Can't install GPIO tools

Jayge91 · November 3, 2017 at 1:17 AM

Hello,

I want to implement pwm fan control and status LEDs via python scripts, but I'm running into an issue with trying to install the RPi Tools add-on.

In the stock supplied "LibreELEC Add-ons" repo, there's nothing with RPi, wiring, or GPIO at all. When I bring up the GitHub page, I can see that RPi.GPIO is listed in the directory (here).

When I download the .zip and attempt to install within Kodi, I get the following error in the log:

Code

17:25:53.605 T:548179947520 ERROR: Failed to read 'zip://%2fstorage%2fdownloads%2fLibreELEC.tv-libreelec-8.2.zip/LibreELEC.tv-libreelec-8.2/addon.xml'

Not really sure how to continue, as no one (according to my google searches) seems to have covered an issue like this. Any ideas?

I'm on LibreELEC 8.2

**chewitt** · November 3, 2017 at 4:39 AM Official Post

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wget http://addons.libreelec.tv/8.2/RPi2/arm/virtual.rpi-tools/virtual.rpi-tools-8.2.104.zip
or
wget http://addons.libreelec.tv/8.2/RPi/arm/virtual.rpi-tools/virtual.rpi-tools-8.2.104.zip

I've no idea whether RPi (0/1) or RPi2 (2/3) will be binary compatible with an Odroid_C2, and most other SBC manufacturers lie through their arses about Pi compatibility for their boards (form-factor compatible but almost never GPIO compatible) but ^ those are the URLs for the add-on zips.

If things work it's great. If things don't work, it's not our problem to solve

**nickr** · November 3, 2017 at 4:43 AM Official Post

Besides this is your second thread with the same issue, please don't cross post.

Jayge91 · November 3, 2017 at 5:06 AM

thanks chewitt , but it doesn't appear that it's compatible. Guess I'll keep digging and hope more ideas stumble upon this thread.

nickr , Sorry, I'll remove the other posts.

Jayge91 · November 6, 2017 at 1:27 AM

Well it looks like docker is a promising option. I'm going to attempt to learn docker now lol..

I'll report back with any findings

Jayge91 · November 6, 2017 at 5:13 AM

Little update:

I've managed to successfully build a docker container utilizing ubuntu and have rpi-tools and all dependencies up and running.

But I am unable to use the gpio utility due to an issue with the /proc/cpuinfo file.

The file is missing crucial information for gpio to operate properly:

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Hardware    : ODROID-C2
Revision    : 020c

Now to figure out how to get that corrected...

**chewitt** · November 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Official Post

wrxtasy fancy making a "droid-tools" add-on with the HK version of wiring pi ?

Can't install GPIO tools

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