posted Oct 18, 2015, 11:30 AM by Joshua S
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updated Nov 10, 2015, 1:35 PM
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Specifically, this tutorial will explore how to manually update the operating system, installed packages, and firmware of the RaspberryPi.
With any of the Dabbles on this site, if you have questions, suggestions, or thoughts, please feel free to send me an eMail (I'm still working to figure out how to enable comments on Google Sites -- suggestions would be appreciated)!
- RaspberryPi – The actual RaspberryPi hardware this will all be built around. In this tutorial, a Raspberry Pi 2 is used and has a memory card with the Raspbian operating system pre-installed.
- PuTTY SSH Client – PuTTY is a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application. It supports several network protocols, including SCP, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, and raw socket connection. Other SSH tools can be used, but this tutorial will leverage PuTTY.
Prerequisites: - Install Raspbian on a memory card for the Raspberry Pi – for a tutorial to do this, try:
Project: - I know I said this guide was going to be comprehensive and not skip any steps, so what better way to start this off than by skipping steps. I am not writing out instructions for the following (and illustrating from XKCD):
- Buying a MicroSD Card
- Buying a RaspberryPi
- Finding the IP Address of your Pi
- This can be done in many ways, including on your router or using an IP scanner such as (AngryIP Scanner or NMAP) -- if there are requests from the "Contact Me" form; I'll look to create a tutorial for this.
- Obtaining and installing PuTTY
- Using PuTTY (or the SSH client of your choice) enter the IP Address or DNS name of the RaspberryPi.
- If this is the first time you connect, you will get a warning that the RaspberryPi's host key is unknown. Click "Accept" or "Connect Once" to proceed with the connection.
- Once connected, log onto the Pi using the default credentials:
- UserID: pi
- Password: raspberry
- Raspbian uses Advanced Package Tool (APT) to manage and install software. First, we need to update the tool's cache of supported packages using the following command. The -y option allows Raspbian to update without prompting you for confirmation:
- Now let's update the software currently loaded. There are several ways to do this, but if we issue the dist-upgrade command it will intelligently add software, update packages, and remove unneeded packages using the following command. The -y option allows Raspbian to update without prompting you for confirmation:
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
- Finally, let's upgrade the Pi Kernel using the rpi-update utility:
- Let's reboot now that the upgrades are complete. Note, this will disconnect your PuTTY session:
- Mission accomplished! You updated your RaspberryPi!
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