How to Update Your Raspberry Pi to Raspberry Pi OS with PIXEL

John John (304)
15 minutes

The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) ships with the PIXEL desktop so if you're looking to test it out, all you have to do is update to Raspberry Pi OS. Or you can download the latest Raspberry Pi OS image.

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SSH into your Raspberry Pi, or open a console and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install -y rpi-chromium-mods
sudo apt-get install -y python-sense-emu python3-sense-emu python-sense-emu-doc
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Ash Ash (362)
5 minutes

Some Pi operating systems come with specific instructions for transferring files—like RetroPie. However, I'll assume your Pi is running Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian).