Working Raspian Lite Image for Pirate Radio

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Unfortunately, Pirate Radio is not (yet?) working on the actual Raspian Lite “Buster”.
After hours of research, the latest working Image of Raspian Lite is
2018-10-09-raspbian-stretch-lite.img
It can be downloaded under
http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite/images/raspbian_lite-2018-10-11/

If anyone got to work a later version, let me know

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I do believe mine is running Buster with Desktop? The non Lite version. It’s not the latest release though, it was installed and setup before the recent switch to Pulse Audio.
I just set it to boot to command line when I’m all done with my setup. It takes a little while to boot up but I also set mine to wait for network. Once its running and streaming it works fine with no glitches in the sound etc.

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GOTIT!
With some hints from the forum I managed to get it to work with the latest Raspian LiteBuster.Evrything works with perfect Sound too!
Here the steps, summed up:
Install the latest Raspian Buster Lite Version.
Do all the updates/Upgrades
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
For making it all easier, run “sudo raspi-config” and enable sh (secure shell) and your WLAN configuration.
Furtheron, install your proper keyboard layout for your country. Makes it a lot easier to type in all the@,/()}{ and so on without searching
Then do the vlc install, cause vlc-nox is not longer supported by Buster.
sudo apt-get install vlc
The following only to be secure:
sudo apt-get install vlc-bin
sudo apt-get install vlc-plugin-base

Then you have to modify the setup.sh script in
Pimoroni/phatbeat/projects/vlc-radio/setup.sh

sudo nano setup.sh

Modify it (scroll down until you find the section):

raspbian_check() {
IS_SUPPORTED=false
IS_EXPERIMENTAL=false

if [ -f /etc/os-release ]; then
    if cat /etc/os-release | grep -q "/sid"; then
        IS_SUPPORTED=false && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=true
    elif cat /etc/os-release | grep -q "stretch"; then
        IS_SUPPORTED=false && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=true
    elif cat /etc/os-release | grep -q "jessie"; then
        IS_SUPPORTED=true && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=false
    elif cat /etc/os-release | grep -q "wheezy"; then
        IS_SUPPORTED=true && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=false

ADD THE FOLLOWING TWO LINES: 

    elif cat /etc/os-release | grep -q "buster"; then**
       IS_SUPPORTED=true && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=false**

ENDADD

    else
        IS_SUPPORTED=false && IS_EXPERIMENTAL=false
    fi
fi

}

Run the script:

sudo bash setup.sh

reboot AND IT WORKS

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I forgot: after The sudo raspi-config part, do the Installation of the vlcradio-Part

curl https://get.pimoroni.com/vlcradio ¦ bash

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Ah, now that you mention it, I did have to make the edit for Buster support. It was probably close to a year ago that I did it and I just forgot. Sorry about that.

On the plus side, my installs of the Pirate Radio have been rock solid and very reliable. It’s along time between reinstalls. The last time I had a fail was because of a power bump while it was playing. It corrupted the SD Card.

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We’ve updated the vlcradio one line installer and it should now be working properly with Buster.

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Good to hear! Was a minor alteration

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It’s not working for the latest version Raspberry Pi OS Lite:

  • Release date: October 30th 2021
  • Kernel version: 5.10
wiringpi is required
Installing wiringpi...
E: Unable to locate package wiringpi
Apt failed to install wiringpi!
Falling back on pypi...

And another error here:

checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for wiringPiSetup in -lwiringPi... no
configure: error: You need libwiringPi installed

Installing Pi VU Meter...
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'.  Stop.

All done!

Press Enter to continue...

--- Warning ---

The VLC Radio installer
does not work on this version of Raspbian.
Check https://github.com//
for additional information and support

Some changes made to your system require
your computer to reboot to take effect.

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I think there have been changes to wiringpi in Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye which is probably what’s causing shenanigans - probably easiest to stick with Buster/Legacy for now until we’ve got the installer fixed up.

There’s a related Github issue here, if you want to keep an eye on it: wiringpi not available on bullseye · Issue #38 · pimoroni/phat-beat · GitHub