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Sam Machin edited this page Mar 1, 2017 · 24 revisions

How do I upgrade AlexaPi?

  1. Go to your installation directory, which is /opt/AlexaPi by default:

cd /opt/AlexaPi


2. Pull from the repo:

git pull


3. Update your configuration file if necessary - consult the `config.template.yaml` and `CHANGELOG.md`.

### How do I uninstall AlexaPi?

1. To be nice to AlexaPi, first stop it & disable it:
    ```
sudo systemctl disable AlexaPi.service
sudo systemctl stop AlexaPi.service
  1. Remove AlexaPi:

sudo rm -rf /opt/AlexaPi

For systemd install:

sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/AlexaPi.service.d/ sudo rm /usr/lib/systemd/system/AlexaPi.service

For classic init install:

sudo rm /var/log/AlexaPi.log sudo rm /etc/init.d/AlexaPi

systemctl daemon-reload


3. (optional) Remove all configuration:
    ```
sudo rm -rf /etc/opt/AlexaPi

How to try the dev branch

After you have done the sudo git clone ... do

cd /opt/AlexaPi
git checkout dev

and then run install normally. It is highly recommended you use a new config. Otherwise, you'd have to manually update your config, which can be much more difficult.

Does AlexaPi support Amazon Music?

Yes, but you have to apply at Amazon Developer portal for permission. You'll find that in your device setting - same as when you registered the device.

Can I switch the language to German, etc?

Not currently. (or at least we're not aware of such option)

Can I discover my devices with AlexaPi like with Echo?

No. AVS API doesn't have a way to connect the devices to Amazon. You can probably still do this by setting up your own Alexa skills, but that's a different thing than AlexaPi. AlexaPi will allow you to control your devices such as Hue provided you also have a genuine Echo in the network which acts as a gateway between the Alexa service and your Hue bridge.

How do I change my location, time zone, units, ...?

This is not up to us. Do that over at Amazon: https://alexa.amazon.com

Why do I see the AlexaPi device offline in the Alexa app? / Why do I get "Timers and alarms are not currently supported on this device"?

Because we use the old AVS API. This will change when we suport the new API.

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