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Questions tagged [raspbian-lite]

For questions about Raspbian Lite, the minimal version of the Raspbian operating system, which does not include most of the graphical packages.

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What does each of the default groups on the raspberry pi do?

I need to create a more limited user for the raspberry pi. I can guess what some of these groups do (cdrom, sudo, i2c, spi) but what do some of these other groups do (adm, dialout, pi)? Here is the list on my pi running jesse lite: pi adm dialout…
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What is the difference between Raspbian Lite and Debian?

I have read the official page but still cannot figure out the difference between Raspbian Light and Debian. The difference between Raspbian and Debian or between Raspbian and Raspbian Light can be easily found by googling and Raspberry Pi's…
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Raspberry Pi Custom SSH/Normal Login Message

I am currently using Raspbian Stretch Lite and would like to know how, if possible, I could make custom login messages. e.g Currently, I get this: Linux RPi 4.9.41-v7+ #1023 SMP Tue Aug 8 16:00:15 BST 2017 armv7l The programs included with the…
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Black screen using VNC with Raspbian Lite

I installed the Raspbian lite image to my SD card. After that I installed PIXEL and VNC Server using these commands: sudo apt-get install realvnc-vnc-server realvnc-vnc-viewer sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends raspberrypi-ui-mods gvfs…
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I have installed the full version of Raspbian. What can I do to shift to the lite version?

It turns out that when I prepared a certain Raspberry Pi several months ago, I used the full Raspbian image. Since then, that Pi is on headless duty just running some server software. When I run updates on it, a whole lot of stuff I'll never use…
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Bluetooth PAN on the Pi Zero W

I have the following problem: I want to host a webserver on my Pi Zero W and access it over Bluetooth. To achieve this i tried to use PAN as underlying layer. The first time i followed this post. Most of all worked fine, I could connect to my pi via…
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how to access to the configuration of my raspberry pi os lite

Hello I want to access the menuconfig of the raspberry pi os lite, but I had this error root@raspberrypi:/# make menuconfig make: *** No rule to make target 'menuconfig'. Stop. root@raspberrypi:/# I want to see the configuration of this os is it…
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USB Boot From SSD not booting -- Rapsberry Pi 3b+

So I'm having issues getting the USB boot mode working on my new raspberry pi 3b+ and a couple of different SSD's I'll first go through all the things that I've done, and what I'm seeing. Installed Rasbian on an SD card Setup the USB Boot Mode in…
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Raspbian Lite uses less cpu?

Does Raspbian lite version use less cpu / memory than the full Raspbian. I know the lite uses less storage for sure but not sure on the cpu memory. I am running some time critical code I am thinking might improve if I switch to Lite because the cpu…
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What changed in Raspbian that prevents my old setup of an Access Point

After researching many websites I developed an Access Point for use by students in an environment that has no internet access. It turned out to be something like "Internet In A Box" but with a specialized website and Samba sharing. With the latest…
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Using RTC on Raspberry Pi Zero while SDA/SCL pins are occupied

I have a portable project on my Raspberry Pi Zero and I am using a i2c 0.96" OLED on the SDA/SCL pins on my Raspberry Pi. I would like to add a RTC Module to my project, but all of the tutorials I have seen involve using the SDA/SCL pins for…
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timedatectl set-timezone Access denied

I get error when trying to set time: $ sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York Failed to set time zone: Access denied This is on an almost pristine stretch lite image. I noticed $ ls -lad /etc drwxr-xr-x 92 pi pi 4096 Mar 12…
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How can I reset my ~/.bash_profile?

I accidentally replaced my ~/.bash_profile with an empty file. My usually colored screen has turned black and white. (I'm running in command-line-mode with Raspbian Stretch Lite). How do I reset this file?
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How to enable huge pages in Raspbian Stretch Lite?

How can I enable huge pages in Raspbian Stretch? I have followed instructions for Debian (https://wiki.debian.org/Hugepages#Enabling_HugeTlbPage) without success (reboot puts my Pi 3 into 'emergency' mode, can't log back in, have to start with a…
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How to correctly (error free) install Mono 5 on Raspberry Pi 3 Raspbian Stretch Lite (latest)

I have an application which needs Mono 5 to start properly, since my current version (4.6.2.7+dfsg-1) does not work with it. Also 4.6.2.7+dfsg-1 seems to be the only version I can get installed. Can somebody help me out with simple commands to…
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