Install problem

[MickelDerekson]

Hi, I’m new to raspberry pi, have no computer/coding experience and it seems to me that I’m on a pretty steep learning curve - I’m waiting for my copy of raspberry pi for dummies to arrive and I would like to get open rowing monitor working on a concept 2 machine. Im working with a mac and a pi3 b+

Following the instruction provided here, I get as far as running the install but it ultimately fails.
During the install I get a depreciation warning stating  " Node.js 16.x is no longer actively supported! " The install pauses for 10 s then continues on.  At the end of everything I am left with an awful lot of "npm ERR!" a small section of which I have posted below.

npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 8.19.4 -> 11.4.1
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v11.4.1
npm notice Run npm install -g [email protected] to update!
npm notice
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /opt/openrowingmonitor/node_modules/@abandonware/noble
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c -- node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok

I would be very grateful if someone could shed some light on what is going wrong here and how i can rectify the situation.

[JaapvanEkris]

You are installing a branch that is as dead as a dodo for three years. abandonware is what it is: abandoned and extremely problematic as a dependency. Development has moved to https://github.com/JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor

There the install scripts still work, and there is an active community to help you in the unlikely event the script fails.

I would like to get open rowing monitor working on a concept 2 machine.

Cool. Use OpenRowingMonitor nearly daily on a RowErg myself.

Please be aware there are some additional electronics involved, and with more modern Concept2's the voltage will hurt your Raspberry Pi. On our branch we have a list of supported rowers here, as well as links to the modifications needed: https://github.com/JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor/blob/main/docs/Supported_Rowers.md

[MickelDerekson]

Thanks for the speedy response Jaap.

I took a look at how I ended up at the dead branch. I think I was on the page at the first link in your reply where I looked at ‘install’ section. From there I followed the link Detailed Installation Instructions . Once here I looked at the section “Installation of the OpenRowingMonitor software” where I copied the command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaapvanekris/openrowingmonitor/HEAD/install/install.sh)"

So, if I follow your first link and click the green code button I get a window containing two tabs ‘Local’ and ‘Codespaces’. In ‘Local’ there are a number of options I could copy:

https://github.com/JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor.git

[email protected]:JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor.git

gh repo clone JaapvanEkris/openrowingmonitor

None look quite like the command I copied from the dead branch so I’m not sure I’m in the right place. Im out of my depth so please could I be given some direction around what I need to do next.

[JaapvanEkris]

On a freshly installed Raspberry Pi, you can log in via SSH. It doesn't matter if you are on Windows or Apple, SSH will allow you to work on the Raspberry Pi. For more instructions on how to work with SSH on your Mac, see https://www.servermania.com/kb/articles/ssh-mac

To log in you need to know the IP-address of the Raspberry Pi, which is shown on the screen of the Pi (if you have installed a screen on it), or can be found on your router as that hands out IP-addresses.

Once logged in via SSH on your Raspberry Pi, you can execute

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaapvanekris/openrowingmonitor/HEAD/install/install.sh)"

on the Raspberry Pi. That will do all installation work by itself. No difficult work with git for you, the script will download the latest stable release for you, and install all dependencies.

[MickelDerekson]

Ok, I'm very happy to report It looks like I have a successful install!

Thank-you once again.