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Installing ScratchGPIO5 software on a Raspberry Pi

  • With Raspberry Pi connected to Internet

Copy the text below ( left click just before the s of sudo and drag right until all the text in the line as been selected) then right-click and select copy. Open up an LX Terminal window and select Edit and the Paste that into an LX Terminal window and run it to download the installer.

wget http://goo.gl/Pthh62 -O isgh5.sh

(If there is a problem try this link instead)

wget http://goo.gl/ikUpyJ -O isgh5.sh

Once the installer has been downloaded then just type (or copy and paste the text below as before)

sudo bash isgh5.sh

(If logged in as a different user to standard pi, then type sudo bash isgh5.sh yourusername) This will install all the necessary extra software and some simple examples.

  • With Raspberry Pi not connected to Internet.

Power down you Pi and put the SD card into another computer and download this file

http://goo.gl/Pthh62

and copy it to your SD card.

Put the card back into your Pi and then open up an LX Terminal windowtype the following

sudo bash /boot/install_scratchgpio5.sh

(If logged in as a different user to standard pi, then type sudo bash /boot/install_scratchgpio5.sh yourusername) This will install all the necessary extra software and some simple examples.

The installer will create 2 desktop icons – ScratchGPIO5 which is used for beginners using simple circuits and ScratchGPIO 5Plus which is used with specific add-on boards.

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