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LEDMatrix/first_time_install.sh
Chuck 1c3269c0f3 Fix/led panel permissions 224 (#226)
* fix(install): exclude rpi-rgb-led-matrix from permission normalization

The permission normalization step in first_time_install.sh was running
chmod 644 on all files, which stripped executable bits from compiled
library files (librgbmatrix.so.1) after make build-python created them.

This caused LED panels to not work after fresh installation until users
manually ran chmod on the rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master directory.

Fixes #224

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): resolve install script issues and speed up web UI startup

Issues addressed:
- Remove redundant python3-pillow from apt (Debian maps it to python3-pil)
- Only upgrade pip, not setuptools/wheel (they conflict with apt versions)
- Remove separate apt numpy install (pip handles it from requirements.txt)
- Install web interface deps during first-time setup, not on every startup
- Add marker file (.web_deps_installed) to skip redundant pip installs
- Add user-friendly message about wait time after installation

The web UI was taking 30-60+ seconds to start because it ran pip install
on every startup. Now it only installs dependencies on first run.

Fixes #208

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): prevent duplicate web dependency installation

Step 7 was installing web dependencies again even though they were
already installed in Step 5. Now Step 7 checks for the .web_deps_installed
marker file and skips the installation if it already exists.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): only create web deps marker on successful install

The .web_deps_installed marker file should only be created when pip
install actually succeeds. Previously it was created regardless of
the pip exit status, which could cause subsequent runs to skip
installing missing dependencies.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): create config files before starting services

The services were being started before config files existed, causing
the web service to fail with "config.json not found". Reordered steps
so config files are created (Step 4) before services are installed
and started (Step 4.1).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): remove pip upgrade step (apt version is sufficient)

The apt-installed pip cannot be upgraded because it doesn't have a
RECORD file. Since the apt version (25.1.1) is already recent enough,
we can skip the upgrade step entirely.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): reorder script to install services after dependencies

Moved main LED Matrix service installation (Step 7.5) to after all
Python dependencies are installed (Steps 5-7). Previously services
were being started before pip packages and rgbmatrix were ready,
causing startup failures.

New order:
- Step 5: Python pip dependencies
- Step 6: rpi-rgb-led-matrix build
- Step 7: Web interface dependencies
- Step 7.5: Main LED Matrix service (moved here)
- Step 8: Web interface service

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(install): update step list and fix setcap symlink handling

- Updated step list header to match actual step order after reordering
  (Step 4 is now "Ensure configuration files exist", added Step 7.5
  for main service, added Step 8.1 for systemd permissions)

- Fixed Python capabilities configuration:
  - Check if setcap command exists before attempting to use it
  - Resolve symlinks with readlink -f to get the real binary path
  - Only print success message when setcap actually succeeds
  - Print clear warning with helpful info when setcap fails

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Chuck <chuck@example.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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