Setup Raspberry Pi 3 B+ as PC - Just not getting it

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I thought I was doing something simple. I want to replace my Windows laptop with a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ using the latest version of Raspbian and built-in browser. When I try to carve, it tells me that I need to download and install the Linux driver. When I double click on the driver it tries to install but fails. No reason is provided. If I try to install via CMD, I get the following.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
easel-driver:amd64 : Depends: avrdude:amd64 (>= 6) but it is not installable

I have read through several threads but don’t seem to follow. There seems to be something other than the driver that needs to be installed.

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you need to install the Easel Local driver.

What you are installing is an Easel Local driver for Linux which is an AMD64 driver or simply put a driver that is compiled for a CPU with AMD64 instructions.

What you need for the raspberry Pi is a program that is written for the ARM 64 architecture.

if you want to run the raspberry (which I highly recommend) then you need to compile your own driver as outlined in this post
Easel Local for Linux? - #17 by SamyKamkar

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Thank you for the post. Took a while to figure out the script and was able to alter it to reference the latest driver. I can now carve straight from Easel. Thank you so much.

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