Hey YouTube, Ravi here!
In the February of 2015 the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the Raspberry Pi 2
It was launched with an awesome tag of being 6 times faster.
With a 900MHz quadcore broadcom processor and a GB of RAM, it has well lived up to the hype.
the most popular OS for the raspberry Pi is Raspbian.
Which is the official distribution of the Debian Wheezy operating system for the Raspberry Pi
Let's see how to install it on the Raspberry Pi 2
though the Raspberry Pi is called one of the cheapest computers, it can't run on its own
It needs a couple of input and output devices
Here's what you will need to setup your Raspberry Pi
A MicroSD card
4GB, class 4 is the minimum requirment but using a higher class card is recomended.
A Keyboard and Mouse
I will be using Logitech wireless Keyboard and Mouse
But most of the wired keyboard and mouse will work just fine.
Next up, you'll need a display and a respective cable
All displays will HDMI or RCA input work just fine with the Pi
but if like me you want to use a moniter with VGA input,
you'll have to use a HDMI to VGA converter cable.
You'll also need a power adapter. 600mA is the minimum requirement but 1A is recommended.
Internet connectivity is optional while setting up the pi but is required to get the updates.
You can either use a LAN cable or a USB Wi-Fi Dongle like the one I am using.
If you have all these, lets get the microSD card ready
On your PC got to raspberrypi.org/downloads
From here, download the latest version of Raspbian
It will be a zip file and you will need 7zip or WinRar to unzip the image file
Download link for both these softwares will be in the discription
While the Raspbian zip is downloading, head over to google and search for Win32 Disk Imager
Click on the sourceforge.net link and download the exe file
Install this when its done downloading
you'll need this to write the raspbian image to the SD card
When the download is complete open the raspbian image with 7zip or WinRar
and extract the iso file to any location you wish.
Wait for it to extract, it may take a couple of minutes.
Now, insert the SD card into your PC
format it once using the windows format tool
To write the image to the SD card open the Win32 Disk Imager
Select the correct drive letter for your SD card and
select the iso image file from the location you extracted it to.
remember to cloase any Windows Explorer windows and any music player that might be running in the background.
These programs can lock your SD card and you might not be able to write to it.
You can now hit write.
Writing the image can take anywhere from 3 to 10 minutes depending on your hardware.
After that is complete you can safely eject the card.
Now, to setup your Raspberry Pi, insert your MicroSD card,
Plug in your keyboard and mouse
the Ethernet cable or Wifi Dongle,
and the HDMI or the RCA cable
The Raspberry Pi doesn't have a physical power switch
Just plugging in the power turns it on
After the first boot is complete, you will be greated with the configuration tool.
you can navigate this menu using the keyboard
the first option is Expand FileSystem
Go ahead and hit enter, this will allocate all of the MicroSD card's space to the OS
The second option lets you change the default password
We will leave it as it is for now.
The third option is boot settings
This lets you choose whether to boot into the desktop environment, scratch or the command line.
since most of the work on the command line done through the command line, we will leave it to that
the fourth option is internationalization options
this lets you change the keyboard layouts and languages
I am gonna go with the defaults for now.
If you don't know what overclocking means then you should not touch the seventh option.
Going into the advanced options, you should enable SSH
even if you don't know what it is right now,
most of the projects use it and it is a very helpful tool in general
since it lets you control all the aspects of your raspberry pi without a dedicated display.
SPI and I2C are methods of connecting various devices and modules to your Pi
We can leave these options untouched for now.
if you have connected external speakers to the 3.5mm jack
then you can force the audio through that jack with this option
You can navigate to the bottom buttons by using the left or right arrow keys
Exit this menu and select 'finish' and then 'yes' to reboot.
if you ever wish to change any of these options later on,
you can always come back by running the command "sudo raspi-config'
in the command line or the terminal
after the reboot is complete you will be asked for login
The default username is "pi", type that and hit enter
The password is "Raspberry"
The password won't be visible while typing, this is a security feature in Linux systems
You are now successfully running Raspbian!!!
to go to the desktop enviornment type "startx" (without space) and hit enter
If you had plugged in a LAN cable then you should be now connected to the net
but if you had plugged in a Wi-Fi Dongle, you need to configure your Wi-Fi connection
to do that click on "menu" in the upper left hand corner
and then on "preferences" and select "WiFi Configuration"
In the window that pops up click manage networks and hit scan.
A list of available Wi-Fi networks should pop-up
double click the one you want to connect to and enteer your password in the PSK window.
DO NOTE THAT that the "@" key and the ' " ' key might be interchanged depending on your keyboard layout
If so, then you can correct this int he internationalization options in the raspi-config tool
After entering your password hit "add" and you should now be connected to the Web.
Before you start enjoying all that extra horse power the Raspberry Pi 2 offers
you should probabaly update your software
you can do that by entering the following commands into the terminal or the command line
raspbian is now set-up and fully configured
and you are ready to enter the awesome world of raspberry pi
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