How to set up digital signage screens on a Raspberry Pi 4

A super-quick setup guide

Please note: The instructions below are for Raspberry Pi 4, and will not work with the Raspberry Pi 5 at the moment.

Here's what you will need:

A HDTV Monitor/Any TV

(with HDMI input)

A Raspberry Pi

(We recommend a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB).

Internet Connection

To upload and update content

This super quick setup guide assumes you have already connected the Raspberry Pi to your monitor and you are using your Raspberry Pi and no other external device.

Before installing the PosterBooking app, please make sure you have Raspberry OS installed, if you are using a brand new Raspberry Pi you will need to install Raspberry OS

Instructions to install Raspberry OS can be found here.

Step 1: Download the Raspberry Pi image file.

Click here to download it and then transfer it onto a USB drive and upload it onto the desktop of your Raspberry Pi.
You can also download it by visiting Posterbooking.com/downloads/PosterBooking.deb using any browser on your Raspberry Pi.

Step 2: Set file permissions

Using your mouse, Right click on the PosterBooking.deb file. Go to Properties select Permissions and under Execute click on the dropdown and choose ‘Anybody’. Press OK.

Step 3: Run Terminal

Run the Terminal app on your Raspberry Pi and run the command: cd Desktop.

Instructions to install Raspberry OS can be found here.

Step 4: Install PosterBooking

Next type: `sudo dpkg -i PosterBooking.deb`

Congratulations!
You have now installed the PosterBooking image onto the Raspberry Pi.

Top open up the app, click on the Pi icon at the top left of your screen, then go to Accessories and select the PosterBooking app to open it up.

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