No monitor, no Minecraft Pi

Apparently RDP does not support redirecting GPU of Raspberry Pi 2

http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/legacy-support/1730292-remote-desktop
http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/4491/remote-raspberry-pi-3d-graphic-using-virtualgl-turbovnc

Tough luck! Means I need to fork out some cash for a monitor with HDMI port.

Install JDK 8 on Raspbian Jessie Lite

Go to Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads page (click link below).

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

Check radio button accepting Oracle Binary Code License Agreement.

Click on download link for Linux ARM v6/v7 Hard Float ABI (jdk-8x-linux-arm32-vfp-hflt.tar.gz)

Finally install it.

$ sudo tar -xvf jdk-8ux-linux-arm32-vfp-hflt.tar.gz -C /opt/
$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/opt/jdk1.8.x/bin/java" 1

Verify and your output would be something like

 $ java -version
java version "1.8.x"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.x)

Install LXDE and Remote Desktop on Raspbian lite

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install xrdp lxde

After finished installing, just open Raspbian's IP with mstsc or rdesktop.

On Ubuntu, do it like this if raspbian's IP is 192.168.1.10

$ rdesktop-vrdp 192.168.1.10

Download Raspbian lite with multiple threads

I just started using my Raspberry Pi 2 bundled for a hands-on workshop today at Kuala Lumpur Raspberry Jam 2015, organized by Malaysia Pi Club.

This will download latest Raspbian lite with 5 threads and unzip it

$ lftp -e 'pget -n5 https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_lite_latest'
$ unzip raspbian_lite_latest

You may need to install lftp and unzip first.