# Running Processing in Raspi without Desktop environment

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/running-processing-in-raspi-without-desktop-environment/24643
**Category:** Processing for Pi
**Created:** [October 16, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/running-processing-in-raspi-without-desktop-environment/24643 "2020-10-16T11:44:15Z")
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### Author: ![SomeOne](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/someone/32/8639_2.png) [@SomeOne](https://discourse.processing.org/u/SomeOne)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/running-processing-in-raspi-without-desktop-environment/24643/3 "2020-10-17T09:39:45Z")

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You need some graphics support to be able to show sketches. Desktop is not necessary if you develop the code without processing ide as a regular java program that can be launched from command line or as part of start-up of the device.  
Even code developed with processing ide can be launched from command line [Executing Sketch via Linux Command Line?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/executing-sketch-via-linux-command-line/6839)

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