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If you can’t find a camera option in
raspi-config
, you may be running an outdated version.
Use the
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
command to update your
software, then reboot the Pi and try running
raspi-config
again.
Once the Pi has rebooted, your Camera Module will be ready to use.
An optional final step, if you would like to view captured images from the Raspbian console
without having to load the graphical user interface, is to install the
framebuffer image viewer
fbi
. To do this, type the following command:
sudo apt-get install fbi
To view images using the tool (see Figure 15-6) simply type the command followed by the
name of the image:
fbi imagename.jpg
Figure 15-6:
Viewing
captured images
using the
fb
i
package
To quit
fbi
, press the Q or Escape key.
Capturing Stills
The best way to test that the camera is working correctly is to try capturing an image. The
Camera Module uses a custom software package called
raspistill
to capture still images,