Experimental
Edit the deb sources list.
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
Add jessie-backports to the `raspi.list` by adding the following line to the file.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main
Suppress the public key warnings.
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 8B48AD6246925553 gpg -a --export 8B48AD6246925553 | sudo apt-key add - gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 7638D0442B90D010 gpg -a --export 7638D0442B90D010 | sudo apt-key add -
Update apt-get.
sudo apt-get update
Install the bluetooth manager
Upgrade the packages.
sudo apt-get upgrade
Install `blueman`.
sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install bluetooth blueman bluez python-gobject python-gobject-2 pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
Turn on bluetooth device on boot
If you require turning on your bluetooth device at boot time automatically, for instance when you require keyboard / mouse support. You can add a udev rule to enable that. Additionally, you need to make sure you have the package bluez-utils installed.
Create `/etc/udev/rules.d/50-bluetooth-hci-auto-poweron.rules` with the following content.
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="bluetooth", KERNEL=="hci[0-9]*", RUN+="/bin/hciconfig %k up"
Use pavucontrol to configure pulse audio
[pavucontrol] is a GUI front-end for [PulseAudio].
sudo apt-get -t jessie-backports install pavucontrol
[blueman-project] [issue]
[enable analog out]
[Bluetooth – Installing and Using Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi]
[Installing the Raspberry Pi Nano Bluetooth Dongle]
pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/PythonScripts/Microphone $ bluetoothctl [NEW] Controller B8:27:EB:22:51:00 raspberrypi [default] [NEW] Device 48:C1:AC:E2:21:A7 PLT_Legend [bluetooth]# quit
pi@raspberrypi:~/Documents/PythonScripts/Microphone $ sudo l2ping -c 1 48:C1:AC:E2:21:A7 Ping: 48:C1:AC:E2:21:A7 from B8:27:EB:22:51:00 (data size 44) ... 16 bytes from 48:C1:AC:E2:21:A7 id 0 time 8.55ms 1 sent, 1 received, 0% loss
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****