gpio: command not found

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With my raspbian I used to use the command gpio. Unfortunately, I forgot how I installed it, or if it came installed by default in Raspbian.

Now I'm playing with UbuntuCore for RaspberryPi, and I have the need of using this command again, but it's not clear how to install it.

By googling around, I've seen people recommending installing these packages:

sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev
sudo pip install RPi.GPIO
sudo pip install wiringPi
sudo pip install gpio

But that doesn't bring the gpio command, apparently.

The commands I want to launch via gpio are this kind:

gpio mode 0 out
gpio write 0 1
gpio write 0 0

How can I install gpio?

The tool that provides a syntax you describe should come with wiringpi http://wiringpi.com/the-gpio-utility/ — Ghanima, Aug 27 '16 at 23:40
I already said that I installed wiringPi through sudo pip install and that doesn't make gpio command appear — knocte, Aug 27 '16 at 23:41
I had the same problem in debian, solve -> https://command-not-found.com/gpiodetect — Rodrigo Santos, Jul 01 '22 at 00:47
Just joining the party and though I tried the above mentioned solutions, none worked with my Rpi4b. However this site had a solution that worked for me: https://category.yahboom.net/blogs/news/raspberry-pi-1?comment=133519966524#comments — pademo57, Feb 10 '23 at 17:25

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 09 '20 at 08:20

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A little bit late, but as can be found here: http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/ simply type

sudo apt-get install wiringpi

This installs the gpio command.

edited Jul 09 '20 at 08:20

Dmitry Grigoryev

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answered Jul 08 '20 at 21:13

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WiringPi is deprecated - most of the links DO NOT WORK, and the latest source is UNAVAILABLE! – Milliways Jul 09 '20 at 01:04
Last ever version of wiringPi is available from http://wiringpi.com/wiringpi-updated-to-2-52-for-the-raspberry-pi-4b/ – Dougie Jul 09 '20 at 15:58
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you should read here and understand why motivation to support recent devices is low – woodz Dec 21 '20 at 12:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '21 at 16:51

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docker run --rm --device /dev/ttyAMA0:/dev/ttyAMA0 --device /dev/mem:/dev/mem --privileged -ti python:2 /bin/sh
apt-get update && apt-get install git-core sudo
git clone https://github.com/WiringPi/WiringPi --depth 1
cd WiringPi/
./build
gpio readall

answered Apr 17 '21 at 16:51

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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sudo pip install won't work, because it is NOT a Python program.

The following answer explains how to install it and also how to get the missing man pages. https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/a/51378/8697

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:56

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answered Aug 28 '16 at 01:26

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wiringpi doesn't seem to be available for this version of ubuntu (ubuntu-core snappy?) – knocte Aug 28 '16 at 02:07
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If it is not in the distribution, you can always install it from source http://wiringpi.com/download-and-install/ – Milliways Aug 28 '16 at 02:30

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 22 '23 at 18:16

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I think your pip is pip3 you can try this code.

sudo apt install python-pip3 python-dev
sudo pip3 install RPi.GPIO
sudo pip3 install wiringPi
sudo pip3 install gpio

edited Jan 22 '23 at 18:16

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answered Jan 22 '23 at 14:43

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 30 '23 at 01:46

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This is wiringpi.com.

As of the end of 2023, you'll not find anything here anymore. It's gone.

Email if you want - if you know my email address. Work it out.

-Gordon

answered Dec 30 '23 at 01:46

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