Technical requirements

To follow along with the examples, make sure you have the following software installed on your Linux host system:

• Python: Python 3 interpreter and standard library
• pip: Package installer for Python 3
• venv: Python module for creating and managing lightweight virtual environments
• Miniconda: Minimal installer for the conda package and virtual environment manager

I recommend using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or later for this chapter. Even though Ubuntu 24.04 LTS runs on the Raspberry Pi 4, I still prefer to develop on an x86-64 desktop PC or laptop. Ubuntu also comes with Python 3 and pip already installed since Python is used extensively throughout the system. Do not uninstall python3 or you will render Ubuntu unusable. To install venv on Ubuntu, enter the following:

$ sudo apt install python3-venv

IMPORTANT NOTE

Do not install Miniconda until you get to the section on conda because it interferes with the earlier...