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Please note, this requires a RaspberryPi 2/3 – this will not work on the Original models. Why would you want to do this? Maybe you want to listen to Deezer or Spotify on your Sonos, but don’t have a premium subscription.. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR USERS OF RASPBIAN JESSIE LITE – you … Read more
EDIT: I’ll leave the below for information, but I seriously suggest you head over to https://github.com/pivpn/pivpn The script there is more advanced and up to date! I decided to set up OpenVPN on a spare Raspberry Pi 2, so I could remote in when away from home – particularly useful if you are using … Read more
This is a pretty painless and straight forward process. Firstly, we want to make sure we are all up to date, so: sudo bash apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade answer yes to any prompts. Next we need to point apt at the Jessie repositories: sed -i ‘s/wheezy/jessie/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list once we have done … Read more
Today I decided it would be pretty cool if I could use my Raspberry Pi as a development web server – I develop quite a few sites, mainly using Joomla or WordPress, which require PHP and MYSQL. Im going to break this down into 4 sections: Install Apache Install PHP Install MYSQL Install PHP My … Read more
If you are here looking to install a MySQL server on your Raspberry Pi, I’m going to assume that you have PHP, Apache and (optionally) SSH access already set up, if you don’t you can follow these tutorials first: Install Apache Install PHP Install MYSQL Install PHP My Admin As always, we start with a … Read more
PHPMYADMIN This is the 4th part of my mini series on how to set up a web server on your Raspberry Pi, so far we have covered: Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 1 (Apache) Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 2 (PHP) Raspberry Pi as a web server Part 3 (My SQL) … Read more
Here is how to utilise the full capacity of your Raspberry Pi’s SD card after installing the Debian image which gives a 2GB root partition: Step 1: Run fdisk as sudo sudo fdisk -cu /dev/mmcblk0 Step 2: enter p to view the current partition table: Commands (m for help): p Device Boot Start End Blocks … Read more
Ok, so in my previous blog post we covered the basics of what the Raspberry Pi actually is, now it’s time to plug it in and make it do something! *Note, this is for the original Raspberry Pi Model B, I will shortly be setting up a new post, stay tuned! Prepare an Operating System … Read more
Earlier we showed you how to set up your Raspberry Pi as a web server, now I want to show you how to install Joomla. Joomla is a content managment system (CMS) used my many people around the globe to manage their web sites. if you havent yet set up your Raspberry Pi as a … Read more
Today I will be looking at how to use your RaspberryPi as a Media Centre. At the time of writing, you have two serious choices – OpenElec and Raspbmc. Personally, I preffer Raspbmc, I find it faster and more stable. They both run XBMC, the open source media centre Instructions for RaspBMC: Visit http://www.raspbmc.com/download/ to download … Read more
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