# Anthias v2026.6.3 - Installation stops halfway on PI3 B+ **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 11, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716 "2026-06-11T09:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caimano](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/caimano/32/276_2.png) [@caimano](https://forums.screenly.io/u/caimano)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/1 "2026-06-11T09:29:24Z")
Hi, i tried to test new Anthias release on our Raspberry PI 3 B+ with Trixie and with Bookworm but Installation stops halfway everytime. This is the cli log: # ====================================================================== Run the Anthias Ansible Playbook Note: Ansible may prompt for your sudo password below. BECOME password: PLAY [Install Anthias] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Gathering Facts] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [localhost] TASK [Validate required environment variables] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* [ERROR]: Task failed: Action failed: Required environment variables missing or invalid. USER must be set; DEVICE\_TYPE must be one of pi2, pi3, pi4-64, pi5, x86, arm64. Origin: /home/pi/anthias/ansible/site.yml:13:7 11 12 pre\_tasks: 13 - name: Validate required environment variables ^ column 7 fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> { “assertion”: “device\_type in [‘pi2’, ‘pi3’, ‘pi4-64’, ‘pi5’, ‘x86’, ‘arm64’]”, “changed”: false, “evaluated\_to”: false, “msg”: “Required environment variables missing or invalid. USER must be set; DEVICE\_TYPE must be one of pi2, pi3, pi4-64, pi5, x86, arm64.” } PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0 ![Immagine 2026-06-11 111335](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/dee9003af53e9eb6a9729c5fd6de6049c8637a0c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/2 "2026-06-11T10:49:36Z")
Hi caimano, Thanks for the detailed report. You found a real bug. When a Pi 3 runs a 64-bit OS, the installer correctly tags it as pi3-64, but the install playbook was not updated to accept that name, so it stopped right at the start with the “DEVICE\_TYPE must be one of…” message you saw. We have a fix in [fix(install): accept pi3-64 in Ansible playbook validation by vpetersson · Pull Request #3067 · Screenly/Anthias · GitHub](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/pull/3067) . Once it is merged it will go out in the next release, and the install on a 64-bit Pi 3 will run through to the end. In the meantime, if you want to get going right away, you can either reflash with the 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS (the Pi 3 runs fine on that), or run the installer with the device type set by hand: `DEVICE_TYPE=pi3-64 ./bin/install.sh` ---
**Author:** ![caimano](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/caimano/32/276_2.png) [@caimano](https://forums.screenly.io/u/caimano)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/3 "2026-06-11T22:03:38Z")
Thanks, okay, tomorrow I’ll try to test everything using these two tips while I wait for the new release. But I wanted to ask you: does the 32-bit version also work on the Raspberry Pi 4 8GB? ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/4 "2026-06-12T18:54:01Z")
I _think_ all Pi 4 images are 64 bit. ---
**Author:** ![SteffenK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SteffenK](https://forums.screenly.io/u/SteffenK)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/5 "2026-06-16T12:43:22Z")
Setting the device type works until later in the installation process: ```auto ====================================================================== Initialize/Upgrade Docker Containers ====================================================================== [+] pull 0/3 ⠴ Image ghcr.io/screenly/anthias-redis:fe8f054-pi3-64 Pulling 2.6s [+] pull 0/3r.io/screenly/anthias-server:fe8f054-pi3-64 Pulling 2.6s ⠦ Image ghcr.io/screenly/anthias-redis:fe8f054-pi3-64 Pulling 2.6s ⠦ Image ghcr.io/screenly/anthias-server:fe8f054-pi3-64 Pulling 2.6s ⠦ Image ghcr.io/screenly/anthias-viewer:fe8f054-pi3-64 Pulling 2.6s no matching manifest for linux/arm/v8 in the manifest list entries no matching manifest for linux/arm/v8 in the manifest list entries no matching manifest for linux/arm/v8 in the manifest list entries ``` Also installation for v2026.06.1 failed for me when setting the device type manually. So the last tag that currently installs fine on 64bit Trixie on a Pi3 is v2026.06.0. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/6 "2026-06-16T13:10:27Z")
Oh this is interesting. Let me take a look at this. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/7 "2026-06-16T13:17:53Z")
Fixed in [fix(install): detect Pi 3 image stream from userspace arch, not kernel by vpetersson · Pull Request #3076 · Screenly/Anthias · GitHub](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/pull/3076/) This was a strange one. Seems like you got a 32bit Raspbian Install with a _64 bit_ kernel. ---
**Author:** ![caimano](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/caimano/32/276_2.png) [@caimano](https://forums.screenly.io/u/caimano)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/8 "2026-06-16T14:13:09Z")
All works fine for me on PI 4 8gb, but I hope that a new stable release exit so fast because i have yet some problem with Raspberry PI 3 B+ installation like this. ![Immagine 2026-06-15 183446](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/screenly/original/1X/91434e29d2d5dcb2f0567b4bfcffde85ecf9d8ec.jpeg) After reboot nothing happens… ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/9 "2026-06-18T14:13:26Z")
Those errors look harmless to me. Could you download [this script](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Screenly/Anthias/76b6754afa1be88413c75e54669df8505bc1c33f/bin/collect_debug.sh) and run it on the device? It’s the new diagnostics script that we are trying out. ---
**Author:** ![radar3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9bcb4/32.png) [@radar3d](https://forums.screenly.io/u/radar3d)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/10 "2026-06-22T20:19:59Z")
So, you said to install the 32 bit raspberry pi but the anthias installed checks for 64 bit OS. How can you install anthias on a 32 bit OS? ---
**Author:** ![SteffenK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SteffenK](https://forums.screenly.io/u/SteffenK)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/11 "2026-06-24T13:52:32Z")
Just tried a clean install on 64 bit Trixie on the 3B+. The result after starting the installation script is the same as in the initial post. Guess I’ll downgrade to the 32 bits image. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/12 "2026-06-24T15:42:11Z")
This is very strange - we will do some more QA. ---
**Author:** ![SteffenK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SteffenK](https://forums.screenly.io/u/SteffenK)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/13 "2026-06-25T07:14:02Z")
The PI3 seems to be a special kind of thing. Clean Trixie 32 bits to start with. > anthias@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -m > armv7l Start the installation script and then this happens: > Using CPython 3.13.5 interpreter at: /usr/bin/python3.13 > Creating virtual environment at: /tmp/anthias-installer-venv.iTTF9A > Resolved 126 packages in 7ms > Built markupsafe==3.0.3 > × Failed to build `cffi==2.0.0` > ├─▶ The build backend returned an error > ╰─▶ Call to `setuptools.build_meta.build_wheel` failed (exit status: 1) > > ```auto > [stdout] > running bdist_wheel > running build > running build_py > creating build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/vengine_cpy.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/recompiler.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/cffi_opcode.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/commontypes.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/lock.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/_shimmed_dist_utils.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/_imp_emulation.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/cparser.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/setuptools_ext.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/error.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/backend_ctypes.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/model.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/ __init__.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/api.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/vengine_gen.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/ffiplatform.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/pkgconfig.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/verifier.py -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > running egg_info > writing src/cffi.egg-info/PKG-INFO > writing dependency_links to src/cffi.egg-info/dependency_links.txt > writing entry points to src/cffi.egg-info/entry_points.txt > writing requirements to src/cffi.egg-info/requires.txt > writing top-level names to src/cffi.egg-info/top_level.txt > reading manifest file 'src/cffi.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' > reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in' > adding license file 'LICENSE' > adding license file 'AUTHORS' > writing manifest file 'src/cffi.egg-info/SOURCES.txt' > copying src/cffi/_cffi_errors.h -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/_cffi_include.h -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/_embedding.h -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > copying src/cffi/parse_c_type.h -> build/lib.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/cffi > running build_ext > building '_cffi_backend' extension > creating build/temp.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/src/c > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -DFFI_BUILDING=1 -DUSE__THREAD > -DHAVE_SYNC_SYNCHRONIZE -I/home/anthias/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpRvYlIX/include -I/usr/include/python3.13 -c src/c/_cffi_backend.c -o > build/temp.linux-armv7l-cpython-313/src/c/_cffi_backend.o > > [stderr] > src/c/_cffi_backend.c:2:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory > 2 | #include > | ^ ~~~~~~~~~ > compilation terminated. > error: command '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc' failed with exit code 1 > > hint: This error likely indicates that you need to install a library that provides "Python.h" for `cffi@2.0.0` > > ``` > > help: `cffi` (v2.0.0) was included because `anthias:host` (v2026.6.3) depends on `ansible-core` (v2.20.5) which depends on `cryptography` (v46.0.7) which > depends on `cffi` ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/14 "2026-06-25T14:56:53Z")
Looks like the package `python3-dev` isn’t installed. Try installing that by hand and try again. I’m patching up the installation script to automatically install that. ---
**Author:** ![SteffenK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@SteffenK](https://forums.screenly.io/u/SteffenK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/15 "2026-06-29T08:09:44Z")
Installing python3-dev and starting the installation afterwards works fine. You get a working 32 bits Anthias at the end of the script. ---
**Author:** ![vpetersson](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/vpetersson/32/8_2.png) [@vpetersson](https://forums.screenly.io/u/vpetersson)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/anthias-v2026-6-3-installation-stops-halfway-on-pi3-b/6716/16 "2026-07-02T13:39:05Z")
This has been fixed in the installation script too.