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Hi i am trying to install picamera for raspberry pi on ubuntu ..

for that i used this link here

but whenever i try to run this command 

sudo apt-get install libraspberrypi-dev

it gives me error unable to find package :(

would anyone here to help me out ? i also wanna install raspistill on this os and maybe raspi-config :( :(

uname -a

Linux ubuntu 5.3.0-1018-raspi2 #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 19:45:46 UTC 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux –

downloaded from here

ubuntu-19.10.1-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img This one

raspberry pi 3b+

Umair Ali
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    You haven't said what release you are using, but the page you linked to was from 2015 so will refer to a really old & EOL release of Ubuntu (it doesn't say). The package name may have changed, or instructions are out-of-date for any modern release of Ubuntu, but your release details are the first step. – guiverc Feb 20 '20 at 12:24
  • Linux ubuntu 5.3.0-1018-raspi2 #20-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 3 19:45:46 UTC 2020 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux – Umair Ali Feb 20 '20 at 13:32
  • i am sorry , i edited :) – Umair Ali Feb 20 '20 at 22:27
  • i am so sorry for my mistakes :( i am really new , anyways i provided more details now thanks for answering – Umair Ali Feb 20 '20 at 23:10

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It seems nowadays that only the magic line start_x=1 will do the trick.

You need to add the line to /boot/firmware/config.txt.

  1. Open config.txt for editing:

    sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

  2. Add the following line:

    start_x=1

    Hit Ctrl+O to save, then Ctrl+X to exit.

  3. Reboot your system.

  4. Update your system to install the necessary drivers:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Eliah Kagan
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Q-engineering
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    Did not work for me on Ubuntu 20.04/arm64. There are various sections in /boot/firmware/config.txt, and I added the start_x=1 at the end of that file (and not in the pi4 section), and also in the /boot/firmware/usrcfg.txt without any luck. – Raffi Jul 16 '20 at 12:59
  • You need to have Ubuntu 20.04/aarch64. In other words an RPi 4 with an Ubuntu 20.04 OS – Q-engineering Jul 17 '20 at 15:59
  • the file I used for installation is named ubuntu-20.04-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi.img.xy. Is there any other for installing 20.04 on arm64? I installed it on a RPI4. – Raffi Jul 17 '20 at 21:26
  • I've used the new Raspberry Pi Image Tool from this site https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ and selected the Ubuntu 20.04 option as OS. This gives you the aarch64 installation. Please note, you don't have Raspistill or Raspivideo. Instead use a tool like vokoscreen to get connection to your Raspicam – Q-engineering Jul 18 '20 at 15:56
  • Confirmed, worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04 (32bit, armhf). – Pavel Sapehin Oct 07 '20 at 03:24
  • Still getting Unable to lcoate package libraspberrypi-dev, on Ubuntu 20.04.1 on Pi 2 Model B armv71 32-bit. I modified usercfg.txt instead of config.txt. – Old Geezer Nov 18 '20 at 05:54
  • I think Pi 2 is simply a bit too old. I never tried it. – Q-engineering Nov 19 '20 at 09:52