Paul Ligocki

Raspberry Pi Imager Essentials

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Raspberry Pi Imager Essentials.
Raspberry Pi Imager is a quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card

Install

Raspberry Pi

sudo apt install rpi-imager

Linux

wget https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/imager/imager_latest_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i ./imager_latest_amd64.deb

Or

sudo apt install ./imager_latest_amd64.deb
(Reading database … 386102 files and directories currently installed.)
 Preparing to unpack ./imager_latest_amd64.deb …
 Unpacking rpi-imager (1.6.2) over (1.6.1) …
 Setting up rpi-imager (1.6.2) …
 Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) …
 Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) …
 Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) …
 Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) …

Windows

Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/imager/imager_latest.exe -OutFile .\imager_latest.exe

.\imager_latest.exe

Usage

Choose Operating System

Select from

  • Selection of Downloadable Images
  • Erase – Format card as FAT32
  • Use Custom – Select a custom .img from you computer.

Choose Storage

Raspberry Pi Imager will do its best not to let you destroy your system disk. However just to be sure, it is a good idea to unplug all other removable disks.

Advanced Options

CTRL + SHIFT + X

Advanced Options gives you access to configure additional settings

  • [] Disable overscan
  • [] Set hostname
    • .local
  • [] Enable SSH
    • Use password authentication
    • Allow public-key authentication only
  • [] Configure WiFi
    • SSID
    • Password
    • WiFi Country
  • [] Set locale settings
    • Time Zone
    • Keyboard Layout
    • [] Skip first run wizard
  • Persistent settings
    • [] Play sound when finished
    • [] Eject media when finished
    • [] Enable telemetry

[Save]

  • https://www.raspberrypi.org

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