# Maker install on Raspberry Pi

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**Category:** Maker\
**Created:** [June 6, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496 "2021-06-06T09:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dd1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dd1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/1 "2021-06-06T09:13:01Z")

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HW: Rasberry Pi 4B with 8 GB ram

Made some “mess” on my Raspberry Pi, and are now doing a complete new install.

Ignition Guide (for Eddge)

> **[Installing Ignition Edge on Raspberry Pi](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047576431-Installing-Ignition-Edge-on-Raspberry-Pi)**
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> Ignition Edge, available starting with version 7.9.2, is a new stripped-down version of Ignition that is specifically designed for use as an Edge of Network device. It is well suited for devices wi...

Do I need java for Ignition Maker ver. 8.1.7?, last time I did not install that and have not noticed any errors, will install this [Ignition - Linux AARCH64 zip (1471MB)](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/release/ia/8.1.7/20210603-1403/Ignition-linux-aarch64-8.1.7.zip)

If I need Java, must it be ver. 8 or will ver. 11 also do the job?

What are Java used for in Ignition?

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**Author:** ![dd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dd1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dd1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/2 "2021-06-06T10:34:07Z")

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> [@dd1](#):
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> What are Java used for in Ignition?

After this Ignition can not run without Java, but I did not install it last time ??????  
[https://inductiveautomation.com/resources/article/java-security-and-ignition](https://inductiveautomation.com/resources/article/java-security-and-ignition)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/3 "2021-06-06T11:47:51Z")

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Beginning with Ignition v8, Java is supplied by IA with Ignition. You don’t need to install java on the RPi before installing Ignition, and Ignition won’t use the system java anyways.

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**Author:** ![dd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dd1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dd1)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/4 "2021-06-06T12:11:36Z")

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Thanks for clearing that out 😉

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**Author:** ![swolnisty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/5 "2021-06-07T20:14:35Z")

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As an aside, if you are running the most current, stable release of Raspbery Pi OS, you may want the 32-bit ARM zip install instead of the 64-bit one. Of course, disregard this if you actually have the 64-bit beta OS (or another distro altogether) installed on your Pi. 🙂

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/6 "2021-06-07T22:00:37Z")

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FWIW, I’ve had good luck using the [Raspberry Pi Imager](https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/) to setup an SD card (or USB-booted m.2 SATA SSD w/ [Argon One M.2 case](https://www.argon40.com/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4.html) ← super neat) for Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit, which would then let you use our AARCH64 build and take advantage of that 8GB of RAM.

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**Author:** ![swolnisty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@swolnisty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/swolnisty)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/7 "2021-06-07T22:11:11Z")

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That’s almost exactly my current Maker edition set up, except I’m using a 4GB Pi 4 model with the stock Raspberry Pi OS. That Argon One case is great!

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**Author:** ![dd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dd1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dd1)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/8 "2021-06-08T04:55:27Z")

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> [@swolnisty](#):
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> As an aside, if you are running the most current, stable release of Raspbery Pi OS, you may want the 32-bit ARM zip install instead of the 64-bit one. Of course, disregard this if you actually have the 64-bit beta OS (or another distro altogether) installed on your Pi.

I have the 64 bit OS installed on my Pi, mostly so I can use all 8GB ram 😉  
[https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=275370](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=275370)

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**Author:** ![dd1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dd1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dd1)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/9 "2021-06-08T05:04:50Z")

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> [@kcollins](#):
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> FWIW, I’ve had good luck using the [Raspberry Pi Imager](https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/) to setup an SD card (or USB-booted m.2 SATA SSD w/ [Argon One M.2 case](https://www.argon40.com/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4.html) ← super neat) for Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit, which would then let you use our AARCH64 build and take advantage of that 8GB of RAM.

I have the same Aragon case for my RPi 😉  
I used Raspberry Pi Imager to Install "Raspberry Pi OS 64 bit", you just need to download it form here  
[https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios\_arm64/images/](https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_arm64/images/)

In Raspberry Pi Imager then scroll down to "Use custom" to select it

 ![RPi_install_64bit](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/2/f29cbfd50434771b9608287b43ecce089b1fe5a2.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/10 "2021-06-08T13:04:34Z")

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Yup, that is certainly an option too! I’ve tried it out as well and seems to be functional and stable–didn’t mention it because it is still technically “beta”… But a good option, honestly…

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**Author:** ![peter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/maker-install-on-raspberry-pi/47496/11 "2021-09-20T12:39:41Z")

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> [@kcollins](#):
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> FWIW, I've had good luck using the [Raspberry Pi Imager](https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/) to setup an SD card (or USB-booted m.2 SATA SSD w/ [Argon One M.2 case](https://www.argon40.com/argon-one-m-2-case-for-raspberry-pi-4.html) \<-- super neat) for Ubuntu Desktop 64-bit, which would then let you use our AARCH64 build and take advantage of that 8GB of RAM.

I just used the Pi imager to install Ubuntu Desktop 64, and discovered that the Ubuntu could only see my 2.4G WiFi and not my 5G WiFi. Yet the default Raspberry Pi OS (32bit?) could see both. I'd guess it's possible to get Ubuntu to see both, but that means getting under the hood in ways that I don't have time for right now.