Installation issues

[neo_anderson]

@sdetweil thanks for the response. I went to the alternative installation methods and tried to run the automatic installation script but it asked me to update rasp OS. i did that using the script on their website: sudo apt full-upgrade which ran successfully but when i went back to try to run the automatic installation script it gives me the same error. any help would be great.

[sdetweil]

@neo_anderson apt upgrade does not change your system to new version, only bring this version up to date

lsb_release -a

shows the os version detail

buster is 2 versions back

bullseye and bookworm since then, bookworm, the current version, has been out over a year now

[neo_anderson]

@sdetweil Thanks. that makes sense. Im on buster. see below. I was searching how to upgrade to bookwork but from my understanding it’s not very simple. any recommendations?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Raspbian
Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Release: 10
Codename: buster

[neo_anderson]

@sdetweil alternatively, is it simple better to format the pi and install bookworm from scratch?

[sdetweil]

@neo_anderson said in Installation issues:

alternatively, is it simple better to format the pi and install bookworm from scratch?

yes, better to start with new base

backup MM config…
see my https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore
make sure to copy backup folder (MM_backup) off or push to git
so you can have it for restore

[neo_anderson]

@sdetweil I got it working. Tried the manual method but it didnt work so then I tried your automatic script and it worked perfectly. much appreciated.

is there a way to get the software to prompt for the user to select from a pre-built list of modules and syn with an email account?

[sdetweil]

@neo_anderson no we don’t have that

i am working in a new module installer that will let you pick from the 3rd party list catalog.

then after installing those will open my mmm-config module to allow you to configure the modules you installed
(and you can go back there at any tine, installer or config)

i don’t think there is any concept of pre-built list of modules

my restore script works from a list of the urls (created at backup tine), but its just a text file list

[neo_anderson]

@sdetweil Hi there, Hope your Jan went well. Just wanted to touch base to see how youre making out with the new module. Sounds quite exciting.

[sdetweil]

@neo_anderson you can try it out
See
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/123306

There is more info before that post, but this gets you the latest version