!_ Pi BuildTips

Some common commands, controls and apps when building a pi. Copying Remote Files SCP Copying files from your old pi to your new pi is not too difficult using SCP (secure copy) You will have to know the password on both sides. Change into the directory on the local pi scp -r pi@ipaddress:/home/pi/Desktop/*.* . -r=recursive username@ipaddress:pathtofiles currentlocation You can change . to a path on your machine like /pi/bin/ First of all update.... If you do not intend to use, it will save a ton of time on upgrades. To purge the wolfram engine: sudo apt-get purge wolfram-engine sudo apt-get autoremove Purge Libre sudo apt-get purge libreoffice sonic-pi scratch sudo apt-get autoremove sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade -y sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y ** pi notice says firmware should only be updated if requested to do so by pi. Probably not advisable For firmware update: sudo rpi-update Requires reboot (c1f3e94f22866aa26e41b4d107e6e3741b917a98) Change Root passwd NewPiPasswrod https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/usage/users.md Add user: sudo adduser username sudo visudo To make user root copy root: username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL Set Host Name sudo nano /etc/hostname sudo nano /etc/hosts sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Increase SwapFile size: https://www.bitpi.co/2015/02/11/how-to-change-raspberry-pis-swapfile-size-on-rasbian/ $ sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile Change to CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024 F3 enter F2 Restart swapfile $ sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile stop $ sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start Add a cron to fire job on reboot Edit the file: sudo crontab -e Add line to file (here a python script): Use & sign to run in background else remove @reboot python3 /home/pi/Desktop/exemple.py & ----------------------------------------- installs ----------------------------- Scheduled Tasks: Gnome-Schedular application: sudo apt-get gnome-schedule Emai: Claws mail sudo apt-get install claws-mail Remote Access: Install VNC Viewer This will allow you to connect to your other pi's or VNC machines. sudo apt-get install realvnc-vnc-viewer It will show up in the app menu under Internet. --Too much overhead for blender -- sudo apt-get install blender plugins: http://www.manuelbastioni.com/download.php --gimp graphics works fine. -- sudo apt-get install gimp -------------- VLC video sudo apt-get install vlc -------------- KWeb browser (not really digging it) Will not play quickCPM gauges.. rats. wget http://steinerdatenbank.de/software/kweb-1.6.8.tar.gz tar -xzf kweb-1.6.8.tar.gz cd kweb-1.6.8 ./debinstall KWeb Options If you want to install without desktop install tint2 sudo apt-get install tint2 full screen video without gui requires sudo apt-get install xterm If you plan on watching online video with Kweb, you need to download and install youtube-dl by opening the terminal command line and typing in ginstall-ytdl and press enter to install ytdl from Github. You can also update ytdl by typing in update-ytdl ------------------- 12 Hour clock string %I:%M %p