1.4 Raspberry Pi Configuration

1.4.1 raspi-config

raspi-config is the Raspberry Pi configuration tool specifically for the Raspberry Pi. Command

sudo raspi-config

will pop up the following configuration page:

There are 9 items in total, and four of them, are to be configured:

4 Localisation Options: Set up language and regional settings
5 Interfacing Options: Configure connections to periphery devices
7 Advanced Options: Configure advanced settings
8 Update: Update this tool to the latest vesion firmware

1.4.2 Localisation Configuration

After having selected 4 Localisation Options, you will be able to see the following page:

From NOW on, we are going to change Locale, Timezone, Keyboard Layout, as well as Wi-fi Country one by one.

Locales

en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8 is enabled as the default locales settings:

Since the author is at Vancouver, Canada, North America, while writing Raspberry Pi Full Stack, we need to make sure en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 is enabled, to take the place of en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8, which is supposed to be ticked OFF instead.

After selecting OK, the following page is popped up:

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the system locale settings.

TimeZone

Users should set their own TimeZone. In our case, America and Vancouver are respectively seletect as the Geographic area and Time zone, as follows:

Then, press OK again, and we will finish the system timezone settings.

Keyboard Layout

A correct Keyboard Layout also needs to be correctly configured. Specifically for the author's keyboard, five selections are respectively chosen as:

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the system keyboard layout settings.

Wi-fi Country

Afterwards, users are expected to select their own wi-fi country. Here, Canada is selected as the author's wi-fi country.

Then, press OK again, and we fill finish the wi-fi country settings.

1.4.3 Interface Configuration

Users can enable their needed interfaces after selecting 5 Interfacing Options. Here on our courses, students are encouraged to enable ALL 8 interfaces listed as follows:

1.4.4 Advanced Settings

By selecting 7 Advanced Options, the following page is shown.

A1 Expand Filesystem is just exactly what has happened during FIRST booting, in order to make full use of all SD/TF storage. By selecting A1 Expand Filesystem, you will see the following page.