Pibooth 2.0.8 with pi5 et picamV3 - OSError: libbcm_host.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Romain34725]

Describe the bug
when i start pibooth, the program don't start

Logs
pibooth
pygame 2.5.2 (SDL 2.28.3, Python 3.11.2)
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/romain/.local/bin/pibooth", line 5, in
from pibooth.booth import main
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pibooth/booth.py", line 28, in
from pibooth.plugins import create_plugin_manager
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pibooth/plugins/init.py", line 8, in
from pibooth.plugins.camera_plugin import CameraPlugin
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pibooth/plugins/camera_plugin.py", line 6, in
from pibooth import camera
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pibooth/camera/init.py", line 4, in
from pibooth.camera.rpi import RpiCamera, get_rpi_camera_proxy
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pibooth/camera/rpi.py", line 8, in
import picamera
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/picamera/init.py", line 72, in
from picamera.exc import (
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/picamera/exc.py", line 41, in
import picamera.mmal as mmal
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/picamera/mmal.py", line 47, in
from .bcm_host import VCOS_UNSIGNED
File "/home/romain/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/picamera/bcm_host.py", line 47, in
_lib = ct.CDLL('libbcm_host.so')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/ctypes/init.py", line 376, in init
self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: libbcm_host.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Environment

• OS [12 (bookworm)]
• Camera [picam v3]
• Pibooth version [2.0.8]

do you have a solution for this problem ?

Thanks
Romain

[werdeil]

Hi @Romain34725, unfortunately Pibooth 2.x is not compatible with Raspi OS > Buster.

You can try the v3.0 branch with no garantees as it is not yet finished and not tested on pi5 nor picamv3.