joshgraff - Updating offline or metered install...
Updating offline or metered installation.
Perhaps easy for some already, but it would be an interesting feature to have to be able to upload an "update package" for signal k and or plugins that are installed, so that I could potentially download updates to a flash drive on a PC easily connected to the internet and then carry them to a boat that might not have direct internet access.
I'm sure there's a way to do it with the package already, but as someone who's not terribly experienced with such things or as experienced with signal k as a developers might be, an easier interface for doing such might be a nice feature in the future.
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It’s actually not easy at all because of all the dependencies. And some packages require compilation which would depend on os version/architecture and the nodejs version.
Easier to either take the pi home/elsewhere and update it. I guess you could also have a second identical pi to do the update on, then copy the relevant files over.
You can do this with docker. Create your own image with the plugins and even configuration if that is static enough
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