Pi-Apps — The most powerful app store for Raspberry Pi

While ago, I got my first Raspberry Pi. Like most of the Linux users (specifically, Raspberry Pi users) transferring from Windows, I am getting crazy with these questions:

How to install emoji font on my pi?
Why Discord is not supporting ARM architecture?
The built-in screenshot tool really sucks…
Where can I install ZOOM?????

I found a bunch of tutorials online, but most of them are outdated, and even broke my system.

And… I found Pi-Apps! 🤩

Now I am able to install emoji fonts, a usable Discord client, a powerful screenshot tool, and even ZOOM Meeting client!

What is Pi-Apps? 🤔

Pi-Apps is a well-maintained collection of app installation-scripts that you can run with one click.。

In short, it is an app store.

Unlike the tutorials or blog posts on the web, Pi-Apps has a beautiful GUI, constantly maintained scripts, bug reporting system, and a cheerful community!

Pi-Apps now serves over 1,000,000 people and hosts nearly 200 apps.
200 apps：https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Looks cool… How can I install it on my Pi? ⏬

Here is the one-liner command 😎 :

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Supported systems:

• Raspberry Pi OS（32位/64位）（Buster/Bullseye）：Fully supported.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/

• Twister OS：Fully supported, preinstalled.

https://twisteros.com/download.html

• Kali Linux, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, any other Debian-based ARM OS：Pi-Apps should mostly work but you may encounter errors for some apps.
• Android, ChromeOS, non-ARM, non-Debian operating systems：Not supported. Your mileage may vary.

To install Pi-Apps manually if you prefer to see what happens under the hood

git clone https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps ~/pi-apps~/pi-apps/install

To uninstall Pi-Apps This will not uninstall any apps that you installed through Pi-Apps.

~/pi-apps/uninstall

Now I have it installed… How to launch it? 🤟

• From the start menu on Raspberry Pi OS: Accessories -> Pi Apps
• Use the terminal-command: pi-apps
• Run Pi-Apps from its directory: ~/pi-apps/gui

How To Update Pi-Apps? ⏫

• Pi-apps will automatically check for updates on boot and display a notification to update.
• To manually run the updater, use this command: ~/pi-apps/updater gui
• It also supports a cli interface: ~/pi-apps/updater cli

Basic usage 🔧

Pi-Apps is very easy to use!

• This is the main window.

• Search for apps.

• Open the selected category. (you can also double-click on the category)
• Opening a category will reveal a list of apps:

• Go back to the main list of categories.

• Install the selected app.

• Uninstall the selected app.

• See more details about the app. (see details window below)
• This is the details window:

• Go back to the list of apps.

• View the shell-scripts responsible for installing or uninstalling the selected app.

• Modify the app’s description, icons, or scripts. (This button is hidden unless you enable it in Settings)
  
• Install the selected app.

• Uninstall the selected app.

• See who played a part in adding the app.

• If the selected app failed to install, this button will allow you to see its error log.
• Pi-Apps Settings can be configured by launching Menu -> Preferences -> Pi-Apps Settings.

• In addition to changeable settings, this window also gives access to these tools:

• Does that one app seem to be in the wrong category? With this button, you can change it.

• Create a new app with a wizard-style set of dialogs. We recommend reading the tutorial.

Read the tutorial：https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

• View the past weeks-worth of installation logs. This is useful if you ever encounter an app that won’t install and want to see the terminal output after you closed the terminal.

• This allows you to easily import a 3rd-party app from elsewhere. It helps Pi-Apps developers test upcoming apps for reliability on a variety of systems.

文档：https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps/blob/master/DOCUMENTATION.md

wiki：https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Thanks for reading! 😎

原文地址： https://medium.com/@cycool29/pi-apps-the-most-powerful-app-store-for-raspberry-pi-e3e651623247