How to Install PiCockpit Manually

Manual Installation of PiCockpit

Here are the scripts for installing the PiCockpit Client manually.

1) Add the key for our repository

curl -L http://repository.picockpit.com/picockpit.public.key | sudo apt-key add -



2) Add the repository

If you are running Buster on your Pi, you need to add the Buster repository.

echo "deb http://repository.picockpit.com/raspbian buster main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picockpit.list



If you are running Bullseye on your Pi, you need to add the Bullseye repository.

echo "deb http://repository.picockpit.com/raspbian bullseye main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picockpit.list

If you are running Bookworm on your Pi, you need to add the Bookworm repository.

echo "deb http://repository.picockpit.com/raspbian bookworm main" | sudo tee --append /etc/apt/sources.list.d/picockpit.list

If you are unsure which OS you are currently using, you can easily find out by running:

lsb_release -cs

3) Update package list

sudo apt-get update

4) Install the PiCockpit Client (press “Enter” when it asks if you want to continue)

sudo apt-get install picockpit-client

This will connect the PiCockpit Client to PiCockpit.com. You need to now provide your API Key.

5) Now you can connect the PiCockpit Client. You can run it with “–yes” or without “–yes”, if you want to have more control.

sudo picockpit-client connect --yes