- wait_for_apt_lock: apt_update/apt_install now wait (up to 3min) for
unattended-upgrades to release the dpkg lock instead of failing
outright with "Command failed after 3 attempts" right after first boot.
- check_disk_space: new pre-flight check (Step 1) so a full SD card fails
fast with a clear message instead of a cryptic mid-build error.
- Step 6: wrap rpi-rgb-led-matrix git clone/submodule operations in retry
for resilience to transient network issues.
- Step 6: capture `pip install .` build output and print the last 50
lines on failure, so the actual cmake/compiler error is visible instead
of just "Failed to install rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package".
install_dependencies_apt.py previously reported only which packages
failed, not why - the actual apt/pip error was discarded (apt) or
could scroll out of the on_error log tail (pip), leaving "Step 7:
Install web interface dependencies (line 915)" as the only visible
detail.
Capture command output for each install attempt and print a compact
DEPENDENCY INSTALLATION FAILURES summary with the last lines of error
output per package. Also run the installer with `python3 -u` for
real-time, correctly-ordered logging, and widen the on_error tail from
50 to 100 lines so the summary isn't cut off.
set +e alone doesn't suppress bash's ERR trap, so any non-zero exit from
first_time_install.sh inside the one-shot installer immediately triggered
the outer on_error handler with a generic "Main installation, line 370"
message — before the script could report the real exit code or point to
logs/. Suspend the trap for that block so the existing if/else handling
runs instead.
Chuck