These instructions are tailored towards running the photobooth on a Raspberry Pi (Buster and Bullseye, 4 and 400, though earlier versions were also tested on 1B+ and 3B+), using picamera2 and pycups.
This is just for my own reference and maybe useful, if you have a similar hardware setup. Skip this, if you have your hardware already up and running.
Choose Raspbian Desktop instead of the Lite flavor, which lacks some packages required for the GUI.
Download and installation instructions are available at the Raspberry Pi website
Boot up the Raspberry Pi for the first time and open a terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T). Enter the following to update everything to the latest version:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgradeAfterwards, open the configuration utility to adapt everything to your needs (e.g., setup WiFi, hostname, etc.)
sudo raspi-configConfigure any not working hardware, e.g., my touch screen needs some additional steps since some of the latest Raspbian releases. See the instructions at the end for my hardware setup.
If you plan on using a printer, make sure it is configured as default printer!
These dependencies are required to run the application.
In a terminal, enter the following commands
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip virtualenv
sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qtchooser qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools python3-pyqt5 # for PyQt5-GUI
sudo apt install libcups2-dev # to use pycups
sudo apt install python3-picamera2 # to use picamera2
sudo apt install gettext # to add other languagesThese are the steps to install the application.
Run the following command to obtain the source code:
git clone https://github.com/miaucl/photobooth.gitThis will create a folder photobooth with all necessary files.
Run the following command to download and install all dependencies and the photobooth:
pip install numpy Pillow gpiozero pycups requests PyQt5 picamera2 Flask boto3 qrcodeRun the photobooth as
export DISPLAY=:0
python -m photobooth # --runChange any settings via the "Settings" menu. Afterwards, select "Start photobooth" to get started. You can trigger the countdown via space bar or an external button.
To exit the application, use the Esc-key or an external button.
You can directly startup the photobooth to the idle screen (skipping the welcome screen) by appending the parameter --run.
If you want to run from ssh, you need to set export DISPLAY=:0 for it to work.
If you want to use another language, change it either in your machine or prepend LANG=ex python... before the start command.
Use the installation script:
./install-systemd.shThe photobooth should now auto-start on launch and restart when crashing.