Raspberry first setup

basic webserver setup with python/php2.7/apache2

• apt-get update
• apt-get install vim

Edit /etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
       address 192.0.2.7
       netmask 255.255.255.0
       gateway 192.0.2.254

reboot

• apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5
• sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql

• apt-get install python-mysqldb

• apt-get install phpmyadmin

piface setup

Piface software is already installed on latest raspbian image, in addition you need the following:

apt-get install python-dev git
git clone https://github.com/thomasmacpherson/piface.git
cd piface/python
python setup.py install
../scripts/spidev-setup

• Edit /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf
• Disable the following by adding # infront of
  • blacklist spi-bcm2708
  • blacklist i2c-bcm2708
• Reboot

• chown -R www-data:www-data /dev/spidev0.0
• chmod -R 755 /dev/spidev0.0

wiringPI

• http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/

permission

In order for www-data to use necessary resources for python, gpio etc do the following as root:

• sudo visudo
• add the following under "# User privilege specification"
• www-data ALL=NOPASSWD: /dev/mem, /var/www/piface/isr.py, /usr/bin/python, /tmp/isr.pid, /bin/kill, /bin/cat

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