Command errored out with exit status 1 about solariot HOT 4 OPEN

Do you have a C compiler installed? It's necessary to build the cryptography library used by solariot.

I can't find any mention of installing system packages in the official documentation, but Docker is apparently installed. You could attempt to run solariot via the Docker container.

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Do you have a C compiler installed?

Not unless it was installed along with the HAOS for Virtual Machine.
I have tried searching and reading up - but cannot find anything that looks suitable

You could attempt to run solariot via the Docker container.

I'm not sure how to go about this

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Try doing the same in a fresh python virtual environment. For example:

python3 -m venv solariot-venv
cd solariot-venv
source bin/activate
git clone https://github.com/meltaxa/solariot.git
cd solariot
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

I was able to do the above without error (on Python 3.8).

As mentioned, Docker is also another way to run Solariot. You'll need to install Docker Desktop: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop. Follow the instructions under the Docker heading in the readme.

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Both of these options are beyond my full understanding.
Should I be running these commands through ssh? Some other method?

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