OpenHABian first-boot.sh fails multiple times on a fresh Raspberry Pi 2 installation

[greenoid (Frerk Meyer)]

• Platform information:
  • Hardware: Raspberry Pi 2
  • OS: Raspbian Debian Stretch 9
  • Java Runtime Environment: OpenJDK 1.8.0-152
  • openHAB version: 2.3.0-1
• Issue of the topic: Easy first time setup breaks multiple times, not fixable by beginners

I decided to begin with a fresh install because of to much problems with my Z-Wave infrastructure. It should be easy with OpenHABian.

The /boot/first-boot.sh Script failed for the first time at

2018-07-27_10:39:37_UTC [openHABian] Installing additional needed packages… FAILED
2018-07-27_10:39:40_UTC [openHABian] Initial setup exiting with an error!

When restarted (the script or the whole Raspberry Pi) then it would stop everytime at

2018-07-27_10:37:14_UTC [openHABian] Cloning myself… FAILED

because “/opt/openhabian” already exists and git gives back an error code.
Workaround 1: remove or move /opt/openhabian out of the way for every other try of reinstalling.
Workaround 2: insert an if not exists “/opt/openhabian” directory condition into first-boot.sh before cloning it.

Then it got to installing Node.js. That failed.

Installing the NodeSource Node.js 8.x LTS Carbon repo…

Populating apt-get cache…

• apt-get update
  Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease
  Ign:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease
  Err:3 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch Release
  503 Service Unavailable [IP: 2a00:1098:0:80:1000:13:0:7 80]
  Ign:4 http://repos.azulsystems.com/debian stable InRelease
  Hit:5 http://repos.azulsystems.com/debian stable Release
  Ign:6 https://dl.bintray.com/openhab/apt-repo2 stable InRelease
  Hit:7 https://dl.bintray.com/openhab/apt-repo2 stable Release
  Reading package lists… Done
  E: The repository ‘http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch Release’ does no longer have a Release file.
  N: Updating from such a repository can’t be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
  N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
  Error executing command, exiting

I don’t know if it is the best idea to install Node.js without asking at first time install, because Node.js infrastructure is volatile to say the least. I guess it’s as a dependency of the now log file viewer.

So as a Linux Pro I keep on nursing the script for hours until it comes to a successful end, because otherwise it will start over and over with every reboot.

I hope reporting these two hicups is useful to others.

Thanks for the script and the effort nethertheless.

Greenoid.

[hr3 (Harry)]

Do you have used this instruction

openHABian

and the 1.4.1 download?

openHABian v1.4 / v1.4.1 released!

We are very excited to present the latest additions to the openHABian setup and configuration tool for openHAB, alongside the latest openHABian images for Raspberry Pi (2, 3, 0W) and Pine A64. The main focus of this version was usability. Many additions and improvements were introduced to improve the setup experience by guiding the user through the setup steps and by helping with problems. This release is especially exiting for us as it is released alongside openHAB 2.2! Download Raspberry Pi…

[greenoid (Frerk Meyer)]

Yes. I used the

Raspberry Pi image v1.4.1:
openhabianpi-raspbian-201804031720-gitdba76f6-crc9e93c3eb.img.xz

and the OpenHABian instructions.

[greenoid (Frerk Meyer)]

I skipped nodejs und frontail installation and now the script comes to a successful end and the web-front-ends appear (after a while). Now I can reconfigure my OpenHAB to see my Z-Wave and LaCrosse Sensors.

[Thedannymullen (Danny mullen)]

I had this same issue. All I did was
Sudo apt-get update then reboot. All has been working.

I wanted to submit an issue in git, but never verified the problem again. Looks like maybe I should verify and submit an issue?