Plasma Buttons Install Error(s) + Workaround

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Ran into some errors during the installation process and figured I’d share potential updates to the “Fitting Picade Plasma Buttons” guide page.

curl https://get.pimoroni.com/plasma | bash : Ran into several errors with python3-pip not being installed by default, and a png library being absent. After a few detours, I was able to get things properly installed, but without some knowledge in CI, it could be a major blocker for some.

  • sudo apt install -y python3-pip
  • sudo apt install -y python3-png

plasmactl 0 255 255 : Throws errors, as the correct syntax (with the library as of writing this that installed) is:

  • plasmactl --colour 0 0 255. Without the --colour, the command will fail.

I have screenshots of the whole process, in case it helps refine the observations further.

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It would be interesting to see if the following works?
git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/plasma-python
cd plasma-python
./install.sh