beaglebone_config.md

BeagleBone Black Configuration

Set up base OS

eMMC boot to Angstrom

• Downloaded latest Angstrom image
• Unzipped and wrote to uSD card
• Put card into BBB
• Held down the boot button and powered up
• Waited < 45 min for LEDs to go solid
• Safely shutdown and removed card
• Then could access Angstrom from PC terminal and add stuff:

ssh root@ipaddress
opkg update && opkg install python-pip python-setuptools python-smbus

uSD card boot

• Downloaded lastest uSD card-bootable image of Debian
• Unzipped, and wrote to uSD card
• Renamed the MLO file to force boot from uSD card
• access command line from another computer's terminal:

ssh debian@ipaddress

Change the default passwords

passwd
sudo passwd

Expand the File System Partition

Method 1 (seems easier)

http://www.voltvision.com/booting-into-debian-os-on-the-beaglebone-black-using-a-usd-card

cd /opt/scripts/
git pull
./tools/grow_partition.sh

Method 2 (what I did)

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Expanding_File_System_Partition_On_A_microSD

sudo su
fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
d
2
n
p
2
w
reboot
sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2
df -h

Update Kernel

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
sudo git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh
sudo reboot

Get info about setup

cat /etc/dogtag 
ifconfig
uname -a

More Setup

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
sudo /usr/bin/ntpdate -b -s -u pool.ntp.org
sudo reboot
sudo apt-get install zip unzip

Synergy

• Borderless keyboard/mouse access
• See http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/James#Optionally:_install_Synergy
• Angstrom: opkg install synergy
• Debian sudo apt-get install synergy

Python Stuff

• See https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-io-python-library-on-beaglebone-black?view=all#installation-on-ubuntu
• Note When using Adafruit-BBIO python library functions, use sudo!

sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-smbus -y
sudo pip install Adafruit_BBIO --upgrade
sudo python -c "import Adafruit_BBIO.GPIO as GPIO; print GPIO"
sudo pip install python-twitter

R-Project

• Tried to Update R-project, but couldn't get it all to work
• Might try R again after new BBB image for Debian is released
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/431380/how-to-install-upgrade-r-base-to-3-02
• http://www.r-bloggers.com/upgrade-and-update-r-2-15-to-r-3-0-in-debian-wheezy/
• https://blog.twitter.com/2014/breakout-detection-in-the-wild

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian wheezy-cran3/
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 381BA480
sudo R
update.packages(checkBuilt=TRUE, ask=FALSE)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo aptitude -t wheezy-cran3 install r-base r-base-dev r-cran-boot r-cran-codetools r-recommended
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