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--- packet:linbpq_pi_installation [2023/04/03 22:10] – created m0lte
+++ packet:linbpq_pi_installation [2023/10/01 22:20] (current) – [Installing LinBPQ on a Raspberry Pi] m0lte
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 This is a document which describes the general case of installing and configuring LinBPQ on a Pi - this is probably not the instructions to establish a node specific to the OARC national packet project network.
+**NB this process has now been superseded since one of our members has kindly established an apt repo containing a build of LinBPQ.\\
+See [[packet:linbpq-apt-installation]] for a guide.**
 ===== Assumptions =====
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      Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-01-05 10:49:04 GMT; 1min 34s ago
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+===== Suggestion: run as non-root =====
+The script above runs bpq as the root user, which is generally considered to be bad practise.  I made the following changes to make it run as my normal pi user (szymon):
+. Run the following command to stop the bpq service:
+<code>
+sudo systemctl stop bpq
+</code>
+. Run the following command to change ownership of all the configuration files:
+<code>
+sudo chown -R szymon:szymon ~/linbpq
+</code>
+. Edit the systemd configuration for bpq using sudo, for example with:
+<code>
+sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/bpq.service
+</code>
+and update the file to include user and group information in the **[Service]** section:
+<code>
+[Service]
+User=szymon
+Group=szymon
+</code>
+. Run the setcap command to allow access to lower ports and captures as needed:
+<code>
+sudo setcap "CAP_NET_ADMIN=ep CAP_NET_RAW=ep CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=ep" ~/linbpq/linbpq
+</code>
+. Restart the bpq service:
+<code>
+sudo systemctl start bpq
+</code>
 ===== What Next? Access your node =====