failure to connect with raspberry pi 4 with 'raspi'

when using raspi for a new connection i get an error that gpiod.h is not found.

i have followed all the suggections of copilot at no avail.

Answer 1

[Taylor]

Have you installed the required support package?

[Ran Zeimer]

I have installed the support package for matlab not simulink as i dont use simulink

Answer 2

[Ran Zeimer]

is this correct that matlab-rpi is only compatible with

raspian stretch and Jessier?

[Taylor]

Try

% Run this on your Raspberry Pi, NOT MATLAB 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gpiod libgpiod-dev

This will install command line tools and install header files and libraries. Then try connecting to the Raspberry Pi again.

[Walter Roberson]

According to https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/supportpkg/install-support-for-raspberry-pi-hardware.html there is currently compatibility with

• 32-bit Buster OS
• 32-bit and 64-bit Bullseye OS
• 32-bit and 64-bit Bookworm OS

The support for Stretch was roughly R2021b. Jessie support started from R2016a (but ended before R2021b.)

Answer 3

[Ran Zeimer]

when i run

% Run this on your Raspberry Pi, NOT MATLAB

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gpiod libgpiod-dev

it looks like it is installed with the last version

when i call mypi=raspi(....)

I get

>> mypi=raspi('192.168.40.165','ran','2952');

### Updating Raspberry Pi I/O server...

### Connecting to board...

### Connected to 192.168.40.165...

### Creating server folder...

Error executing command "sudo make -C /opt/MATLAB/mw_server_v25.1.0

SERVER_DIR=/opt/MATLAB/mw_server_v25.1.0 -f Makefile_raspiPeriphs". Details:

STDERR: MW_SocketCAN.c: In function ‘int32_T MW_CAN_InitSocket(const char*,

int32_T, int32_T)’:

MW_SocketCAN.c:265:1: warning: no return statement in function returning

non-void [-Wreturn-type]

265 | }

| ^

MW_gpio.c: In function ‘int EXT_GPIO_init(unsigned int, uint8_T)’:

MW_gpio.c:34:20: error: ‘gpiod_chip_open_by_name’ was not declared in this

scope; did you mean ‘gpiod_chip_info_get_name’?

34 | gpioChip = gpiod_chip_open_by_name(GPIO_CHIP_NAME);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_chip_info_get_name

MW_gpio.c:45:13: error: ‘gpiod_line_release’ was not declared in this scope;

did you mean ‘gpiod_line_request’?

45 | gpiod_line_release(existingGpioInfo->line);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_request

MW_gpio.c:50:31: error: ‘gpiod_chip_get_line’ was not declared in this scope;

did you mean ‘gpiod_chip_get_info’?

50 | struct gpiod_line *line = gpiod_chip_get_line(gpioChip, gpio);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_chip_get_info

MW_gpio.c:56:15: error: ‘gpiod_line_request_output’ was not declared in this

scope; did you mean ‘gpiod_line_request_get_fd’?

56 | gpiod_line_request_output(line, "gpio_app", 0) :

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_request_get_fd

MW_gpio.c:57:15: error: ‘gpiod_line_request_input’ was not declared in this

scope; did you mean ‘gpiod_line_request_get_fd’?

57 | gpiod_line_request_input(line, "gpio_app");

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_request_get_fd

MW_gpio.c: In function ‘int EXT_GPIO_terminate(unsigned int)’:

MW_gpio.c:81:13: error: ‘gpiod_line_release’ was not declared in this scope;

did you mean ‘gpiod_line_request’?

81 | gpiod_line_release(gpioInfos[i].line);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_request

MW_gpio.c: In function ‘int EXT_GPIO_read(unsigned int, boolean_T*)’:

MW_gpio.c:122:15: error: ‘gpiod_line_get_value’ was not declared in this

scope; did you mean ‘gpiod_line_value’?

122 | int val = gpiod_line_get_value(gpioInfo->line);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_value

MW_gpio.c: In function ‘int EXT_GPIO_write(unsigned int, boolean_T)’:

MW_gpio.c:135:15: error: ‘gpiod_line_set_value’ was not declared in this

scope; did you mean ‘gpiod_line_value’?

135 | int ret = gpiod_line_set_value(gpioInfo->line, value);

| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| gpiod_line_value

make: *** [Makefile_raspiPeriphs:228: MW_gpio.c.o] Error 1

[Taylor]

Sounds like an libgpiod API mismatch. Start by confirming what version you have on the Raspberry Pi. Again, run the following code in SSH/terminal not MATLAB

# Shows the version provided by pkg-config (if installed)
pkg-config --modversion libgpiod || echo "pkg-config not found"

# Shows installed and candidate versions
apt-cache policy libgpiod-dev libgpiod2

# Peek at the header to see which API it exposes
grep -n "gpiod_line_request_output" /usr/include/gpiod.h || echo "v1 symbol not found"
grep -n "gpiod_line_settings_new"   /usr/include/gpiod.h || echo "v2-only symbol not found"

If you see 2.x in apt-cache policy and the header lacks gpiod_line_request_output, you’re on libgpiod v2 headers. MATLAB’s server expects v1 symbols; v2 is not source-compatible with those calls. To install the v1 headers:

sudo apt-get update

# Install (or reinstall) the v1 dev and runtime packages from the current repo
# On Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm these resolve to 1.6.3
sudo apt-get install --yes --allow-downgrades libgpiod-dev libgpiod2

# (Optional) prevent an unintended upgrade to v2 later
sudo apt-mark hold libgpiod-dev libgpiod2

Then reconnect to your board with the raspi command in MATLAB.