HOW TO INSTALL OS :Raspberry Pi OS Lite (32-bit) with no desktop environment

No external monitor, keyboard and mouse needed to be connected to the Raspberry PI

Project date is 11 jan 2022

PROJECT SCOPE

GOAL : To install “Raspberry PI OS Lite (32) with no desktop environment” where there is no need to connect a hdmi monitor and usb mouse/keyboard to the Raspberry PI

My Project cost:150 Euro but it can be done for cheaper (is use newest Pi)
Low end Project cost will be around 18 Euro (depending what materials you already have at home)

OS/Software/Apps used:

Please be aware if you use a windows pc (or other device) to connected to your Raspberry Pi then it must be on the same wifi network (SSID).

SETUP GUIDE

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PREPARING THE RASPBERRY PI OS

This action is done on a Windows PC

To start you need to download the Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi Imager program
Link: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

  • Connect a micro SD (SDHC) (at least a size of 10GB) to a windows PC (you can also use a USB Stick)
  •  Download the Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi Imager program
  • Start the Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi Imager program on the pc
  • Select image: RASPBERRY PI OS LITE (32-BIT) WITH NO DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
  • Write IMAGE to the  micro SD (SDHC) you connected to the computer

SETUP WIFI CONNECTION IN BOOT

With this option you can configure the Raspberry PI to connected to your WIFI network without having to connect a Display Keyboard/Mouse to your Raspberry PI Device

This action is done on a Windows PC:
Source link for reference : https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2017/04/manually-setting-up-pi-wifi-using-wpa_supplicant-conf/
(many thanks to www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk)

  • Reinsert the Micro SD card where you install the Raspberry PI OS on
  • Op the USB  Drive called Boot (in my case that is the G drive)
  • Create the following file in the root folder: wpa_supplicant.conf
Example content of the “wpa_supplicant.conf” file for Raspberry PI:

country=NL
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
ssid=”wifi_ssid”
psk=”wifi_password”
}

SETUP SSH IN BOOT

This is used to connect by (wifi) network to the Raspberry Pi

This action is done on a Windows PC:

  • Reinsert the Micro SD card where you install the Raspberry PI OS
  • Op the USB  Drive called Boot (in my case that is the G drive)
  • Create the following file in the root folder: ssh or ssh.txt
    The ssh file can be left empty.

SSH connection to Raspberry PI i use Putty
Download link: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

 

BOOT RASPBERRY PI With CREATED PI OS IMAGE an find IT ON THE NETWORK

This action is done on the Raspberry PI  and on a Windows PC::

  • Install the Micro SD card in the Raspberry PI
  • Power up the Raspberry PI
  • It will take some time to connected to the network 30 – 60 sec

Now you need to find out your Raspberry PI IP number
For this i use angry IP scanner 
Download link: https://angryip.org/

I will not go in-depth about this tool but what i do is type in my network range and search the IP that has port 22 open (remember we have activated ssh and ssh uses port 22) 
In this case you can see my Raspberry Pi is on IP number 192.168.1.33

 

 

First time connection using SSH with PUTTY to the Raspberry PI

This action is done on a Windows PC to the Raspberry PI With Putty: 

You need to download Putty for windows
Download link Putty: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

My Raspberry Pi IP number =  192.168.1.33

UPDATE YOUR RASPBERRY PI

This action is done on a Windows PC to the Raspberry PI With Putty: 

You need to update your Raspberry PI

Login as PI
Default password is raspberry

Do the following:

  • Insure your Raspberry Pi is running (ping it for example or use Angry IP scanner)
  • Connect to your Raspberry PI using Putty
  • Update the Raspberry Pi using the command : sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

    sudo apt update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y
    When the update is finished reboot the Raspberry PI using the command : sudo reboot

  • sudo reboot

change password on my raspberry pi

This action is done on a Windows PC to the Raspberry PI With Putty: 

Login as PI
Default password is raspberry

It is smart to change the raspberry pi Password, this can be doen with command passwd

  • Connect to your Raspberry PI using Putty

Use this command to change the pasword:
passwd
When typing the new password it will not display it

SETUP TIMEZONE

This action is done on a Windows PC to the Raspberry PI With Putty: 

This will insure your Raspberry PI clock will match your timezone

Do the following

  • Connect to your Raspberry PI using Putty
  • To check the current timezone what is use use command
    • sudo timedatectl status
  • Show list of timezones use command
    • sudo timedatectl list-timezones
  • To set the timezone for example Europe, Amsterdam (CET, + 01:00)
    • sudo timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Amsterdam