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Learning Raspbian

By : Harrington

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Learning Raspbian

4 (14)

By: Harrington

Overview of this book

This book is intended for developers who have worked with the Raspberry Pi and who want to learn how to make the most of the Raspbian operating system and their Raspberry Pi. Whether you are a beginner to the Raspberry Pi or a seasoned expert, this book will make you familiar with the Raspbian operating system and teach you how to get your Raspberry Pi up and running.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

The Raspberry Pi

History of the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi hardware

Raspbian

Raspbian components

Summary

2. Getting Started with Raspbian

2. Getting Started with Raspbian

SD card specifications

Downloading Raspbian

Imaging Raspbian onto your SD card

Summary

3. Starting Raspbian

3. Starting Raspbian

Raspberry Pi Model A and Raspberry Pi Model B

Raspberry Pi A+

Raspberry Pi B+

Plugging in your Raspberry Pi

Booting your Raspberry Pi for the first time

The Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool

Finishing up

Common problems

Summary

4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

The Raspbian desktop

The Raspbian filesystem

A tour of the Raspbian desktop

Virtual desktops

Network management with Raspbian

Customizing your Raspbian desktop

Preinstalled software

File management in Xfce

Summary

5. Installing Software on Raspbian

5. Installing Software on Raspbian

Package management in Linux

Methods of installing software

Using the console

Synaptic GUI Package Manager

The Pi Store

Installing software from source

Installing updates

Other software that you can install

Summary

6. The Console

6. The Console

Bash

Launching the bash command interpreter

Basic bash commands

The autocompletion of commands

Running commands as root

Moving around the filesystem using bash

Manipulating files

Redirection in bash

Environmental variables

Basic scripting

Text editors

Summary

7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

Raspbmc

Volumio

ThinBox

PiPlay

Torberry

Kali

Summary

A. References

Chapter 1, The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian

Chapter 2, Getting Started with Raspbian

Chapter 4, An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop

Chapter 5, Installing Software on Raspbian

Chapter 6, The Console

Chapter 7, Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian

Index

Index

The Pi Store

The Pi Store is another tool that you can use to install software on your Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Store is installed by default in Raspbian and can be opened using the Pi Store icon on the desktop. The Pi Store groups together most of the best pieces of software that are available to be installed on your Raspberry Pi in one place.

The Pi Store

The Pi Store is the only piece of software installed on your Raspberry Pi that actually sells commercial software and other content. To be able to purchase non-free software from the Pi Store, you need to register and provide a payment method such as a credit card.

The Pi Store is really easy to use:

Simply find the software that you want to install, and click on Buy Now.
Log in with your account, and away you go!

The Pi Store automatically handles all updates to any software that you have purchased.

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