[SOLVED] Initial Setup Package Selection using addons.cfg

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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Careful with that…

If you use the addons.cfg then it precedes what you have installed in PaperUI and on the next restart it will ONLY load the add-ons specified in addons.cfg and your paperUI loaded ones will disappear.

If you want yo use addons.cfg put ALL the bindings you are currently using
eg.:

# A comma-separated list of bindings to install (e.g. "binding = sonos,knx,zwave")
binding = http1,exec,nest,network,caldav-command1,mqtt1,astro,expire1,systeminfo,samsungtv,openweathermap,mqtt,gpstracker,groheondus

If I install a binding by paperUI (for testing) then it will not survive a restart. If it works well, I add it to the addons.cfg BEFORE restarting.

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yes, that was said in one of the first answers to my original question, don’t mix addons.cfg and paperui. (yet you explained better why)

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Thanks, I just saw that @ariela wanted info with that so I posted a comment

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with everything what I have learned, since, I do think that the documentation should the name to be used in the addons.cfg .
Now it’s assumed to use paperUI to figure out the name, yet it’s bad to combine them.
Sounds very confusing to first time users.

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Hi yves,

Here’s my addons.cfg line for the Synology for OH 2.3.

binding = serial1,bosesoundtouch,http1,mail,caldav-command1,caldav-personal1,nest,network,ntp,plex1,weather1,wemo,exec,hue,wol1

I don’t have/use the bosesoundtouch binding BUT I put it in there for some reason many months ago because certain bindings I needed loaded kept going away after I rebooted also.

It may have been the HTTP1 or SERIAL1 binding since it’s between them.

On top of that entry list; I have the following additional bindings manually put ADDON’s folder.

  • org.openhab.binding.amazonechocontrol_2.5.0.Beta_01
  • org.openhab.binding.unifi-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.zwave-2.5.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.sonos-0.11.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.ipcamera-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.lgwebos-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.onkyo-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.airquality-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.samsungtv-2.4.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.openweathermap-0.10.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.binding.synologysurveillancestation-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT
  • org.openhab.ui.iconset.climacons-2.3.0-SNAPSHOT

Best, Jay

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As @vzorglub said, if you use addons.cfg everything that you configure in paperUI goes away after a reboot.

I have no idea what is openhab-httpclient as I don’t see it in the documentation.
Where do you see he message that asks for it?