piGarden

Bash script to manage an irrigation system built with a Raspberry Pi

Official documentation

Documentation of piGarden and build system irrigation with Raspberry Pi can be found on the www.lejubila.net/tag/pigarden/

License

This script is open-sourced software under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2

Installation to Raspbian Jessie

1. Installs the necessary packages on your terminal:

sudo apt-get install git curl gzip grep sed ucspi-tcp

2. Compile and install Jq (commandline JSON processor):

cd 
sudo apt-get install flex -y 
sudo apt-get install bison -y 
sudo apt-get install gcc -y 
sudo apt-get install make -y 
sudo apt-get install libtool autoconf automake gettext autotools-dev -y 
sudo apt-get install dh-autoreconf -y 
wget https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-1.5.tar.gz
tar xfvz jq-1.5.tar.gz
cd jq-1.5
autoreconf -i
./configure --disable-maintainer-mode
make
sudo make install

3. Compile and install gpio program from WiringPi package:

cd
git clone git://git.drogon.net/wiringPi
cd wiringPi
git pull origin 
./build

4. Download and install piGarden in your home

cd
git clone https://github.com/lejubila/piGarden.git

Configuration

Copy configuration file in /etc

cd
sudo cp piGarden/conf/piGarden.conf.example /etc/piGarden.conf

Customize the configuration file. For more information see www.lejubila.net/2015/12/impianto-di-irrigazione-con-raspberry-pi-pigarden-lo-script-di-gestione-quinta-parte/ and www.lejubila.net/2017/04/pigarden-0-2-easter-egg/