Issues with installation of X-C1 fan software.

• DA

  David Artiss

  1/25/22, 9:08 PM

  Following along the X-C1 fan documentation, specifically for Raspberry Pi OS, the following command is failing...

  sudo apt-get install -y python-smbus python3-smbus

  After is gets to "Reading State information... Done", I get the following...

  Package python-smbus is not available, but is referred to by another package.
  This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted or
  is only available from another source
  
  E: Package 'python-smbus' has no installation candidate

  Can anybody advise on this? Do the instructions need updating?

  I'm running this on a Pi 4 Model B.

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• LZ

  Lisa ZHANG Admin Staff member

  1/27/22, 12:44 PM

  @David Artiss Hi，

  You don't need to install 'python-smbus' in the new version, please ignore it. But it's needed to install'python-smbus' in the previous version, so we keep it.

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• SJ

  Sara Jampen

  1/7/24, 6:13 AM

  The error you received may be because the python-smbus package is missing from your repository or is not available for installation from standard sources. The package may be available from another source or installed in a different way.

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  minaches

  11/13/25, 10:51 PM

  I want to use these upgrades to develop gaming software, it seems to be optimized for use

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