Tested on march 16th, 2025
Installation
Download the latest Raspberry Pi OS, based on Debian bookworm:
$ wget https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_arm64/images/raspios_arm64-2024-11-19/2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz
Verify the integrity of the file:
wget https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_arm64/images/raspios_arm64-2024-11-19/2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz.sha256
$ echo "$(cat 2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz.sha256)" | sha256sum --check
Copy the image to an SD card:
$ unxz 2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img.xz
$ sudo dd if=2024-11-19-raspios-bookworm-arm64.img of=<device> bs=16M status=progress oflag=sync
Now put the SD card in the RaspberryPi, connect it to an HDMI monitor, and boot.