11.5. Requirements

The following Debian packages are required for this library to work:

Package Name	Usage
alsa-utils	Used for configuring the system audio; such as setting the correct audio card when connecting a pi-topSPEAKER.
coreutils	Used to perform basic OS operations and commands; such as ls and chmod
fonts-droid-fallback	Minimum essential font used by the OLED screen.
i2c-tools	Communicate with pi-top I2C devices.
pi-topd	Allows communication with pi-top’s hub; such as getting battery state. This package installs a systemd service that needs to be running for this library to work properly
raspi-config	Required to communicate and set parameters to the Raspberry Pi.