Pi setup and basic commands

As soon as you connect your HDMI to the TV/monitor and insert your os installed MicroSD card into your pi you should see the following screen on your TV/monitor:

You can select the os of your choice and click on install. It takes few minutes to install and then the following screen appears:

The above screen is the graphic user interface, The default login for Raspbian is username pi with the password raspberry.
After logging in the following desktop screen appears:

You can click on the LXTerminal and type the following commands in console:

sudo apt-get install rpi-update

sudo rpi-update

sudo reboot

After rebooting, type the following commands in console:

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

The following are some of the basic commands:

list files in current directory:                                                ls

list files (including hidden files) in current directory:           ls -a

change directory:                                                                cd

change to home directory:                                                  cd ~

change to root directory:                                                     cd /

change to different directory:                                              cd music

print working directory:                                                       pwd 

make directory:                                                                   mkdir

copy files:                                                                            cp 

move files:                                                                           mv 

remove files:                                                                        rm 

remove directory:                                                                 rmdir 

clear screen:                                                                        clear 

display a file:                                                                        cat 

selection and setup of operating system

How to set-up your Raspberry pi:

1.     Begin by slotting your SD card into the SD card slot on the Raspberry Pi, which will only fit one way.

2.     Next, plug in your USB keyboard and Mouse into the USB slots on the Raspberry Pi.

3.     Make sure that your monitor or TV is turned on, and that you have selected the right input (e.g. HDMI 1, DVI, etc)

4.     Then connect your HDMI cable from your Raspberry Pi to your monitor or TV.

5.     If you intend to connect your Raspberry Pi to the internet, plug in an Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port next to the USB ports, otherwise skip this step.

6.     When you are happy that you have plugged in all the cables and SD card required, finally plug in the micro USB power supply. This action will turn on and boot your Raspberry Pi.

7.  My MicroSD card is pre-loaded with NOOBS into it. If you don’t have a pre-loaded MicroSD card then go to www.raspberrypi.org/help/noobs-setup to set up.

     As i stated above I had NOOBS operating system(os) pre-loaded into my SD card but there are different operating systems in https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ which you can try to download but NOOBS is an easy operating system installer compared to the rest.

Introduction

Purchased Raspberry Pi 2 Model B starter kit on amazon.com which Includes:

1.) Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Quad-Core 900 MHz 1 GB RAM with heat sink

2.) 8 GB Micro SD Card (consider 16GB, 32GB or more) optional: pre-loaded with NOOBS

3.) USB power supply (at least 2.5A)

4.) WiFi Adapter (dongle)

5.) HDMI cable.