaining / Getting accelerated video playback, How to do it…
  • required components / Preparing the building of the required components
  • hardware-accelerating components, building / Building and activating the hardware-accelerating components
  • hardware-accelerating components, activating / Building and activating the hardware-accelerating components
  • MPlayer, installing / Installing and configuring MPlayer
  • MPlayer, configuring / Installing and configuring MPlayer
  • VLC media player, configuring / Installing and configuring VLC media player, How it works…, There's more…
  • VLC media player, installing / Installing and configuring VLC media player, How it works…, There's more…
  • references, URLs / See also
• Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) / How it works…
• Advanced Packaging Tool (Apt)
  • about / Searching, installing, and removing the software
  • URL / See also
• Android
  • about / Android
• Apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) / Linux
• Apt Pinning / How it works…
• Arch Linux
  • URL / See also
• audio device
  • configuring / Configuring the audio device, How to do it…
  • HDMI pass-through, configuring / Configuring HDMI pass-through
  • analog audio, configuring / Configuring analog audio
  • audio output, testing / Testing the audio output, There's more…
  • references, URLs / See also

B

• Banana Pi
  • about / Introduction
  • overview / Banana Pi Overview
  • hardware components and interfaces / Banana Pi Overview
  • operating systems / Operating systems for the Banana Pi
  • URL / See also
  • booting up / Booting up and shutting down the Banana Pi, Booting up
  • shutting down / Booting up and shutting down the Banana Pi, Booting up
  • Android, shutting down / Shutting down Android
  • Linux, shutting down / Shutting down Linux, How it works…
  • IP address, determining / How to do it…
  • hostname, determining / How to do it…
  • VNC server, installing / Installing the VNC server on the Banana Pi
  • pin layout / The Banana Pi pin layout
• Banana Pro
  • wireless network, configuring / Getting ready, How to do it…
  • ap6210 module, loading / Loading the ap6210 module
  • wireless network, configuring with WiFi Config / Configuring the wireless network with WiFi Config
  • wireless network, manual configuration / Configuring the wireless network manually, How it works…
  • wireless network, working / How it works…, There's more…
  • pin layout / The Banana Pro pin layout
  • reference link / See also
• Bash Shell Scripting
  • reference link / See also
• Bourne again shell (Bash) / There's more…

C

• C
  • LED, programming / Programming the LED with C
• Certificate Authority (CA)
  • about / How it works…
• command-line interface (CLI) / There's more…
• Cron scheduler
  • reference link / See also

D

• Database Management System (DBMS)
  • about / How it works…
• dd command / How to do it…
• desktop
  • controlling remotely, VNC used / Controlling the desktop remotely using VNC, How it works…, There's more…
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)
  • about / How it works…
• Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
  • about / How to do it…
  • setting up / Setting up a Dynamic DNS
  • hostname, updating / Updating the Dynamic DNS hostname

E

• external disk
  • booting from / Booting from an external disk, Getting ready
  • drive, formatting / Formatting the drive, Copying the root filesystem and editing uEnv.txt
  • working / How it works…

F

• fdisk
  • URL / See also
• file sharing
  • over network, via Samba / Sharing files over the network via Samba, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• file synchronization
  • over Internet / Synchronizing files over the Internet, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • Dynamic DNS (DDNS), setting up / Setting up a Dynamic DNS
  • Dynamic DNS (DDNS) hostname, updating / Updating the Dynamic DNS hostname
  • port forwarding, setting up / Setting up a port forwarding
  • ownCloud, installing / Installing ownCloud
• filesystem permissions
  • URL / See also
• fstab
  • mounting via / Mounting via fstab, How to do it…, There's more…
  • configuration, URL / See also
  • used, for accessing Samba share on Linux / Accessing the Samba share on Linux using fstab

G

• gpio command
  • used, for enlightening LED / Lighting up an LED using the gpio command, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• GPIO extension board
  • using / Using a GPIO extension board
• GPIO input
  • using, with pushbutton / Using the GPIO input with a pushbutton, How it works…
  • circuit, preparing / Preparing the circuit
  • software, programming / Programming the software
  • C code / Explaining the C code
  • Python code / There's more…
• GPIO pins
  • about / Introduction
• graphical user interface (GUI) / Android
• groups command / How it works…

H

• HDD
  • mounting, via SATA / Mounting an SSD or HDD via SATA, How to do it…, How it works…
• hostname
  • determining / Determining the IP address and hostname, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…
• HTTP over SSL (HTTPS)
  • about / Securing the Nginx web server using SSL
  • reference link / See also

I

• infrared remote control
  • setting up, with LIRC / Setting up an infrared remote control using LIRC, How to do it…
  • used, for controlling applications / Controlling applications using the remote control, How it works…, There's more…
  • working / How it works…
  • URL / See also
• Internet
  • file, synchronizing / Synchronizing files over the Internet, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• IP address
  • determining / Determining the IP address and hostname, Getting ready, How to do it…, There's more…

K

• kernel / How it works…
• Kodi
  • about / Setting up Kodi
  • setting up / How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • URLs / See also

L

• LED
  • enlightening, gpio command used / Lighting up an LED using the gpio command, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • programming / Programming the LED, How it works…
  • programming, with C / Programming the LED with C
  • programming, with Python / Programming the LED with Python
  • C code / Explaining the C code
  • Python code / Explaining the Python code
• LeMaker / Operating systems for the Banana Pi
• LEMP stack
  • setting up / Other technologies
• Linux
  • about / Linux
  • SD card, setting up on / Setting up the SD card on Linux, How to do it…, How it works…
  • Samba share, accessing / Accessing the Samba share on Linux manually
  • Samba share, accessing on Linux with fstab / Accessing the Samba share on Linux using fstab
  • self-signed certificate, importing / Importing a self-signed certificate on Linux
  • VNC client, installing / Installing and using a VNC client on Linux, How it works…
  • SSH tunnel, using for VNC / Using an SSH tunnel for VNC on Linux
  • SSH keys, using / Using SSH keys on Linux
• Linux-based operating systems (distributions)
  • Lubuntu / Linux
  • Raspbian / Linux
  • Bananian / Linux
• LIRC
  • used, for setting up infrared remote control / Setting up an infrared remote control using LIRC, How to do it…
  • configuring, for setting up remote control / Configuring LIRC to recognize the remote control

M

• modprobe (probe module) command / How it works…
• MPlayer
  • installing / Installing and configuring MPlayer
  • configuring / Installing and configuring MPlayer
• multimedia
  • about / Introduction
  • audio device, configuring / Configuring the audio device
  • accelerated video playback, obtaining / Getting accelerated video playback
  • Kodi, setting up / Setting up Kodi
  • infrared remote control, setting up with LIRC / Setting up an infrared remote control using LIRC
• MySQL
  • reference link / See also
• MySQL database server
  • installing / Installing the MySQL database server

N

• Nginx
  • URL / See also
  • configuring / Configuring Nginx to use an SSL certificate
• Nginx web server
  • installing / Installing the Nginx web server
  • securing, SSL certificate used / Securing the Nginx web server using SSL, How it works…

O

• operating system
  • updating / Updating the operating system, Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• operating systems, Banana Pi
  • about / Operating systems for the Banana Pi, Linux
  • Android / Android
  • Linux / Linux
  • downloading / Downloading an operating system for the Banana Pi, Getting ready, How to do it…
  • component requisites / Getting ready
  • image download, URL / How to do it…
  • references / See also
• ownCloud
  • about / Synchronizing files over the Internet
  • installing / Installing ownCloud
  • URL / Installing ownCloud, There's more…, See also
  • client, configuring / There's more…

P

• PHP
  • URL / See also
• PHP FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM)
  • about / How it works…
• PhpMyAdmin
  • setting up / Setting up PhpMyAdmin
• PHP scripting language
  • installing / Installing the PHP scripting language
• port forwarding
  • setting up / Setting up a port forwarding
  • URL / Setting up a port forwarding
• pull-up/pull-down resistors
  • reference link / See also
• pushbutton
  • GPIO input, using / Using the GPIO input with a pushbutton, How it works…
• PuTTY
  • used, for connecting via SSH on Windows / Connecting via SSH on Windows using PuTTY, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • URL / See also
  • SSH tunnel, adding for VNC / Adding a SSH tunnel for VNC in PuTTY
  • SSH keys, using / Using SSH keys in PuTTY
• Python
  • LED, programming / Programming the LED with Python

R

• ReadyMedia-transcode
  • URL / There's more…
• rm -rf command / There's more…
• rsync
  • URL / See also

S

• Samba
  • used, for sharing files / Sharing files over the network via Samba, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
  • server, installing / Installing the Samba server
  • share, accessing on Windows / Accessing the Samba share on Windows
  • share, accessing on Linux / Accessing the Samba share on Linux manually
  • share, accessing on Linux with fstab / Accessing the Samba share on Linux using fstab
  • reference link / See also
• SD card, on Linux
  • setting up / Setting up the SD card on Linux, How to do it…, How it works…
• SD card, on Windows
  • setting up / Setting up the SD card on Windows, How to do it…
  • Android image, writing to / Writing an Android image to the SD card on Windows
  • Linux distribution image, writing to / Writing a Linux distribution image to the SD card on Windows
  • working / How it works…
  • reference URLs / See also
• self-signed certificate
  • importing, on Windows / Importing a self-signed certificate on Windows
  • importing, on Linux / Importing a self-signed certificate on Linux
• software
  • searching / Searching, installing, and removing the software, Searching for packages
  • installing / Searching, installing, and removing the software, Searching for packages
  • removing / Searching, installing, and removing the software, Searching for packages
  • prerequisites / Getting ready
  • packages, searching / Searching for packages
  • packages, installing / Installing a package
  • packages, removing / Removing a package, How it works…, There's more…
• Sound eXchange (SoX) / Testing the audio output
• SSD
  • mounting, via SATA / Mounting an SSD or HDD via SATA, How to do it…, How it works…
• SSH
  • used, for connecting Banana Pi on Unix-like systems / Connecting via SSH on Unix-like systems, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• SSH, on Windows
  • connecting, Banana Pi via / Connecting via SSH on Windows using PuTTY, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• SSH keys
  • used, for securing SSH / Securing SSH using SSH keys, How it works…
  • using, in PuTTY / Using SSH keys in PuTTY
  • using, on Linux / Using SSH keys on Linux
  • SSH password login, disabling / Disabling the SSH password login on the Banana Pi
  • reference link / See also
• SSH tunnel
  • adding for VNC, in PuTTY / Adding a SSH tunnel for VNC in PuTTY
  • using for VNC, on Linux / Using an SSH tunnel for VNC on Linux
  • reference link / See also
• SSL certificate
  • used, for securing Nginx web server / Securing the Nginx web server using SSL, How it works…
  • creating / Creating the certificate
  • Nginx, configuring / Configuring Nginx to use an SSL certificate
• sudo command
  • URL / See also

T

• TightVNC
  • URL / See also
• TightVNC client
  • URL / Installing and using a VNC client on Windows

U

• Unix-like systems
  • Banana Pi, connecting with SSH on / Connecting via SSH on Unix-like systems, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
• UPnP media server
  • setting up / Setting up a UPnP media server, How to do it…, How it works…, See also
• USB drive
  • mounting / Mounting a USB drive, How to do it…
  • working / How it works…, There's more…
• user
  • maintaining / User maintenance, How it works…
  • creating / Getting ready
  • deleting / Getting ready, Deleting a user, How it works…
  • adding / Adding a new user
  • password, setting / Setting a password for a user
• userdel command / There's more…

V

• Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) / Introduction
• virtual hosts
  • about / How it works…
• Virtual Network Computing
  • reference link / See also
• VLC media player
  • configuring / Installing and configuring VLC media player
  • installing / Installing and configuring VLC media player, How it works…
• VNC
  • used, for controlling desktop remotely / Controlling the desktop remotely using VNC, How it works…, There's more…
  • about / Getting ready
  • client, installing on Banana Pi / Installing the VNC server on the Banana Pi
  • client, installing on Windows / Installing and using a VNC client on Windows
  • client, installing on Linux / Installing and using a VNC client on Linux
  • SSH tunnel, adding in PuTTY / Adding a SSH tunnel for VNC in PuTTY
  • SSH tunnel, using on Linux / Using an SSH tunnel for VNC on Linux

W

• web application
  • setting up / Setting up a web application, How it works…
  • Nginx web server, installing / Installing the Nginx web server
  • PHP scripting language, installing / Installing the PHP scripting language
  • MySQL database server, installing / Installing the MySQL database server
  • WordPress, installing / Installing WordPress
• WiFi Config
  • used, for configuring wireless network / Configuring the wireless network with WiFi Config
• Windows
  • SD card, setting up on / Setting up the SD card on Windows, How to do it…
  • Samba share, accessing / Accessing the Samba share on Windows
  • self-signed certificate, importing / Importing a self-signed certificate on Windows
  • VNC client, installing / Installing and using a VNC client on Windows
• wireless network
  • configuring, on Banana Pro / Wireless network on the Banana Pro, Loading the ap6210 module
  • configuring, with WiFi Config / Configuring the wireless network with WiFi Config
  • manual configuration / Configuring the wireless network manually, How it works…
• WordPress
  • installing / Installing WordPress

X

• x11vnc VNC server
  • URL / See also
• XBMC / Setting up Kodi