an eink camera running on an rpi zero 2 w
dunkirk.sh
1### Installing and Setting Up the Camera Server
2
3First, ensure you have the camera module enabled and working:
4
5```bash
6rpicam-still -o image.jpg
7```
8
9Next, create the camera service file:
10
11```bash
12sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/camera.service
13```
14
15Create a directory for storing photos:
16
17```bash
18mkdir photos
19```
20
21Install required Python packages:
22
23```bash
24sudo apt update
25sudo apt install python3-picamera2
26sudo apt install python3-websockets
27```
28
29Finally start the camera service:
30
31```bash
32sudo systemctl daemon-reload
33sudo systemctl enable camera.service
34sudo systemctl start camera.service
35```
36
37You can check the status with:
38
39```bash
40sudo systemctl status camera
41```
42
43Or run the camera server directly with:
44
45```bash
46python3 camera_server.py
47```