Raspberry Pi Imager¶
Raspberry Pi Imager is a tool for easily flashing operating system images onto SD cards for use with Raspberry Pi and other devices
Requirements¶
- SD card and SD card reader
- Raspberry Pi Imager software installed on your workstation
Write the image to an SD Card¶
Download the Raspberry Pi Imager software from the official Raspberry Pi website. Insert your SD card into the reader and ensure it's ready to be formatted. Launch the Raspberry Pi Imager software. Choose the model of your Raspberry Pi. Choose the operating system you want to flash (e.g., Raspberry Pi OS, Raspberry Pi Lite 64-bit OS). Select the SD card from the storage options. Select edit to customizing options like enabling SSH and setting the correct keyboard layout. Click 'Write' and wait for the process to complete.
Boot and connect to the Raspberry Pi¶
Eject the SD card, insert it into your Raspberry Pi, and boot it up. Connect to your Raspberry Pi via SSH.
Post-installation¶
Before you get into installing software I recommend doing an upgrade of the latest packages. This command will update the package library and then perform an upgrade with the -y argument meaning it will process it automatically.