RPi-Monitor Installation

Installation using the repository

RPi-Monitor is providing a debian repository. This repository will make installation and update of RPi-Monitor accessible with the command apt-get or aptitude.

To use this repository follow the instruction bellow:

Execute the following command to add RPi-Monitor into your list of repository: 

    sudo wget http://goo.gl/vewCLL -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rpimonitor.list

Install my public key to trust RPi-Monitor repository:

 sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2C0D3C0F

To install RPi-Monitor, execute the following command:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install rpimonitor

To upgrade RPi-Monitor, execute the following command:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade


After installation you should excute the following command to update information about upgradable packages:

  sudo /etc/init.d/rpimonitor update

Manual installation

Download the latest package from the official repository in Github with the following command (replace latest_package_url by the real url fond on github):

    wget latest_package_url -O rpimonitor_latest_all.deb

If you have issue with GnuTLS: A TLS warning alert coming from Github you can download it with the following command:

    curl -L latest_package_url -o rpimonitor_latest_all.deb

Install the dependencies by executing the following command (use command apt-get if aptitude is not available on your target system):

    sudo aptitude install librrds-perl libhttp-daemon-perl libjson-perl libipc-sharelite-perl libfile-which-perl

Installation or upgrade can be done with the command:

    sudo dpkg -i rpimonitor_latest_all.deb

Complete the installation with the command:

    sudo apt-get update && sudo /usr/share/rpimonitor/scripts/updatePackagesStatus.pl

Uninstallation

To uninstall RPi-Monitor, you can execute the following command:

    sudo apt-get remove rpimonitor

or:

    sudo apt-get purge rpimontor