How to Manually Install ITESlive on a Raspberry Pi Device

Note: This documentation assumes that you are using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS with a graphical interface and that no changes have been made beyond the options provided by the Raspberry Pi Imager. It also assumes that you did not enable auto-login during the system installation.

Display User Creation

Note: The operating system must not contain a pre-existing user account named iteslive and must include a graphical interface.

You may use an existing user; however, for security reasons, ensure that this user is neither a root account nor a sudo user.

Open a terminal and enter the following command:

sudo useradd iteslive -m -s /bin/bash

Installing Required Packages

Enter the following command:

sudo apt update

Then run the following command and wait for the installation to complete before proceeding:

sudo apt -y install labwc grim wlr-randr alacritty unzip

Downloading and Installing ITESlive

To download the ARM64 client, enter:

wget -O /tmp/iteslive.zip

Make sure to adjust the destination folder if you are using a different username.

Do not use sudo if you are already logged in as the user who will run the software

Then enter the following commands:

sudo unzip /tmp/iteslive.zip -d /home/iteslive/iteslive/

rm /tmp/iteslive.zip

sudo chown -R iteslive:iteslive /home/iteslive/iteslive/

Enabling Auto-Login and Auto-Start

This section assumes a fresh installation of Debian 13 completed following our instructions. If you are using another distribution, refer to your distribution’s documentation to enable automatic login and automatic startup of a graphical application.

In your terminal, run the following commands:

sudo mkdir -p /home/iteslive/.config/labwc

sudo sed -i '/^\[Seat:\*\]$/a autologin-user=iteslive\nautologin-user-timeout=0\nautologin-session=labwc' /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

echo -e "cd ~/iteslive\n./iwatcher" | sudo tee /home/iteslive/.config/labwc/autostart

sudo chown -R iteslive:iteslive /home/iteslive/.config

Enter Your Activation PIN

Restart your Linux player to launch the display session and ITESlive. Then enter your PIN when prompted on screen.

Refer to the following article to generate a PIN: How to generate a PIN