- Go to http://www.raspberrypi.org and click on the download link
- Download the zip file for Raspbian
- Extract the image from the zip (right click on file, Extract All..)
- Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager and download Win32 Disk Imager
- Run Win32DiskImager-X.X.X-install.exe to install program. Don’t launch the program.
- Insert your SD Card into the computer — make note of what drive it shows up as
- Run Win32DiskImager
- Click the disk icon and find the .img file you extracted from step 3
- Select the SD Card drive as found in step 6
- Click Write
- Have a coffee
- Click OK
- Insert the SD Card into your Pi — contact side up
- Power your Pi, Let the Pi boot — Select ‘Expand Filesystem’
- Select ‘Change User Password’ – you know you should do it — look at the bottom of the screen for input
- Optional – Select ‘Enable Boot to Desktop’
- Optional – Under Advanced Options — Enable SSH
- Optional – Under Advanced Options — Enable SPI
- Right arrow -> Finish -> Reboot
From LXTerminal or console
- sudo apt-get update
Download the package lists from the repositories and “updates” them with the latest information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies.
- sudo atp-get upgrade
Fetch new versions of packages existing on the machine
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