Raspberry Pi 2 - Arch Install

I installed Piratebox onto a Raspberry Pi2 under Arch Linux. I figured that I would share the steps I took in order to set it up. The current instructions are based on the Raspian Instructions, except tweaked for Arch.

#Setup Arch on Pi2:
Follow these instructions: http://archlinuxarm.org/platforms/armv7/broadcom/raspberry-pi-2

#Pacman - update all packages

pacman -Syu

#install lighttpd, remove autostart

pacman -S lighttpd --noconfirm
systemctl stop lighttpd
systemctl disable lighttpd

#install dnsmasq, remove autostart

pacman -S dnsmasq --noconfirm
systemctl stop dnsmasq
systemctl disable dnsmasq

#install hostapd, remove autostart

pacman -S hostapd --noconfirm
systemctl stop hostapd
systemctl disable hostapd

#install iw

pacman -S iw --noconfirm

#switch bash to sh

rm /bin/sh
ln /bin/bash /bin/sh
chmod a+rw /bin/sh

#install wget, download piratebox

cd ~/
pacman -S wget --noconfirm
wget http://downloads.piratebox.de/piratebox-ws_current.tar.gz
tar xzf piratebox-ws_current.tar.gz

#download arch startup script

cd ~/piratebox/init.d/
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PirateBox-Dev/PirateBoxScripts_Webserver/master/BuildScripts/piratebox.service

#put piratebox in correct location, setup droopy

cd ~/piratebox/
mkdir -p /opt
cp -rv piratebox/ /opt
cd /opt/piratebox/
sed 's#DROOPY_USE_USER="no"#DROOPY_USE_USER="yes"#' -i  /opt/piratebox/conf/piratebox.conf

#install startup script

cp /opt/piratebox/init.d/piratebox.service /etc/systemd/system/piratebox.service

#add groups

groupadd nogroup; useradd -g nogroup nobody; usermod -a -G nogroup nobody;

#make and install debian's Start-Stop-Daemon

pacman -S gcc
pacman -S make
cd ~/
wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.18.3.tar.xz
tar -xvf dpkg_1.18.3.tar.xz
cd dpkg-1.18.3/
./configure
make
cd utils/
make install start-stop-daemon

#install python

pacman -S python2
ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python

#enable piratebox on startup and start

systemctl enable piratebox
systemctl start piratebox

thank you for the good guide.

Question: Why don't you use "makepkg" for building start-stop-daemon? You only need to adjust the arch flag of the package file

regards Matthias

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/02/2015 05:17AM by NightShade.

Thanks for the guide.

Got me closer to having a piratebox on my rpi2, but one thing i couldn't figure out was the board.

Kept getting a 500 server error when going to the kareha.pl page.

Any thoughts on what that could be?

Check out the file called /opt/piratebox/tmp/break.log after you got the message.
The file contains CGI errors and will give a hint what is missing-

best regards
Matthias

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Figured it out, had to install a few other programs and make a directory to make it work.

The programs were: perl-cgi, unzip, cronie.

and

mkdir /opt/piratebox/www/board for your script from here to unzip everything correctly.

Thanks to both of you!

Hi,

i have problem with wlan0, not work, if i unplug lan wlan0 turn on but i can't find any piratebox wifi network

there is anothes step ?

Thank you

Hi, i have the same problem. I have installed two times arch linux with this procedure, i have verified all passage, folder, setting but no one wlan is ready.

I reboot raspberry pi2 but nothing to do. Pirate wlan is missing. Only this message..."wlan0: link is not ready. Cfg80211: calling crda to update world regulatory domain" .

Are you sure it work ?

which usb wifi do you use?

Tplink wn725n

This confirm working bro? can i edit the design of the web?

Not all wifi cards, whether USB or not, can act as AP. From the look of it, it seems yours can't.

Everything works up until the first use of wget. I receive the following error:

wget [downloads.piratebox.de]
wget: /usr/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by wget)
wget: /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.30: version `GNUTLS_3_6_3' not found (required by wget)

What do I need to do to correct this error. I am a newbie at Arch Linux but very familiar with Debian base Linux

Thank you in advance for your help.