Install OctoPrint on Ubuntu 24.04

install_octoprint.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y python3 python3-venv python3-pip python3-dev git libffi-dev libusb-dev libyaml-dev build-essential

# Create user for octoprint and switch to it
sudo useradd -m octoprint
sudo passwd octoprint
sudo usermod -aG dialout octoprint
sudo chsh -s /bin/bash octoprint
sudo su - octoprint

# Install OctoPrint in a venv
python3 -m venv ~/OctoPrint-venv
source ~/OctoPrint-venv/bin/activate
pip install pip --upgrade
pip install octoprint

# Run OctoPrint
octoprint serve

# Run on boot
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/octoprint.service > /dev/null << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=OctoPrint
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=octoprint
ExecStart=/home/octoprint/OctoPrint-venv/bin/octoprint serve
Restart=on-failure
Nice=-2

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable octoprint
sudo systemctl start octoprint

# Check status
systemctl status octoprint