Subscribe to the Debian repository:
sudo echo if password required
. /etc/os-release
curl https://philseeley.github.io/debian-ppa/phil.seeley.gpg.pem | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/phil.seeley.gpg
echo "deb https://philseeley.github.io/debian-ppa $VERSION_CODENAME main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/phil.seeley.list >/dev/null
sudo apt update
If you are running a desktop environment.
Debian bullseye(11) and bookworm(12) are supported for amd64 and arm64.
sudo apt install boatinstrument
If using a menu driven desktop (e.g. LXDE), the Boat Instrument can be found in the Utilities menu.
If you have a Raspberry PI with a dedicated screen that boots to the console.
Debian bullseye(11) and bookworm(12) for all <type>s are supported for amd64 and arm64.
Note: for bullseye(11) you need to enable “bullseye backports” to satisfy all dependencies.
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-backports main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bullseye-backports.list >/dev/null
sudo apt update
A bookworm(12) build for the “generic” <type> is also supported for arm32.
sudo apt install boatinstrument-fpi-<type>
Where <type> is one of:
The Boat Instrument is automatically started on TTY1 at boot, but can be disabled with:
sudo systemctl disable --now getty@tty1