Domoticz

After a power supply crash, I am updating my RPI 2B with Domoticz 2020.2 from Stretch to Buster. (RPI runs remote)
Some older app do not support Bookworm (tried several times updating, but RPI/App crash.not start)

I also would like to update Domoticz 2020.2 to 2024.2 or 2025.1 (or highest possible). How can I manual install this version because the script installs the latest version (2025.2) which is not compatible with Buster.

Try installing docker and use the Domoticz Docker container. Then also the latest version of Domoticz will run on Buster.

I am not a fan of Docker, and had to much problems before, when trying docker. I am not familiair enough with docker, so I would like to stay "traditional".
There must be a way to install and use older versions of docker the "traditional" way.....

Besides Docker (which I found actually very easy to install), downloading and compiling seems the other way to go to an older Domoticz release. In spite of this sounding hard, it also really isn't (on Linux) when you follow the steps in the wiki. Just take your time on the initial compile on a pi 3b.

You can find some old releases at https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz/releases

njlammerts wrote: Thursday 27 November 2025 9:24 I am not a fan of Docker, and had to much problems before, when trying docker. I am not familiair enough with docker, so I would like to stay "traditional".
There must be a way to install and use older versions of docker the "traditional" way.....

I am also no fan but you either use docker or update your RPI to use the latest Domoticz. Then you are also fine for some time in the future.
And perhaps those ancient other apps also are dockerized.....

@ mgugu , thanks for pointing out the location. Can you let me know has to download and manually extract and install Domoticz from scratch?

njlammerts wrote: Thursday 27 November 2025 17:09 @ mgugu , thanks for pointing out the location. Can you let me know has to download and manually extract and install Domoticz from scratch?

Just untar the downloaded tgz over your existing domoticz folder (make a BACKUP copy first!)

So I manually installed OpenSSL 3.0 on a RPI on Buster and updated to 2025.2
Domoticz kept running but the UI had gone.
How glad I am with the GitHub repository that repaired my install to 2025.1

njlammerts wrote: Thursday 27 November 2025 17:09 @ mgugu , thanks for pointing out the location. Can you let me know has to download and manually extract and install Domoticz from scratch?

From scratch, create a directory /home/pi/domoticz and gzip/untar the release in it. Normally no additional dependancy. Also put a backuped version of your database domoticz.db compatible with 2025.1

Thanks very much for the updated info.
I downloaded 2025.1 version into Domoticz directory with wget, tar -zxvf the domoticz_linux_armv7l.tgz file in the Domoticz directory, but after a reboot of the RPI nothing happens, do I need to run some additional installer/cmd ?

After some good luck during googling, I found this wiki page. https://wiki.domoticz.com/Going_back_to ... us_version

unfortunatly this does not work also. When following the steps I am left with a black screen (x.x.x.x:8080/#/offline) and can't get Domoticz to start.
tried with 2025.1 and 2024.4 version, both same result

Old post, but maybe it will be useful for someone.

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