11.5. Requirements¶
The following Debian packages are required for this library to work:
Package Name | Usage |
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alsa-utils |
Used for configuring the system audio; such as setting the correct audio card when connecting a pi-topSPEAKER. |
coreutils |
Used to perform basic OS operations and commands; such as ls and chmod |
fonts-droid-fallback |
Minimum essential font used by the OLED screen. |
i2c-tools |
Communicate with pi-top I2C devices. |
pi-topd |
Allows communication with pi-top’s hub; such as getting battery state.
This package installs a systemd service that needs to be running for this library to work properly |
raspi-config |
Required to communicate and set parameters to the Raspberry Pi. |