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Learning Raspbian

Learning Raspbian

By : Harrington
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Learning Raspbian

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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.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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Customer support
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1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian
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1. The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian
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The Raspberry Pi
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History of the Raspberry Pi
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The Raspberry Pi hardware
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Raspbian
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Raspbian components
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Summary
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2. Getting Started with Raspbian
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2. Getting Started with Raspbian
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SD card specifications
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Downloading Raspbian
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Imaging Raspbian onto your SD card
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3. Starting Raspbian
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3. Starting Raspbian
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Raspberry Pi Model A and Raspberry Pi Model B
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Raspberry Pi A+
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Raspberry Pi B+
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Plugging in your Raspberry Pi
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Booting your Raspberry Pi for the first time
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The Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool
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Finishing up
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Common problems
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Summary
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4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop
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4. An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop
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The Raspbian desktop
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The Raspbian filesystem
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A tour of the Raspbian desktop
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Virtual desktops
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Network management with Raspbian
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Customizing your Raspbian desktop
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Preinstalled software
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File management in Xfce
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5. Installing Software on Raspbian
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5. Installing Software on Raspbian
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Package management in Linux
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Methods of installing software
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Using the console
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Synaptic GUI Package Manager
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The Pi Store
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Installing software from source
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Installing updates
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Other software that you can install
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6. The Console
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6. The Console
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Bash
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Launching the bash command interpreter
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Basic bash commands
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The autocompletion of commands
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Running commands as root
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Moving around the filesystem using bash
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Manipulating files
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Redirection in bash
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Environmental variables
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Basic scripting
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Text editors
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7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian
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7. Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian
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Raspbmc
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Volumio
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ThinBox
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PiPlay
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Torberry
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Kali
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A. References
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Chapter 1, The Raspberry Pi and Raspbian
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Chapter 2, Getting Started with Raspbian
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Chapter 4, An Introduction to the Raspbian Desktop
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Chapter 5, Installing Software on Raspbian
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Chapter 6, The Console
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Chapter 7, Other Linux Distributions Based on Raspbian
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Installing software from source

All software programs are built from different files. These files are called source code and are written in programming languages. The most common programming languages that are used on Linux are C and C++.

There are all sorts of reasons that you may want to download and install a piece of software that is distributed as source code. Some of these are as follows:

  • The software isn't available in the Raspbian repositories.

  • The latest version of the software isn't in the Raspbian repositories.

  • The features in the software aren't available in the packages in the Raspbian repositories.

There are a several disadvantages to installing software from source, such as these:

  • Updates aren't automatically installed for any software packages that are installed from source.

  • Additional software is required to compile and install the software. Generally this is the build-essential metapackage.

  • It can take a long time to compile and install software depending on its complexity.

If you...

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