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Raspberry Pi Setup

Install Conda for the ARM Processor

When asked:

Do you wish the installer to prepend the Miniconda3 install location to PATH in your /root/.bashrc?

Answer: yes

cd /tmp
wget http://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-armv7l.sh
chmod 755 Miniconda3-latest-Linux-armv7l.sh
./Miniconda3-latest-Linux-armv7l.sh

Test Conda In Your PATH

which conda
Should return:

/home/pi/miniconda3/bin/conda

Add the Raspberry Pi Channel to Conda

conda config --add channels rpi
conda install python=3.6

Test Python

python --version

Python 3.6.6

Create a DonkeyCar Conda Environment

conda create --name donkey python=3

The following NEW packages will be INSTALLED:

    ca-certificates: 2018.8.24-0          rpi
    certifi:         2018.8.24-py36_1     rpi
    ncurses:         6.1-h4f752ac_1       rpi
    openssl:         1.0.2r-hdff2a78_0    rpi
    pip:             18.0-py36_1          rpi
    python:          3.6.6-hd0568c0_1     rpi
    readline:        7.0-hcb560eb_1       rpi
    setuptools:      40.2.0-py36_0        rpi
    sqlite:          3.24.0-hfcb1bcf_1    rpi
    tk:              8.6.8-h849d6a0_0     rpi
    wheel:           0.31.1-py36_1        rpi
    xz:              5.2.4-hdff2a78_1     rpi
    zlib:            1.2.11-hdff2a78_1003 rpi

Proceed ([y]/n)? y

Add the conda shell to the end of our .bashrc file

echo ". /home/pi/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> ~/.bashrc


conda activate
The shell prompt should now be "base"

Activate Your Donkey Python Environment

source activate donkey

You should see the prompt:

(donkey) pi@myhost:~ $

Verify Git Is installed

git --version

git version 2.20.1

Clone the DonkeyCar repository

git clone https://github.com/autorope/donkeycar
cd donkeycar
git checkout master

sudo apt-get install build-essential python3 python3-dev python3-pip python3-virtualenv python3-numpy python3-picamera python3-pandas python3-rpi.gpio i2c-tools avahi-utils joystick libopenjp2-7-dev libtiff5-dev gfortran libatlas-base-dev libopenblas-dev libhdf5-serial-dev libgeos-dev git ntp

sudo apt-get install libilmbase-dev libopenexr-dev libgstreamer1.0-dev libjasper-dev libwebp-dev libatlas-base-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libqtgui4 libqt4-test

Clone DonkeyCar Repo

pip freeze

certifi==2018.8.24

git clone https://github.com/autorope/donkeycar
cd donkeycar
pip install -e .[pi]