Pimatic plugin update issue

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When starting Update within Pimatic I run into this error:

22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug: Error: Can't update a git repository!
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at PluginManager.installPlugin (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/lib/plugins.coffee:116:40)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at PluginManager.updatePlugin (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/lib/plugins.coffee:136:15)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/lib/plugins.coffee:164:40
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Object.gotValue (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/reduce.js:155:18)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Object.gotAccum (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/reduce.js:144:25)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Object.tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Promise._settlePromise (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Promise._settlePromiseCtx (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:606:10)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Async._drainQueue (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:138:12)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Async._drainQueues (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:143:10)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at Immediate.Async.drainQueues [as _onImmediate] (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
22:14:07.811 [pimatic] debug:>    at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:383:17)

How to proceed?

strange. did you try to restart pimatic or reboot the pi?
which plugin do you want to update?
running on pimatic v0.9?

This is what the Update menu shows:

pimatic is up to date.

Found update for pimatic-openweather: current version is 0.9.0, latest version is: 0.9.4

Found update for pimatic-shell-execute: current version is 0.9.7, latest version is: 0.9.10

Found update for pimatic-wakeonlan: current version is 0.9.1, latest version is: 0.9.4

There was an error installing the updates, please check the log.

I did restart Pimatic.
I did not restart the RaspPi.

@Petjepet said in Pimatic plugin update issue:

How to proceed?

Well, maybe you have cloned one of the plugins in your setup from git?! That’s what the error message “Can’t update a git repository!” is suggesting, at least. You can check as follows:

cd /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules
find . -type d -name .git

In my test setup the find command prompts ./pimatic-snmp/.git as I have cloned pimatic-snmp from the git repository on github. This can be resolved by one of the following:

• Remove the directory ./pimatic-snmp and npm install pimatic-snmp which will install the latest package release
• If the previous step is not desirable, e.g. because the code from git contains an unreleased fix, you can leave it as is and update the indicated plugins (pimatic-openweather, etc) from the command line

@mwittig the find command found ./pimatic-openweather/.git.
I guess I need to remove that directory and try the update from Pimatic again?

@Petjepet said in Pimatic plugin update issue:

I guess I need to remove that directory and try the update from Pimatic again?

Yes. Remove the directory pimatic-openweather, npm install pimatic-openweather, and restart pimatic.

cd /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules
sudo rm -rf pimatic-openweather
cd ..
npm i pimatic-openweather
sudo service pimatic restart

@mwittig the last line resulted in an error so I used my standard way:

sudo pimatic.js stop
sudo pimatic.js start

Now all is ok. Thanks!

Do you also know the answer to my issue here?

@Petjepet said in Pimatic plugin update issue:

Now all is ok. Thanks!

That’s great. You’re welcome

Do you also know the answer to my issue here?

Not right now. Will try to look into this later.
Did you try to clear the browser cache or to open the frontend in an incognito tab?

@mwittig I did clear the browser cache.
The strange thing is the booleanlabel values are working as values in the ruling correctly. Only presentation isn’t working and that is why they were introduced for in the first place I believe.

Thanks for looking in to this later.