Octoprint on Linux

I recently burned one of my RaspberryPis, while trying to charge a LiPo battery using its GPIO pins. Classic. It’s been dead for a while, I tried to resurrect it, but since the 3V3 pin is kaputt, there isn’t much I can do.

All I want is to have a visual of my heatbed level through Octoprint, I don’t care for timelapses, USB prints and such stuff, right now. So, I thought why not install Octoprint on my laptop?

My distro hopping has recently landed on Ubuntu 20.04, so here are a few simple steps anyone can follow (and I too, in the future).

1. Create a new directory mkdir -p ~/Programs/Octoprint && cd ~/Programs/Octoprint

2. Create a new python3 virtual environment python3 -m venv octovenv

3. Use the virtual environment source octovenv/bin/activate

4. Install Octoprint pip3 install octoprint

5. Add user to required groups

   sudo usermod -aG tty `whoami`
   sudo usermod -aG dialout `whoami`

6. Start Octoprint ~/Programs/Octoprint/octovenv/bin/octoprint serve

7. Done! Octoprint is running on localhost:5000

(Remember to set RPi Port to Off in MK3S settings)

Now, time to get some M3 nuts and do the Nylock mod :)