Mycroft-core without root

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Hi

I want to run mycroft-core without root, but the dev_setup.py script requires root for a few steps (installing dependencies and some directory creation).

I’ve changed the script wherever necessary (mainly changed directories to $HOME) for what I can tell, and have manually installed the dependencies for debian (found in the function debian_install in dev_setup.sh).

However, when I run ./start-mycroft.sh, Mycroft just keeps telling me “Please wait a moment as I finish booting up”.
The microphone looks to register and I can trigger the “Hey Mycroft”, but that’s when I get the booting up reply.

Anything else I should keep in mind?

You can see the changes I’ve made in these two commits:
dont install dependencies
use home directory instead of root

Additionally, I’ve disabled home by blacklisting as per:
{
“skills”: {
“blacklisted_skills”: [
“mycroft-configuration.mycroftai”,
“mycroft-pairing.mycroftai”
]
}
}

edit: post got flagged as spam. My apologies if my behaviour indicated as such.

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Change this setting as well

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Thanks! I tried with this now, and it seems like it maybe worked?

Mycroft doesn’t say “waiting for boot…” anymore. However, it can’t understand what I’m saying although “Hey Mycroft” triggers 99% of the time. I tried “Tell me a joke” and “Make me laugh” many times.

What’s default skill which is the easiest thing to pronounce, or a way to test that skills work?

Additionally it might be relevant that there are no messages in the Log Output window after

Establishing Mycroft Messagebus connection...
Connected to Messagebus!
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Are the logs being created at your adjusted location? If yes, anything strange in one of them?

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Here are all the logs in /home/user/var/log/mycroft/

audio.log
bus.log
… limited to 2 links due to being new user

The only weird one I see is in audio.log, but since its loading vlc after I’m not sure if it matters:

2021-05-13 10:16:11.981 | ERROR    |  5839 | audioservice_mplayer:<module>:20 | install py_mplayer with pip install git+https://github.com/JarbasAl/py_mplayer
2021-05-13 10:16:11.981 | ERROR    |  5839 | mycroft.audio.audioservice:load_internal_services:141 | Failed to import module mplayer

ModuleNotFoundError(“No module named ‘py_mplayer’”)

Edit: Post got flagged as spam, perhaps because I tried posting too many links to log files. My apologies, I hope my post may remain.

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… links
enclosure.log
skills.log