/RPi-image-manager

Raspberry Pi Image Manager

Primary LanguageShellGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

Raspberry Pi Image Manager

This tool makes it easier to download and write the latest version of an image to a device ready for use in a Raspberry Pi. It has the added benefit as it also gives users a verbose output showing for example how long the write will take.

Install

Installation is easy:

# Clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/moebrowne/RPi-Image-Manager

# Change directory
cd RPi-Image-Manager

Usage

This tool is completely interactive so just needs executing:

# Execute!
./manager.sh

Images

You can either write a file from your local disk or download one of the inbuilt ones:

  • Raspbian Jessie
  • Raspbian Jessie Lite
  • Raspbian Stretch
  • Raspbian Stretch Lite
  • Minbian
  • Ubuntu Snappy
  • OpenELEC
  • LibreELEC
  • OSMC
  • Pidora
  • RISC OS
  • MATE
  • Weather Station
  • RetroPie
  • Pirate Box

Dependencies

There is only a single package required which is non-standard; pv. It's easily installed whatever Distro you're using:

# Ubuntu / Debian
apt-get install pv

# RHEL / CentOS
yum install pv