Sunday, March 16, 2025

install / run arduino ide on ubuntu 22.04

 The raw arduino downloads from the .cc website didn't seem to run.

 There is no install included, just a full running appimage and a zip of the application to download.

the version installed by using apt is of the 1.8, version, very old.  It does run however.  

It does solve something when run.  There is a permission that has to be added, and the app prompts for it.  

Other problem is that xapp library is missing.  That is in the console scroll when you run the app 

the AppImage seems to run once made executable.  It seems to also install the libs once run. 

 There was a complaint  when running the AppImage about xapp library component missing.  W/o installing it the gui doesn't finish running.

 

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Sunday, February 9, 2025

Install ntop

 

install ntop
 
Type the following commands in your shell:

wget https://packages.ntop.org/RaspberryPI/apt-ntop.deb sudo dpkg -i apt-ntop.deb sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ntopng nprobe
 
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

install / build switchbot temperature sensor tool on raspberry pi os

Switchbot reading tool

use this tool
github incantation
https://github.com/lukearran/SwitchBot-Meter-API.git
https://github.com/lukearran/SwitchBot-Meter-API?tab=readme-ov-file

You will need:

Python3   standard on current Pi OS
SwitchBot Thermometer
BluePy
Flask
TinyDb

Bluepy
https://github.com/IanHarvey/bluepy
github incantation
https://github.com/IanHarvey/bluepy.git
you should install from source.

$ sudo apt-get install git build-essential libglib2.0-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/IanHarvey/bluepy.git
$ cd bluepy
$ python setup.py build
$ sudo python setup.py install

Flask
https://github.com/pallets/flask
https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/

github incantation
https://github.com/pallets/flask.git

do crap on this page
https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/installation/#python-version

TinyDb
install
github incantation
git clone https://github.com/msiemens/tinydb.git

https://tinydb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started.html

dealing with python horsehooey
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75608323/how-do-i-solve-error-externally-managed-environment-every-time-i-use-pip-3

use pipx to install


 
NOTE:
edited under protest for blogspot censorship.  
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