Initial Setup

• git clone
• cd magic-mirror-power-button
• python3 -m venv myvenv
• source myvenv/bin/activate
• pip3 install -r requirements.txt
• sudo apt-get install libasound-dev portaudio19-dev python3-pyaudio flac -y
• pip install pyaudio --user - Might Fail that is fine

Running the script manually

• source myvenv/bin/activate (Only needs done when you open a new terminal)
• python3 main.py

Running the script as a service

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/magic-mirror-power-button.service

Paste the contents below but change the username in ALL THREE PLACES

[Unit]
Description=Magic Mirror Power Button
After=multi-user.target
#[email protected]

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/home/brendan/magic-mirror-power-button
ExecStart=/home/brendan/magic-mirror-power-button/myvenv/bin/python3 /home/brendan/magic-mirror-power-button/main.py

#StandardInput=tty-force
StandardOutput=syslog
Restart=always
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable the service (Creates symbolic link like apache does on enable site)

sudo systemctl enable magic-mirror-power-button.service

Start the service

sudo systemctl start magic-mirror-power-button.service

Other Helpful Commands (Optional)

Start, Stop, Restart, Kill, ...etc

• sudo systemctl stop magic-mirror-power-button.service #To stop running service
• sudo systemctl start magic-mirror-power-button.service #To start running service
• sudo systemctl restart magic-mirror-power-button.service #To restart running service

View service in syslog (/var/log/daemon.log)

• sudo journalctl --unit=dummyService

Reload systemctl (If you change anything in service file, or just reboot)

sudo systemctl daemon-reload