Comments on: Installing INDI on a Raspberry Pi 5

By: ASTROISK

ASTROISK — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:40:25 +0000

In reply to Vladimir Pribyl. Hi Vladimir, GNU debugging (GDB) helps with troubleshooting issues during execution. INDI has two levels of debugging, at application level and GDB at system level. If space is a concern for you, you can remove the DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug compiler option to disable GDB. I will add this to the instructions to make them clearer. Thanks, Ian

By: Vladimir Pribyl

Vladimir Pribyl — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:33:51 +0000

Why Debug version of INDI? There is some problems with Release optimization?

By: ASTROISK

ASTROISK — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:59:56 +0000

In reply to espen sommer eide. Hello, did you first install INDI following the instructions on this site?

By: espen sommer eide

espen sommer eide — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:22:19 +0000

Hi I got kstars working but no ekos in the menus…

By: Installing PHD2 on a Raspberry Pi 5 - ASTROISK

Installing PHD2 on a Raspberry Pi 5 - ASTROISK — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:39:18 +0000

[…] INDI server version 2 or higher installed and tested. This is described in our guide Harnessing Astronomy with Raspberry Pi 5: Installing INDI for Stellar Exploration […]

By: Installing KStars and Ekos on Raspberry Pi 5 - ASTROISK

Installing KStars and Ekos on Raspberry Pi 5 - ASTROISK — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:00:57 +0000

[…] telescope control and device communication. If you haven’t already done so, follow our guide Harnessing Astronomy with Raspberry Pi 5: Installing INDI for Stellar Exploration to get Ekos and INDI up and running and your Raspberry Pi […]

By: astroisk

astroisk — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:40:44 +0000

In reply to Stewart Ball. Hi Stewart, there is an instruction in Step 2 above to build the XISF library if you are planning to use any driver that relies on it. Did you follow the instruction to build the library?

By: Stewart Ball

Stewart Ball — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:31:20 +0000

Hi,
I’m new to these Unix builds & I have built the Indi server with no apparent errors, until I test the Indi server. When I run the test I get this error:
Driver indi_simulator_rotator: indi_simulator_rotator: error while loading shared libraries: libXISF.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
2024-06-13T09:58:01: Driver indi_simulator_ccd: indi_simulator_ccd: error while loading shared libraries: libXISF.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have found the library libXISF.so.0 in the ./libXISF/build folder, but not sure if that is where a copy should be.
Can anyone please advise?

By: astroisk

astroisk — Thu, 23 May 2024 16:12:28 +0000

In reply to justLearning. thanks for the feedback, nice to hear that you find the guides useful.

By: justLearning

justLearning — Thu, 23 May 2024 00:42:18 +0000

excellent set of guides, thank you.

I was having failure at installing the indi-asi driver for the zwo/asi cameras from git source, so I went to the OS/rpi-bookworm apt and installed from there:
sudo apt install indi-asi
and success with using ekos capturing images.
my system:
– rpi 5 8G
– zwo asi178mm
– az-gti eqmode
– gpsd using USB GPS Receiver https://a.co/d/9ksQGwS
– .96″ oled status display using rpi5’s gpio
– network auto selects eth0/wifi/hotspot
ekos asks if it should use attached GPS/gpsd for those times that I am away from internet in dark skies.