PivotPi

PivotPi is a Servo Controller for the Raspberry Pi!

Installing

You need internet access for the following step(s).

The quickest way for installing the PivotPi is to enter the following command:

curl -kL dexterindustries.com/update_pivotpi | bash

Or if you want to run the install script directly from the repository you can run:

bash install.sh

By default, the PivotPi package is installed system-wide and script_tools is completely updated each time the script is ran.

An example using options appended to the command can be:

curl -kL dexterindustries.com/update_pivotpi | bash -s -- --user-local --no-update-aptget --no-dependencies

Command Options

The options that can be appended to this command are:

• --no-update-aptget - to skip using sudo apt-get update before installing dependencies. For this to be useful, --no-dependencies has to be not used. Applies to RFR_Tools and the PivotPi.
• --bypass-rfrtools - skips installing RFR_Tools completely.
  • --bypass-python-rfrtools - skips installing/updating the python package for RFR_Tools.
  • --bypass-gui-installation - skips installing the GUI packages/dependencies from RFR_Tools.
• --no-dependencies - skip installing any dependencies for the PivotPi. It's supposed to be used on each consecutive update after the initial install has gone through.
• --user-local - install the python package for the PivotPi in the home directory of the user. This doesn't require any special read/write permissions: the actual command used is (python setup.py install --force --user).
• --env-local - install the python package for the PivotPi within the given environment without elevated privileges: the actual command used is (python setup.py install --force).
• --system-wide - install the python package for the PivotPi within the sytem-wide environment with sudo: the actual command used is (sudo python setup.py install --force).

Important to remember is that --user-local, --env-local and --system-wide options are all mutually-exclusive - they cannot be used together. As a last thing, different versions of it can be pulled by appending a corresponding branch name or tag.

Minimal Installation

Now, if you only want the absolute minimum in order to get going with the PivotPi, you can run this command:

curl -kL dexterindustries.com/update_pivotpi | bash -s -- --bypass-gui-installation

This will only get you installed the PivotPi dependencies and nothing else. You still can use options such as --user-local or --env-local if you are working with a different kind of environment. Keep in mind that --system-wide is selected by default.

Subsequent Updates

If the PivotPi has been installed either by using the full command or the one for the minimal installation, this means you have all the packages installed already and all dependencies put in. Therefore, on subsequent installation, you can skip installing any dependency and instead just reinstall the python package of the PivotPi. To do this, you can run this command:

curl -kL dexterindustries.com/update_pivotpi | bash -s -- --bypass-rfrtools --no-dependencies

Or if this is too complex, you can always stick to the command meant for the full installation or the minimal one.

Getting Help

Need help? We have a forum here where you can ask questions or make suggestions.

See more at the PivotPi Site