# Edge 8.0 or 8.1 on a Raspberry Pi

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844 "2020-09-18T18:07:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![rschantell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@rschantell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rschantell)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844/1 "2020-09-18T18:07:04Z")

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We have roughly 10 Edge nodes running 7.9.10 and the MQTT transmission module on Raspberry Pi 3+ around our plants and we are looking at upgrading to 8.0 or 8.1. I have installed 8.0.8 on one and 8.1.0 rc1 on our testing node and now I cannot get either one to open the designer. We are basically using the nodes as a remote PLC access and tag historian so we don’t use either the Vision or Perspective modules on the edge gateways. I’ve tried installing the different Java JRE/JDKs and nothing seems to work. I also tried the legacy launcher method and that didn’t work to launch the designer either. Hopefully I’m missing something simple. Thanks in advance for any help

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844/2 "2020-09-18T18:13:21Z")

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If you’re trying to launch the designer _on_ the RPi itself then it’s not going to work. You need to launch the designer remotely.

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**Author:** ![rschantell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df788c/32.png) [@rschantell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rschantell)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844/3 "2020-09-18T18:22:46Z")

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I’m trying to launch it on my Windows machine on my desk with the gateway residing on the RPi. For fun, I just reloaded the Pi with a fresh OS and Ignition load and it looks like I can get into the designer now. I’ll update if I run into further problems.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/edge-8-0-or-8-1-on-a-raspberry-pi/38844/4 "2020-09-18T18:30:07Z")

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Ok let us know.

FWIW you don’t have to mess with JRE/JDK installs on 8.x any more unless you’re trying to use the legacy vision launch script.