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openhab-helper-libraries/Getting Started/Installation suggestions #358

Closed RubyBailey closed 3 years ago

RubyBailey commented 3 years ago

I run OH on a RPI 3 Some suggestions to help update the documentation for others, like myself, that are struggling with basics:

  1. Download the contents of this repository. - It would be helpful to show the detailed steps required to complete this step. Download, using openhab account, copy, etc. I struggled with this a very long time and came up with a method where:

  2. download using windows through the samba directories

  3. copied automation into sounds directory

  4. created automation directory a. cd /etc/openhab2 b. mkdir automation

  5. copied from sounds/automation to /etc/openhab2/automation a. cp -R /etc/openhab2/sounds/temp/automation/* /etc/openhab2/automation

  6. removed groovy and javascript directories a. rm –r groovy b. rm –r javascript c. in both the lib and jsr223 directories I think there's an easier way to do this, but without detailed documentation similar to the OH installation, it's a struggle.

  7. Download the standalone Jython 2.7.0 jar - the link is invalid and points to a 404 page. I used the following information Jython 2.7.0 is available through jython.org/download at https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.python/jython-standalone Used path from https://community.openhab.org/t/jsr223-helper-libraries-jython-support-install-guide-openhab-2-5-wip/91026/2 to download “jar” file And installed through similar process described above copied to openhab/sounds directory through windows and then cd /etc/openhab2/automation mkdir jython cd ./jython cp /etc/openhab2/sounds/temp/jython-standalone-2.7.0.jar /etc/openhab2/automation/jython/jython-standalone-2.7.0.jar

Trust this helps. Thank you all the work and effort. My apologies for the somewhat unformatted text above. I have never worked with Git, so as a new OH user it's challenging to learn OH and Git at the same time.

5iver commented 3 years ago

I struggled with this a very long time

Next time, please ask for help here or in the forum and I will gladly help out.

The installation of both Jython and the helper libraries should be done through the Jython addon, which is a lot easier than doing it manually :slightly_smiling_face:! I am about to push an update to the libraries, documentation, and to the add-ons. Manual installations are no longer necessary and those instructions will be archived.

Thank you all the work and effort.

I'm the only maintainer ATM, so thank you!

RubyBailey commented 3 years ago

Thank you Scott, That sounds great. At this time the helper libraries are installed and working on my system; which is great news given my current level of "limited" understanding. Let me know if there is any way that I can help. Just be aware that I'm somewhat new to OH as well as python, java script, etc. , so my help may be somewhat limiting or noobishly confusing 🙂. I'll try wherever I can and am always willing to learn. Thanks again for your quick response.