Raspberry Pi Installation

you can install litmus edge on a raspberry pi (version 4 or 5) by using https //etcher balena io/ (recommended for windows, macos, and ubuntu) or terminal commands (for advanced users on linux based systems) note you can't upgrade litmus edge versions on raspberry pi you must reinstall newer litmus edge versions see docid\ dcxunhyrseil63hshcipr to learn more about backing up your data and managing templates before reinstalling a newer version before you begin make sure you use raspberry pi version 4 or 5 we recommend a minimum of 8 gb of ram being ideal for optimal performance contact support\@litmus io to get a litmus edge license download the appropriate litmus edge image file ( litmusedge std \[version number] arm64 gz ) from the https //central litmus io/ you will need to format an sd card (minimum of 16gb) see the steps below format sd card remove the sd card from the raspberry pi and insert it into your computer format the sd card to one partition using the fat32 file system with a formatting tool such as https //gparted org/ or https //support microsoft com/en us/windows/create and format a hard disk partition bbb8e185 1bda ecd1 3465 c9728f7d7d2e installation using balenaetcher balenaetcher is a user friendly, graphical tool for writing images to sd cards, compatible with windows, macos, and ubuntu to install using balenaetcher https //etcher balena io/#download etcher and open balenaetcher on your computer click flash from file , then select the litmus edge image file you downloaded click select target and select your sd card click flash to start, then wait for balenaetcher to finish once balenaetcher shows the completed screen, safely eject the sd card from your computer insert the sd card into the raspberry pi and power up the raspberry pi litmus edge will boot and the litmus edge terminal user interface (tui) will appear if a monitor is connected to the raspberry pi log in to litmus edge once the litmus edge tui loads, you can log in to litmus edge see docid\ trevmtf8z 5yhmypnmo c for instructions on how to navigate and log in for the first time see docid\ hqybg3t5t6irowc2rbbhf for details on logging in installation using terminal complete the following steps to install litmus edge using terminal commands to import the le image from the terminal open a terminal window use df h to identify the mount point of your sd card copy and run the commands below with your sd card's path and the downloaded litmus edge image file name replace /dev/sde with the correct mount path, and replace litmusedge std 3 11 0 arm64 gz with the correct file name and litmus edge version based on the file you downloaded the first two commands are used to set environment variables for the sd card mount and le image file paths the third command unzips the image and writes it to the sd card sdcard slot=/dev/sde gz sdcard image=litmusedge std 3 11 0 arm64 gz gzip cd ${gz sdcard image} | sudo dd of=${sdcard slot} bs=4m conv=notrunc,noerror status=progress ; sync 4\ once the gzip command completes, safely eject the sd card from your computer 5 insert the sd card into the raspberry pi and power up the raspberry pi 6 litmus edge will boot and the litmus edge terminal user interface (tui) will appear if monitor is connected to the raspberry pi log in to litmus edge once the litmus edge tui loads, you can log in to litmus edge see docid\ trevmtf8z 5yhmypnmo c for instructions on how to navigate and log in for the first time see docid\ hqybg3t5t6irowc2rbbhf for details on logging in