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Build-a-Pi only once?

 

Have a ham friend who downloaded Build-a-Pi and was doing it wirelessly, which I have done at three times.
But now he says he cannot download BAP again. Supposedly he could only do it once.
I have never heard of this issue. Am I missing something or has he had some unrecoverable error?

Les
WD5BYQ
 

You only download it once and install what you want. After that, use the Build a Pi update tool to install additional apps.
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He apparently downloaded once, but something happened in the install and says he could not download it again.

Les

On Aug 16, 2021, at 7:10 PM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

You only download it once and install what you want. After that, use the Build a Pi update tool to install additional apps.
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He should be able to restart the script with:
bash ~/pi-build/build-a-pi
If that fails, he could try deleting the build a pi directory with:
rm -rf ~/pi-build
and then following the directions from .
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Thanks. I¡¯ll pass this along.

Les

On Aug 16, 2021, at 7:22 PM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

He should be able to restart the script with:
bash ~/pi-build/build-a-pi
If that fails, he could try deleting the build a pi directory with:
rm -rf ~/pi-build
and then following the directions from .
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73, de KM4ACK
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I wonder if there is value to putting a choice to delete the download/install directories if the install script sees the directory for a future update?

That way if someone has an issue, reinstalling and having the script delete the directories on command from the user will aid the user that does not have experience in the command line interface.

Just thinking out loud :D?
 

I wonder if there is value to putting a choice to delete the download/install directories if the install script sees the directory for a future update?
This is exactly how BAP works for new versions of BAP. It checks github to see if a new version is available and gives the operator a notice allowing them to choose to install the latest version or keep using their current version.

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