Install Debian Packages

To improve the overall experience, you can install the open-source packages and StarFive-provided packages.
  • Open-source packages
    • vim
    • nautilus (Gnome File Viewer)
  • StarFive-provided packages which are accessible from the Github. For example:
    • Node.js 18.0.0
    • v8 10.2.154.13
    • libsdl2-dev
    • QT 5.15.2
    • Firefox 105.0
    • Libreoffice 7.5
    • NW.js
    • FFmpeg
    • GStreamer
    • v4l2test (This is a custom shell script to use the CSI camera)
    • Chromium 103
    • VLC 3.0.18
    To install these packages and their runtime dependencies, run the following script after VisionFive 2 is connected to the internet.
    wget https://github.com/starfive-tech/Debian/releases/download/<package version>-engineering-release-wayland/install_package_and_dependencies.sh
    chmod +x install_package_and_dependencies.sh
    sudo ./install_package_and_dependencies.sh