Hi there,
I tried to autostart one of the example scripts come with Enviro+ Hat, “all-in-one-no-pm.py” but it didn’t.
I tried to do it by editing rc.local but since I only tried to run the python code, and couldn’t start virtual environment from there, the code didn’t start.
Is there a better way to do it?
I usually use cron. I’m far from any knid of expert on this, but its what works for me.
From a terminal I run
crontab -e
and add
@reboot python3 /home/pi/my.py
If that doesn’t work try running
sudo crontab -e
My problem is that I have to create a virtual environment first with this command:
source ~/.virtualenvs/pimoroni/bin/activate
so it’s not just basic python code execution.
Ah , OK. Pi5 running latest Bookworm?
I’ve been running Legacy OS when I can to avoid having to use a virtual environment. It’s not the best approach, but for now it’s what I have been doing. Just being honest.
So far I only have the one Pi 5, and haven’t added anything third party to it.
If you add the line source ~/.virtualenvs/pimoroni/bin/activate at the end of the .bashrc file located within the home folder of your login, it will enable the virtual enviroment at boot up.
Hope this helps.
I don’t get it, can you elaborate? I tried adding the line
source ~/.virtualenvs/pimoroni/bin/activate
to “/etc/rc.local”, right before the python code is executed but it didn’t work.
If your using the login of pi for example, then the line source ~/.virtualenvs/pimoroni/bin/activate should be added into the .bashrc file in the /home/pi users folder.
If there is a (pimoroni) before the command prompt it’s worked okay and the venv is activated.
As shown below. Hope this helps. 👍
