In #78 there is a very long thread on how to install this Python package in Manjaro ARM, which should have be valid for other Arch based distros.
These steps became unnecessary because at some point somebody made an AUR package, which automated this procedure. Unfortunately, this package was removed from the AUR.
If somebody wants to make this installation trivial in Arch based distributions, then packaging the fanshim and the apa102 Python packages to the AUR would suffice, since RPi.GPIO is already available in the AUR and all other dependencies are part of Python's standard library.
I have never packaged anything in the AUR but I'm going to give it a shot once I have the time.
If anybody has some tips and tricks on packaging AUR packages, feel free to share them.
If anybody beats me to it, then please reply to this issue as I would like to use it for myself to replace my homemade Python script running in the background.
In #78 there is a very long thread on how to install this Python package in Manjaro ARM, which should have be valid for other Arch based distros.
These steps became unnecessary because at some point somebody made an AUR package, which automated this procedure. Unfortunately, this package was removed from the AUR.
If somebody wants to make this installation trivial in Arch based distributions, then packaging the fanshim and the apa102 Python packages to the AUR would suffice, since
RPi.GPIOis already available in the AUR and all other dependencies are part of Python's standard library.I have never packaged anything in the AUR but I'm going to give it a shot once I have the time. If anybody has some tips and tricks on packaging AUR packages, feel free to share them. If anybody beats me to it, then please reply to this issue as I would like to use it for myself to replace my homemade Python script running in the background.