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► How to install on an x86 system
wget https://raspi.debian.net/daily/raspi_4_bookworm.img.xz
wget https://raspi.debian.net/daily/raspi_4_bookworm.img.xz.sha256
Verify the download:
sha256sum -c raspi_4_bookworm.img.xz.sha256
Copy the image to your drive. This could be microSD, a USB stick or an SSD.
xzcat raspi_4_bookworm.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=64k oflag=dsync status=progress
sync
Where sdX is the name of your drive.
You will need to prepare the image for remote login. Eject the drive then reconnect it and mount RASPIROOT. You will need to have set up an ssh key. To view your public key:
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
Move to the root partition:
sudo su
cd /media/yourusername/RASPIROOT/
And create an empty ssh file.
touch boot/ssh
Allow remote root login, but not via a password.
sed -i 's|#PermitRootLogin|PermitRootLogin|g' etc/ssh/sshd_config
sed -i 's|PermitRootLogin.*|PermitRootLogin yes|g' etc/ssh/sshd_config
sed -i 's|#PasswordAuthentication|PasswordAuthentication|g' etc/ssh/sshd_config
sed -i 's|PasswordAuthentication.*|PasswordAuthentication no|g' etc/ssh/sshd_config
echo "your ssh public key" > root/.ssh/authorized_keys
sync
exit
Now eject the drive.
Connect everything up to your Raspberry Pi.
* Ethernet cable between your internet router and the Raspberry Pi.
* Plug the drive into the Raspberry Pi.
* Connect a power supply to the Raspberry Pi.
If the Pi fails to boot then go back to step 2 and try writing to the drive again, or using a different drive. Sometimes copying the image to the drive is not always entirely reliable.
Find you server's local IP address. It will usually start with 192.168.. A typical way to do this is to log in to your internet router and show the list of devices on your local network.
Log into the Pi using ssh.
ssh root@192.168.x.y
You will not need a password because ssh public key authentication is used instead.
Update the system:
apt update
apt upgrade
Then clone the LibreServer repository and checkout the bookworm development branch.
apt install -y git dialog build-essential
cd
git clone https://gitlab.com/bashrc2/libreserver
cd libreserver
git checkout bookworm
Install the LibreServer commands:
make install
Create an admin user:
adduser admin
Their name could just be "admin" and the other details, including the password, are unimportant. Whatever you set the password to it will be changed during the install process.
To begin installing the clearnet version:
libreserver menuconfig
or for the onion version:
libreserver menuconfig-onion
You will be prompted to select a language and then be given a new password. Write this down or store it in a password manager.
If you are not installing the onion version then you will be also be asked for dynamic DNS and domain name. The domain name must be one which you own, and not a free-as-in-gratis subdomain.
Installation may take a long time - possibly up to a few hours - depending on your type of drive and internet bandwidth, but you can leave it running unattended. microSD cards and USB sticks are typically quite slow (unless it's USB3 and your hardware has USB3 sockets).
When installation is complete you can log into your server with a browser.
http://192.168.x.y/admin
The username is admin and the password is the one you wrote down or added to your password manager.