Raspberry PI 2 developer playground setup

Setup some stuff at start

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install mc

Show raspbery pi configuration window:

sudo raspi-config

RDP

apt-get install xrdp

AUDIO

sudo apt-get install alsa-utils
sudo apt-get install mpg123
sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835

Setup audio output device

Can be configured by raspi-conf

HDMI output:

sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835
sudo amixer cset numid=3 2

Audio Jack output:

sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835
sudo amixer cset numid=3 1

Autodetect output:

sudo modprobe snd_bcm2835
sudo amixer cset numid=3 0

Audio for 3.5 jack pinout: http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/07/raspberry-pi-model-b-3-5mm-audiovideo-jack/ sudo amixer cset numid=3 1

GPIO

http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/

git clone git://git.drogon.net/wiringPi
./build

Led Blink:

gpio -g mode 17 out
gpio -g write 17 1
gpio -g write 17 0

Install Node JS

http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/

wget http://node-arm.herokuapp.com/node_latest_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i node_latest_armhf.deb
# Check installation
node -v

Use rpi-gpio package to access gpio from node. https://github.com/rakeshpai/pi-gpio

npm install rpi-gpio

FTP

sudo apt-get install proftpd

Run proftpd in standalone mode only.

Fast ftp for casual access

pip install pyftpdlib
python -m pyftpdlib