Bookworm install procedure, raspberry pi5

[BigALTelescope]

raspberrypi5, bookworm install I installed using the guides using venv, including the user Sigvalds. My error when running indiserver is

Driver indi_pylibcamera: execlp : No such file or directory

I know the server is running because indi_lx200classic runs.

It seems like a simple problem.

I do not see indi diirectory in /usr/lib/python3.11/site_packages which is not there it is dist_packages?

I have set this up in bullseye last year no problem with HQ camera. I appreciate your work to make this available at all.

[scriptorron]

Hi BigALTelescope,

The error Driver indi_pylibcamera: execlp : No such file or directory comes when the indiserver does not find the indi_pylibcamera executable. As far as I understand you installed the driver in a virtual environment. You need to activate this environment every time before you use it: source venv_indi_pylibcamera/bin/activate (or replace venv_indi_pylibcamera with the name of your virtual environment). After that the driver executable is available in that and only that shell. To make things easy in the night I made a shell script on my Raspberry Pi:

1. Create the bin subfolder in your home directory:

   cd
   mkdir bin

   This subfolder gets added to the executable search path automatically.

2. Use a text editor to create a new file start_INDI.sh in the subfolder bin with the following contents:

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   source venv_indi_pylibcamera/bin/activate
   indiserver -v indi_pylibcamera indi_lx200autostar > ~/indiserver.log 2>&1 &

   This script gets executed in the bash shell (line 1), activates the virtual environment (line 2, if needed replace the environment name with yours) and starts the INDI server with the camera and mount driver. Replace the mount driver with the one fitting to your mount. The outputs of the INDI server are written to indiserver.log in your home directory.

   If you like you can also start KStars by adding a 4th line containing kstarts.

3. Make the script executable with

   chmod u+x ~/bin/start_INDI.sh

4. If you like make a desktop shortcut to this shell script to start it.

My EKOS profile looks like this: Important is to set Mode to "remote" and Host to "localhost". When you click on the triangle right to the Mount input you get a list of mounts. Take the one fitting to your mount and driver. For the Camera 1 input click in the input field and write "pylibcamera Main". Save that profile with a meaningful name.

For an observation session run start_INDI.sh and use the profile you created.

Best Regards, Ronald

[scriptorron]

Is the issue solved?