H2R Graphics - Raspberry Pi
  • Introduction & Requirements
  • Initial Setup - Raspberry Pi 5
  • 32 bits or 64 bits - ?
  • Install H2R Graphics
    • H2R Graphics Settings
  • Autostart H2R Graphic
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  • Using SSH or via local Terminal
  • Update OS
  • Download H2R Graphics
  • Install H2R Graphics
  • Create a desktop shortcut

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Install H2R Graphics

This process applies for any hardware and Raspian OS

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Using SSH or via local Terminal

The prefered method is accessing the Pi remotely using an SSH client such as . This eliminate the need for a keyboard, mouse and monitor to be connected to the Pi. If you are unfamiliar you can learn more on the

The same procedure can be done in a terminal window on the Pi if you have a keyboard-mouse and monitor connected

Update OS

Once you are connected over SSH (or open a terminal), you first need to load and install the latest updates with the following command

sudo app-get update && sudo app-get upgrade

You will be prompted to process with the install and you need to press 'y' followed by 'enter'. This may take a while.

Download H2R Graphics

Next we need to download the H2R Graphics AppFile to the Raspberry Pi in a new folder called H2R.

If you are using 64 bit OS 

wget -P ~/H2R https://github.com/iamjohnbarker/h2r-graphics-releases/releases/download/v2.18.2/H2R-Graphics-2.18.2-arm64.AppImage

If you are using 32 bit OS

wget -P ~/H2R https://github.com/iamjohnbarker/h2r-graphics-releases/releases/download/v2.18.2/H2R-Graphics-2.18.2-armv7l.AppImage

Install H2R Graphics

Next we will move to the H2R directory, adjust permissions, unpack the AppFile and rename the root directory

cd ~/H2R
chmod a+x H2R-Graphics-2.18.2-arm64.AppImage
./H2R-Graphics-2.18.2-arm64.AppImage --appimage-extract
mv squashfs-root root

Create a desktop shortcut

If you need a desktop icon to use to launch H2R graphics, we'll need to create a .desktop file for this purpose.

nano ~/Desktop/H2R.desktop

this will open a text editor for file H2R.desktop

copy and paste the content below into the editor

[Desktop Entry]
Name=H2R Graphics
Icon=/home/pi/H2R/root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/0x0/apps/h2r-graphics-electron.png
Exec=/home/pi/H2R/root/./AppRun
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Terminal=false

to exit the editor and save your file you hit Ctrl+X to exit, Y to confirm changes, Enter to complete

At this point you can double-click the icon to launch the application!

Putty
raspberripi.com website.
SSH session : Successful download of H2R Graphics to the Raspberry Pi
Desktop Icon for H2R Graphics.