How to: Install Simple Computer Remote on your Raspberry Pi

This short guide will show you how to install the Simple Computer Remote server on your Raspberry Pi. You will need a networked Raspberry Pi and a Android device running Android 2.1 or newer.

First we need to download the server package. Grab it from the github page and save it to a location of your choosing. For reference we use /home/pi.

Then we need to install the deb package, to do this we use the Debian Package Management System.
Open up a terminal window and browse to the folder you saved the file to, then type:

• sudo dpkg -i simplecomputerremote_1.2_armhf.deb

Now we need to make sure SimpleComputerRemote runs as a startup application. To do this we have to create a new file in /home/pi/.config/autostart. We do this using the following commands:

• sudo mkdir /home/pi/.config/autostart/
• cd /home/pi/.config/autostart/
• sudo nano RCS-autostart.desktop

The first command creates the folder /home/pi/.config/autostart, the second commands takes us to the directory, and the third command opens up a new file for us in nano, this is our autostart file. Enter the following 7 lines to the file and we're almost finished!

[Desktop Entry]
name=SimpleComputerRemote
GenericName=Remote Control
Comment=Allow remote control using Simple Computer Remote
Exec=/opt/rekap/SimpleComputerRemote
Terminal=False
Type=Application

Press "ctrl + X" then "Y" to save the document and close the editor. Then reboot your Raspberry Pi using the command:

• sudo reboot

Now all you have to do is install the Android App, connect to the Raspberry Pi and you're good to go!