installation

Installation

This is the how to guide to install piComputer.

1. Install a minimal Raspberry Pi OS

Install a minimal raspian Raspberry Pi OS on your pi following official guide.

Choose Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 64-bit)

Last working version tested: 2024-03-12-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite
Newer version does not have experimental OpenGL (Full KMS) and glamor acceleration.

Setup wifi and ssh. You'll need an internet access to download packages.

2. Run the setup script

The wide screen does not work out of the box, you'll have to connect to your pi via ssh (or plug your pi to a standard hdmi screen) to execute the setup script.

Download and execute setup script on your piComputer:

bash -c "$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qtaped/picomputer/main/setup.sh)"

3. Run the install script

After setup and reboot, you can execute install.sh script on your piComputer:

bash ~/picomputer-main/install.sh

Follow instructions, reboot, et voilà!

4. Extras

"More RAM"

Script from Pi-Apps.

This script enables ZRAM and attempts to optimize its effectiveness on Raspberry Pi computers.
More informations

Run this command to install it without installing Pi-Apps:

bash -c "$(curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/apps/More%20RAM/install)"