Hi,
I am attempting to install the CLI on a Raspberry Pi that is running Raspbian 9 (Stretch). I am using pip, and when I run the command “pip install -U platformio”, everything appears to work fine. However, I am not able to find any evidence that platformio actually was installed. I can’t find the shell command anywhere.
I am I missing something?
Thanks!
Jason
Does python -m platformio python2 -m platformio bring up platformio?
Seems like it was installed in your local users script folder which isn’t in your $PATH. Search for it with like find . -name "platformio.py" from within your home folder and add the path to it to $PATH.
Thanks Max.
Looks like it was installed in:
/home/pi/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/platformio/builder/tools
Jason
You installed PIO Core in user’s Python location. You need to add /home/pi/.local/bin to $PATH. Otherwise, uninstall PlatformIO from global scope and install it into a virtual environment. See
http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/installation.html#virtual-environment
Hi Ivan,
Yes, I have added that path to my PATH environment variable.
I am curious, however, as to why it got installed there. That doesn’t seem to match the documentation. I just ran a standard pip install command.
Global scope is fine for this setup. It’s just an RPi that I am using for some demonstration stuff.
BTW → I plugged PlatformIO again this week: How to Update FPGA Images with PlatformIO - YouTube
Thanks for your help!
Jason
Do you use Raspbian distributive?
P.S: Thank you so much for the video! We already posted it to our community 