[solved] raspi A with PB: how to install Python-Picamera??

Dear members,

I have a Raspberry A with PirateBox 1.0.7 running on it.
Now, I want to use the camera and program it with python 2.7.
The PirateBox by design has no internet connection. And I do not have another Archlinux machine.
I do have other linux machines with nUbuntu on them.

How can I get the python-picame package on the PirateBox?

Please advise.

peter



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2017 03:59PM by pablok.

Someone? Jemand? Iemand? Personne?

Hi,
you need to build it from archlinux' aur repository.

About AUR
Python-Picamera AUR link

Hope this helps,
Best regards Matthias

Dear community,

As you can read above I really like the idea of being able to use the pi-camera on the PirateBox. But as I am a comlete noob with archlinux it took a while to search a solution.
The former PB versions had no trouble with the camera. After installing version 1.0.7 the camera did not function any more.
My cry for help was answered by Matthias.

But his advice to a noob was as pearls before swine. A good part of a day I was trying to grasp how to get AUR to install the package(s). I threw the towel in the ring and sat down. To think and to search.
After another few hours of searching I finally found the right page. No further away then
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Raspberry_Pi#Raspberry_Pi_camera_module
Depending on the errors you have to amend the (Append to) /boot/config.txt.

And now I can use the camera again. So pleased.
I still have to figure out the use of python with the camera.

pablok

Good work, thanks for sharing your insights!

How does the picam or any camera go into the mix? Is PB able to stream the feed along the network? Does anyone have the instructions?