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Notes on installing gpio-manager d-bus service from source

sudo make install does not do everyhing, so there are some extra steps:

  • Create gpio-manager user or gpio groups. 
    sudo useradd --system gpio-manager
sudo groupadd --system gpio
sudo usermod -aG gpio gpio-manager
sudo usermod -aG gpio $USER
newgrp gpio # or start a new login shell
  • Install D-Bus conf in /etc 
    sudo ln -s /usr/local/etc/dbus-1/system.d/io.gpiod1.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/
  • Fix prefix in systemd service. 
    sudo systemctl edit gpio-manager.service

    [Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gpio-manager
  • Trigger library 
    sudo ldconfig
  • Trigger udev rule 
    udevadm trigger -s gpio
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