2026 Xubuntu changes cause platformio install failure for udev.service.
My pio setup is broken. Ubuntu udev now seems to be changed to support systemd. This is beyond my skill level. What can be done.
What error message are you getting exactly when you do what exactly? I just installed Xubuntu 26.04 inside a VM, installed VSCode in it, sudo apt install python3-venv, the PlatformIO extension, and it works fine.
Xubuntu 26.04 requires a different step for 99-platformio-udev.rules.
sudo service udev restart .. for older Xubuntu
# or
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules .. for 26.04 ubuntu
sudo udevadm trigger
I maintain the installation instructions in a script to avoid retyping complex commands. 26.04 broke my script. It is working now. Thanks
Okay, but the documentation does say “or” with the two command blocks, whichever applies. Maybe the documentation can explicitly mention some distriutions in the notes. The source code is at
The pio developers realized that only some distros has systemd. They provided a code option without explanation.
Apparently the installer person must know if his Linux distro has changed to systemd.