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fix(install): avoid apt-package uninstall failure during web dep install #371

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fix(install): avoid apt-package uninstall failure on web deps
rpierce99 Jun 14, 2026
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fix(install): also pass --ignore-installed for local rgbmatrix install
rpierce99 Jun 14, 2026
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions scripts/install_dependencies_apt.py
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Expand Up @@ -75,12 +75,20 @@ def install_via_pip(package_name):
Debian/Ubuntu-based systems without a virtual environment.
--prefer-binary prefers pre-built wheels over source distributions to avoid
exhausting /tmp space during compilation.
--ignore-installed stops pip from trying to *uninstall* packages that were
installed by apt (e.g. python3-requests). Those Debian packages ship no
pip RECORD file, so an uninstall attempt fails with "uninstall-no-record-file"
and aborts the whole install. With --ignore-installed, pip lays the new
version down in /usr/local where it shadows the apt copy instead of removing
it. This matters when a pip dependency (google-api-python-client pulls a
newer requests) needs to upgrade an apt-managed package.

Returns (success, output).
"""
print(f"Installing {package_name} via pip...")
success, output = _run([
sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', '--prefer-binary', package_name
sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install',
'--break-system-packages', '--prefer-binary', '--ignore-installed', package_name
])
if success:
print(f"Successfully installed {package_name} via pip")
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if setup_py.exists():
# Try installing - use regular install, not editable mode
# This is optional for web interface and should already be installed in Step 6
ok, output = _run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', str(rgbmatrix_path)])
ok, output = _run([sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--break-system-packages', '--ignore-installed', str(rgbmatrix_path)])
if ok:
print("rgbmatrix module installed successfully")
else:
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