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Mraa on ROCK Pi boards

This document describes how to build and use mraa for ROCK Pi boards.

List of ROCK Pi Boards supported

• ROCK Pi 4 A/B/C
• ROCK Pi E
• ROCK Pi N10
• ROCK Pi S
• ROCK Pi X

List of Linux Distributions

• Ubuntu
• Debian
• Yocto (mraa-radxa_git.bb)

Install example: Install Mraa on ROCK Pi N10 Debian system

For Debian Distribution the below commands install the essential set:

root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock# apt-get install -y git build-essential swig3.0 python-dev  cmake libjson-c-dev libnode-dev
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock# apt-get install -y libc6 libjson-c3 libgcc1 libstdc++6 python2.7 libpython2.7 python3.7 libpython3.7
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock# apt-get install -y libgtest-dev pkg-config cmake-data

Get source code.

root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock# git clone -b master https://github.com/radxa/mraa.git
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock# cd mraa

Patch the source code for building mraa with Python.

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 250d910..f1880e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ include_directories (${SYSTEM_USR_DIR})
 option (BUILDDOC "Build all doc." OFF)
 option (BUILDSWIG "Build swig modules." ON)
 option (BUILDSWIGPYTHON "Build swig python modules." ON)
-option (BUILDSWIGNODE "Build swig node modules." ON)
+option (BUILDSWIGNODE "Build swig node modules." OFF)
 option (BUILDSWIGJAVA "Build Java API." OFF)
 option (USBPLAT "Detection USB platform." OFF)
 option (FIRMATA "Add Firmata support to mraa." OFF)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ option (FTDI4222 "Build with FTDI FT4222 subplatform support." OFF)
 option (ENABLEEXAMPLES "Disable building of examples" ON)
 option (INSTALLTOOLS "Install all tools" ON)
 option (BUILDTESTS "Override the addition of tests" ON)
-option (USEPYTHON3TESTS "Force tests to run with python3" OFF)
+option (USEPYTHON3TESTS "Force tests to run with python3" ON)
 
 set (BUILDARCH "" CACHE STRING "Override architecture to build for")

Build and install mraa.

root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa# mkdir build
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa# cd build/
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa/build# cmake ..
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa/build# make
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa/build# make install
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa/build# ldconfig
root@rockpin10bc:/home/rock/mraa/build# mraa-gpio version
Version v2.1.0-11-g06b2be2 on Radxa ROCK Pi N10

Install example: Install Mraa on ROCK Pi 4C Ubuntu Focal system

Use mraa

Since we have installed mraa successfully, now we start to use it. At this part, you can check out the following guides.

• mraa on ROCK Pi 4
• mraa on ROCK Pi E
• mraa on ROCK Pi N10
• mraa on ROCK Pi S

Troubleshooting

• If you have an issue, start a new post on the forum. https://forum.radxa.com/.