Pi Desktop Installation

1st Official Post

    Hello,

    I try to install the Pi Desktop package on LibreELEC. It mainly consists of several python files to be copied to /usr/share/. There is already a thread here dealing with this issue, but it just is discussing about a small solution.

    I did download the Debian Source Package from v1.1.0.tar.gz and want to make my own install script.

    In LibreELEC this is a read-only area created from /flash/SYSTEM. What is the best way to install these files?

    1. somehow get it into /usr/share by merging it into /flash/SYSTEM?
    2. create a second location in the rw area (e.g. /storage/.kodi/system/usr)?

    Sam

    Maybe you misunderstand me.

    The Pi Desktop is just is just a hardware case having an mSATA interface (used for recording movies) and a hardware to switch-on/off the Raspberry Pi. It is not a desktop manager.

    I want to use this case but always running LE only. But I need a service running to control 2 GPIO pins for ON/OFF feature.

    But I understood, there is no easy way to expand the read-only area. So the only option is some area in /storage.

    Thanks for your help.

    • Official Post

    The pi-tools add-on contains several packages useful for GPIO things. There are also threads in the forum from users wiring up on/off controls. The GPIO pins might be different for you, but there's probably some prior-art to crib something from.