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Setting up Octoprint without a Raspberry Pi :: Nathan Vaughn — Adventures in programming and tech

Background # I recently got a Creality Ender 3 for myself. However, at work I’m spoiled by an Ultimaker that integrates beautifully with Cura and has remote monitoring. I wanted the same for my printer at home, so I set myself up an OctoPrint server.
OctoPrint has a ton of resources on their website, but I think they don’t really do a great job of explaining how to install it without the pre-made Raspberry Pi image.

https://blog.nathanv.me/posts/octoprint-setup/

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I'm really struggling on this. I've gotten to where I need creative the octoprint.service file. I created that but am unable to create it or move it to the etc/systemd/system location.

When I view the properties for the system folder it shows the owner as root and I have no options to do anything.

In the terminal I verified that I am the only user listed. If I try adduser it tell me only root may add a user or group to the system.

[NathanVaughn]

I created the service file by using nano with sudo and just pasting and modifying the content.

Otherwise, you should be able to create the file somewhere else, and use mv with sudo to move the file.

[nozborne]

Appreciate the guide, it's been helpful so far (along with fighting a learning curve for Ubuntu). I am at the section where you grant access to the USB and trying to execute the sudo chmod a+rw /dev/ttyUSB0 command and it tells me that there is no such file or directory. Where do I go from here?

[NathanVaughn]

@nozborne For that command to work, you need to have your printer turned on and connected to your computer. /dev/ttyUSB0 is a virtual file that represents a USB device. To check if it's connected, you can do ls /dev/ttyUSB*

Once it's connected, it should show up.

[nozborne]

That’s it @NathanVaughn. Thank you very much!!!