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Raspbian is a free Debian-based OS for the Raspberry-Pi computer. Use this tag for questions that involve utilities or setup or application development under the Raspbian operating system. For questions concerning Raspberry Pi hardware use a raspberry-pi tag. Include a programming language tag if needed and if the post is about the GPIO then include that tag as well.

Raspbian is a free Debian-based operating systems for the Raspberry-Pi hardware.

Raspbian maintenance and development is an independent project from the Raspberry Pi hardware itself. The project is not affiliated with the manufacturers of the device.

Raspbian is one of several operating system alternatives for the Raspberry Pi.

The most common method for installing Raspbian is the NOOBS tool. NOOBS allows other operating system choices including Windows 10 IoT if WiFi or LAN access is available at the time of installation with NOOBS.

Project home page for Raspbian: http://www.raspbian.org/

NOOBS github project: https://github.com/raspberrypi/noobs

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Installing node.js on raspberry pi 2

I have installed Raspbian on my Raspberry Pi 2 and now I am trying to install node.js on it, however I am hitting an issue. I followed the instructions and typed these commands into the terminal wget…
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Changing raspberry pi bluetooth device name?

I am trying to change a raspberry pi's bluetooth name to something else (an ip address) so that when I scan and pair my android device it will see this ip as the device name. It worked once but then went back to appearing as "raspberrypi-0" I have…
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libv41-dev package can't be located for installation

I am trying to stream jpgs using Motion JPEG streamer. I need to install package libv41-dev as a required library and when I install sudo apt-get install libv41-dev, I get Unable to locate package libv41-dev error. Why can't locate that package? I…
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Lightweight Jenkins alternative?

I'm trying to use a Raspberry Pi as home developement server. I need to run a build server on it. Jenkins is horribly slow, takes 10-15 seconds to just load the start page and when I tried to access the admin page I had to stop the Jenkins server…
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How to start a Node.js app on system boot?

I'm working on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian running a Node.js app and trying to get it to start when the Pi boots. I found a couple of examples but I can't seem to get it working. My current code is: #! /bin/sh # /etc/init.d/MyApp ### BEGIN…
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valgrind unrecognizes memcmp instruction in raspberry Pi

I'm testing my aplication in Valgrind an i can't understand why it throws error on unrecognised instruction in this here: unsigned char *temp=SearchStartPtr; unsigned char *NrStartPos=NULL; unsigned char *Param=(unsigned char*)ParamName; //this is…
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Unable to start VNC server because :0 is taken

I have a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS. After install VNC I've tried to start the server and return this: ~ $ vncserver :0 Warning: raspberrypi:0 is taken because of /tmp/.X0-lock Remove this file if there is no X server raspberrypi:0 A VNC server…
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How do you install newest version of node.js on Raspberry Pi?

I want to install the latest stable version of Node.js on Raspberry Pi 3. How do I do it in such a way that a) I'm always able to update to latest LTS version b) Can easily switch between versions
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.NET Core on Raspbian/ARM?

We know .NET Core supports Linux x64 and x86, MacOS X, Windows... but is it ready to use in Linux for Raspberry Pi? (Raspbian, for example).
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Access Raspbian wheezy desktop GUI through ssh

I have a Raspberry pi that I have been accessing through SSH, but now I need to run a python program on it that has a GUI. I'm not sure how to do this through SSH. Usually I get to my raspi's desktop gui by typing startx. Is there anything I can do…
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pip3 install pandas hangs

I'm trying to install pandas on the raspberry pi 2 (model b, 7 wheezy), python3.5.1, pip 9.0.1 with the command from the title, this is my terminal. pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo pip3 install pandas Collecting pandas Using cached…
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How to install Raspbian to SD card on Mac

How can i install Raspbian OS to my SD card without installing any additional software or application on my Mac. Most of tutorials found on google will require to install SD Formatter or didn't provide detail steps.
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Control Raspberry Pi via USB connected Android device

I have a Raspberry Pi with running custom server not connected to the internet (offline system). I would like to connect Android device via USB cable to rPi and communicate with it. As Raspberry Pi is not connected to the internet, it doesn't have…
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Docker.service fails to start, error "failed to mount overlay: no such device" on Raspbian

I recently had a problem with my raspbian installation. Probably some upgrade messed up my SSD boot. After resolving it, I noticed that docker.service refuses to start. On the service's log it says Apr 23 19:24:08 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting…
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How do I properly redirect stdout/stderr from a systemd service on Raspbian?

I set up a service on Raspbian (Jessie) using systemd to make it start after boot. The daemon config looks like this: [Unit] After=multi-user.target [Service] Type=idle User=root ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "exec /home/pi/sources/mydaemon.py >>…
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