Unit orthanc.service not found.

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Hi,

I’m a fresh boarder with Orthanc and I would like to start using it on a Raspberry Pi. I’ve set up a Pi 3B+ with the latest release from raspberry.org: https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-32-bit (release of jan 11, 2021)
So I downloaded the source-code (release 1.8.2), compiled it following INSTALL and these steps: https://hg.orthanc-server.com/orthanc/file/default/LinuxCompilation.txt. I choosed the release-version.

The “make” took hours, and after that, when I try to start the service (sudo service orthanc start) I get this error-message:
Failed to start orthanc.service: Unit orthanc.service not found.

Did I miss some steps? Rebooting the Pi doesn’t help.

Thanks!

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I also run Orthanc in Raspberry Pi (Pi 3). Are you able to run the Orthanc by the single command ? ./Orthanc (or ./Orthanc ./Configuration.json) ? If yes, then there is no issue with the Orthanc part

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Hello,

The service is not included in the Orthanc package, as this is highly dependent on your operating system and on your GNU/Linux distribution.

This is explained in a FAQ in the Orthanc Book:
https://book.orthanc-server.com/faq/debian-daemon.html

Note that it is possible to extremely accelerate the build for Raspberry Pi through cross-compilation using crosstools-NG (not for beginners though):
https://crosstool-ng.github.io/

Kind Regards,
Sébastien-

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That worked, I can simply start Orthanc in the Build-directory. Off course… such a simple solution. Thanks!