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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion setup.py
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or b"brcm,bcm2711" in compat
or b"brcm,bcm2712" in compat
):
lgpio_req = "lgpio>=0.2.2.0"
try:
import lgpio
except ImportError:
print(
"\n*** lgpio is not installed. On Raspberry Pi OS, install it with:\n"
" sudo apt-get install -y python3-lgpio\n"
" Then recreate your virtual environment with --system-site-packages\n"
" or install the wheel from:\n"
" https://github.com/adafruit/lgpio-python-wheels\n"
)
board_reqs = [
"rpi_ws281x>=4.0.0",
"lgpio>=0.2.2.0",
lgpio_req,
"RPi.GPIO",
"Adafruit-Blinka-Raspberry-Pi5-Neopixel",
]
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