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@ -17,32 +17,92 @@ Welcome to the Bibliotecha manual! This guide serves as a human-friendly
document for setting up an offline-first local library for yourself and your
community.
## Go Slow, Make a Plan
There is nothing really easy about diving into this system administration work
and getting things up and running but on the other hand there is nothing so
complicated that it cannot be figured out. In short: you can do it!
The two most important things to take into consideration before starting are
- Choosing a "route" through this documentation (see just below).
- Reading the [Prerequisites] section very closely and trying to
understand, **before** you dive in, how things will work with your Raspberry
Pi and how it is setup and connected to the internet.
There are 3 routes you can take through this documentation:
- **Cloning**: Skipping the entire thing and simply cloning a pre-made copy of
a Bibliotecha SD-card onto your new SD-card. You can then plug the SD-card
into your Raspberry Pi and Bibliotecha will be ready to go. Skip to the
[Cloning] section for more. This is the *moving really fast and don't have
time* option.
- **Automated**: You follow the documentation below: [Prerequisites],
[Pre-installation] and finally [Automated Installation]. This allows you do
to the initial setup and then a run convenient installation script which
takes care of installing Bibliotecha. This is the *moving fast but still want
to be involved with the process* option.
- **Manual**: You follow the documentation below: [Prerequisites],
[Pre-installation] and finally [Manual Installation]. You do everything
yourself to get from start to finish. Everything that would be done in the
automated script, you do yourself. This is the *I have time and want to learn
a lot* option.
[automated installation]: #automated-installation
[cloning]: #cloning
[pre-installation]: #pre-installation
[prerequisites]: #prerequisites
## Prerequisites
Bibliotecha is made specifically for use on the cheap and widely accessible
[Raspberry Pi] single board computer and Debian based [Raspbian] operating
system.
[Raspberry Pi] single board computer and the Debian based [Raspberry Pi OS].
You should follow the [official setup documentation] on the Raspberry Pi website
in order to get your board up and running. You will need it to have access to
the internet in order to download the necessary packages as well as access to
the command-line.
!!! warning
You **must** use an Ethernet cable to connect your Raspberry Pi to your
router and not use the Wifi connection. This is because the Bibliotecha
install process will overwrite the Wifi configuration. So, you also
**must** have access to your router before going further.
Here is an example of what we did.
*Below: Here we plug the grey ethernet cable into our Router.*
![Router](img/router.png)
*Below: And here we plug that cable into the Raspberry pi.*
![Pi](img/pi.png)
The current latest [Raspberry Pi 3 B+] model is recommended. This model is
chosen because it offers a built-in wireless card for convenient networking and
a sufficient memory allowance of 1GB. It is possible to use other models of
board but they should at least provide these guarantees.
[Raspbian Buster] is the current latest recommended version of the standard
Raspberry Pi operating system. [Etcher] is a useful and simple tool for
flashing the operating system onto the SD card which you will plug into your
Raspberry Pi. You can also use the ["dd" command].
[Raspberry Pi OS] (formerly "Raspian Buster") is the current latest recommended
version of the standard Raspberry Pi operating system. [Etcher] is a useful and
simple tool for flashing the operating system onto the SD card which you will
plug into your Raspberry Pi. You can also use the ["dd" command].
Here is the `dd` command we use:
```bash
$ sudo lsblk # to see the value for the `of` argument (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0)
$ sudo dd bs=4M if=2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.img of=<YOUR-DEVICE-HERE> status=progress conv=fsync
```
[raspberry pi]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
[official setup documentation]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/setup/
[raspberry pi 3 b+]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/
[raspbian]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/
[raspbian buster]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/buster-the-new-version-of-raspbian/
[raspberry pi os]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/
[etcher]: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
["dd" command]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/linux.md
@ -82,44 +142,39 @@ $ raspi-config
```
- Change the user password
- Choose the `Change User Password` option.
- Choose the `System Options > Password` option.
- It is important to configure your Raspberry Pi with a secure passphrase.
A [diceware passphrase] is a recommended approach for choosing a
sufficiently strong passphrase.
- Choose a hostname
- Follow the `Network Options > Hostname` options.
- The hostname will be the name that identifies the Raspberry Pi
on the local network.
- Follow the `System Options > Hostname` options.
- The hostname will be the name that identifies the Raspberry Pi on the
local network.
- Configure predictable network interfaces
- Follow the `Network Options > Network interface names` options.
- Follow the `Advanced Options > Network Interface Names` options.
- It is important to enable predictable network interface names
so that the automatic installation script can detect which network
interfaces are in use.
- Configure the localisation
- Follow the `Localisation Options > Change Locale` options.
- It is recommended to ensure that the `en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8` locale
is selected. This is the default. Once this is selected, select `<Ok>` on the
two following dialogs to generate the locale.
- Configure WLAN country
- Follow the `Localisation Options > Change WLAN Country` options.
- This is actually really important or the `rfkill` related step above
will keep your Wireless device disabled.
- Expand the SD card partition
- Follow the `Advanced Options > Expand filesystem` options.
- This allows more space on the SD card to be used. This is important
for when you will start to place more and more digital books in your
Bibliotecha.
- Configure the localisation
- Follow the `Localisation Options > Change Locale` options.
- It is recommended to ensure that the `en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8` locale
is selected. This is the default. Once this is selected, select `<Ok>` on the
two following dialogs to generate the locale.
- Configure WLAN country
- Follow the `Localisation Options > Change WLAN Country` options.
- This is actually really important or the `rfkill` related step above
will keep your Wireless device disabled.
The Raspi-config interface then asks you to restart the Raspberry Pi which you
should do. If not, you can also run this from the command-line:
@ -363,6 +418,32 @@ $ systemctl start cps
[mailing list]: https://we.lurk.org/postorius/lists/bibliotecha.we.lurk.org/
[their release page]: https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/releases
## Cloning
We provide a pre-made SD-card for Bibliotecha which you can copy onto your own
SD-card and get moving fast. We currently offer a 32 GB image, meaning, if you
want to use it, you **must also have a 32 GB SD-card**. If you would like
other options, please get in touch.
The process is as follows:
- Download [bibliotecha.img](https://manual.bibliotecha.info/files/bibliotecha.img) (32 GBs, will take some time!)
- Plug in your own SD-card into your laptop
- Run `lsblk` and take note of the path available for the card (e.g. `/dev/mmcblk0`)
- Run `sudo dd bs=4M if=bibliotecha.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 status=progress conv=fsync`
- Plug your SD-card out and into your Raspberry Pi and turn the Pi on
You should now be able to log into the Pi using SSH or via a screen using the following credentials:
- **username**: pi
- **password**: bibliotecha
Please change your password by running `sudo raspi-config` and choosing `System Options > Password`.
You can now follow the [post-installation] steps but please note, you will
**not** be required to configure the Calibre-web installation because it is
already done!
## Manual installation
It is possible to install Bibliotecha manually. This can be useful and fun if

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