Install OctoPrint on BeagleBone (white)
#add a user (I choose pi)
sudo useradd -m -c "Pi Octoprint" pi
#Be sure to give him a password
sudo password pi
#make sure it's up to date
sudo apt-get update
#install python building tools
sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev python-pip python-virtualenv
NOW you can start with the instructions https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint
Specifically,