Grove Hat Grove.py installation FAILED, FAILED, FAILED

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#1

Hello All ,

I am new to this world and was trying to get a Grove Hat for my Pi.
I followed the instructions and tried updating with the shell script given as in installation instructions from

[Seeed-Studio/grove.py: Python library for Seeedstudio Grove devices (github.com)](https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/grove.py)

running the below command

curl -sL https://github.com/Seeed-Studio/grove.py/raw/master/install.sh | sudo bash -s -

But I am always getting an error for

Package 'python-pip' has no installation candidate.
E: Package 'python-rpi.gpio' has no installation candidate

and exits with

` Grove.py installation FAILED, FAILED, FAILED`

I have python3 and pip3 installed already. I tried installing python2 and pip2 as well.
I tried to install the dependencies myself and got few errors like below

 python3-mraa : Depends: libjson-c3 (>= 0.10) but it is not installable
                Depends: libmraa1 but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libpython3.5 (>= 3.5.0~b1) but it is not installable

Tried various methods of resolution found on internet but didn’t solve my problem yet and I am still waiting to use my hat.

Please find my Raspberry Pi setup below

  • Device - RPi 4 Model B 4GB
  • OS - Raspberry Lite OS 32 Bit

If you have faced similar issues please let me know any pointers to resolve the same.
Many Thanks

#2

Hello, can you tell me if your computer is Windows or macOS? Are you prompted to update when using the pip command?

#3

Hi Citric ,

I am doing an SSH to the pi from a Windows 10 machine.
I tried today with a new OS flash - still the same. I didn’t try anything else this time. Plain RPi 32 bit Lite OS - then on SSH i directly tried the curl command provided by seed, still getting the same error.

#5

If the online installation method fails, you can try the step-by-step installation. The installation method is shown in the figure below:

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I just tried the installation using the Raspberry Pi and it should be no problem.
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#6

Alright Citric - let me try that. One more thing which is your Pi image is it Bullseye or Buster ? I am running on a Bullseye - the latest

#7

Oh, I am using Raspbian Buster, which is an engineering prototype.

#8

Citric , I doubt it is because I am using latest Bullseye Image, and the existing seed script may need to get modified. I will downgrade to Buster and see. Meanwhile I will share you a reference.

Errors when installing on a Raspberry Pi running Bullseye · Issue #46 · Seeed-Studio/grove.py (github.com)

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#9

Hello All ,

Finally after banging my head, I downgraded my Rpi OS version to buster , and the script is running without any issues.

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