<![CDATA[Unable to install grpcio(gRPC) on onion omega 2+]]>I have been trying to install grpcio on omega 2+ but this error pops up every time I try. I tried using both pip and pip3, tried with and without virtualenv.

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Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

]]>http://community.onion.io/topic/3126/unable-to-install-grpcio-grpc-on-onion-omega-2RSS for NodeWed, 09 Sep 2026 16:41:58 GMTThu, 06 Sep 2018 13:36:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to install grpcio(gRPC) on onion omega 2+ on Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:36:07 GMT]]>I have been trying to install grpcio on omega 2+ but this error pops up every time I try. I tried using both pip and pip3, tried with and without virtualenv.

0_1536240460318_help_omega.png

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

]]>http://community.onion.io/post/17610http://community.onion.io/post/17610Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unable to install grpcio(gRPC) on onion omega 2+ on Sun, 26 May 2019 00:56:17 GMT]]>Hey @Sushanth-Varada --

The grpcio wheel includes a shared object library. There are downloads for AMD and ARM architectures but not MIPS (as used by the Omega).

Someone could provide a build for the Omega but this hasn't been done perhaps because it may hit the device's resource constraints.

An alternative -- if you're not bound to Python -- is to use one of the other languages (for which there are protobuf generators) that supports cross-compilation (and static binaries) including Golang and Rust. With Golang, you may develop on one platform and then cross-compile the code to run it on an Omega:

GOOS=linux GOARCH=mipsle go build -o your-binary /path/to/main.go

I used the Golang helloworld sample and the client produces a ~12MB binary that runs on the Omega.

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