Manually install addons on Ubuntu

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Hi,

I have recently updated to 4.1.1 release build and I am facing some problems with my Tapo things, which apparently have been solved in the snapshot.

I am running the OH on Ubuntu and copied the jar file into the following folders (the 2nd one didn’t exist so I created it just in case, since the default was not working):

/usr/share/openhab/addons &
/opt/openhab/addons

as per the instructions here .

But the addon is not recognised and my things that worked in version 3 are not showing any more.
I also changed the owner of the folders but no luck.

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I can’t see anything related in the logger.

Anyone can guide me on how to enable the addon?

Thanks

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I’m not familiar with the directory structure with your type of installation, so only guessing: the addons directory is usually on the same level as conf, runtime and userdata

$ ll
total 60
drwxrwxr-x  7 openhab openhab  4096 Jan 17 11:59 ./
drwxrwxr-x  5 openhab openhab  4096 Jan 17 11:59 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 openhab openhab 13430 Dec 22 18:53 LICENSE.TXT
drwxr-xr-x  2 openhab openhab  4096 Jan 17 12:05 addons/
drwxr-xr-x 15 openhab openhab  4096 Jan 17 12:00 conf/
drwxrwxr-x  2 openhab openhab  4096 Jan 17 12:00 rake_state/
drwxr-xr-x  6 openhab openhab  4096 Dec 22 18:53 runtime/
-rw-r--r--  1 openhab openhab   223 Dec 22 18:40 start.bat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 openhab openhab   199 Dec 22 18:40 start.sh*
-rw-r--r--  1 openhab openhab    72 Dec 22 18:40 start_debug.bat
-rwxr-xr-x  1 openhab openhab    73 Dec 22 18:40 start_debug.sh*
drwxrwxr-x  9 openhab openhab  4096 May  5  2023 userdata/

In case it’s different, look inside userdata/etc/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-deploy.cfg file and check out this key:

felix.fileinstall.dir           = ${openhab.home}/addons
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The location is the same, I have
felix.fileinstall.dir = ${openhab.home}/addons

My folder structure looks different, I cant find conf and userdata, and the jar file is located in the addons folder here

drwxr-xr-x   4 openhab openhab  4096 jan 17 08:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 249 root    root    12288 sep 25 21:04 ../
drwxrwxr-x   2 darko   openhab  4096 jan 17 09:21 addons/
-rw-r--r--   1 openhab openhab 13430 jan  7 22:04 LICENSE.TXT
drwxr-xr-x   6 openhab openhab  4096 jan 17 08:54 runtime/
-rwxr-xr-x   1 openhab openhab    73 jan  7 22:04 start_debug.sh*
-rwxr-xr-x   1 openhab openhab   276 jan  7 22:04 start.sh*
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That looks like the right place. Check the file permissions and ownership, make sure openhab can read it.

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I was playing with the permissions but it makes no difference.

drwxrwxr-x 2 openhab openhab   4096 jan 17 13:14 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 openhab openhab   4096 jan 17 08:54 ../
-rwxrwxr-x 1 openhab openhab 103990 sep  1  2022 org.openhab.binding.synologysurveillancestation-3.3.0-SNAPSHOT.jar*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 openhab openhab 208514 jan 17 10:10 org.openhab.binding.tapocontrol-4.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 openhab openhab     70 jan  7 22:04 README*

I think the problem is the jar file, I removed the Synology Surveillance Station addon from the marketplace and it works when the jar is manually placed in the same folder

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Hmm… the synology jar shouldn’t have interfered, but I’m glad you’ve got it sorted.

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No I think the Tapo jar is bad (or I used incorrect one). I put the Synology jar in, just to check if the location is good

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You are running oh4.1? Then you have to use the binding for 4.1.x

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I tried all 3 versions that are on the github, none of them worked for me when I put them in the addons folder.
I guess i need to wait for the next official release

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where did you find them? You could build it or I could build it for you if needed. 4.2 release is still a few months away I think, unless you want to use milestones, or the fix has been cherry-picked to 4.1.2

EDIT: I guess you’re referring to GitHub - wildcs/oh3_compiled-addons at tapocontrol

The PR hasn’t been merged yet, which you probably already knew :slight_smile:

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You might want to report this in [tapocontrol] new communication protocol integration / code revision by wildcs · Pull Request #15725 · openhab/openhab-addons · GitHub