# Raspi Zero 2W GPIO

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**Category:** Hardware\
**Tags:** raspberry-pi\
**Created:** [11 January 2024 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspi-zero-2w-gpio/84484 "2024-01-11T15:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![BennyBarnes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BennyBarnes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BennyBarnes)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2024 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspi-zero-2w-gpio/84484/1 "2024-01-11T15:31:58Z")

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Raspi GPIOs unusable in up to date installation (Nodes say "not available")  
node red v3.1.3 running on bullseye Linux

> 6.1.21-v7+ #1642 SMP Mon Apr 3 17:20:52 BST 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux)

on Raspi Zero 2W, Syslog level trace says:

> [warn] rpi-gpio : Raspberry Pi specific node set inactive

fixed after reading this: [Rpi-gpio : Raspberry Pi specific node set inactive](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rpi-gpio-raspberry-pi-specific-node-set-inactive/53569) by manually installing the python3 libs:

> sudo apt install python3-rpi.gpio

I have several node reds running on different older raspi systems, never seen that issue. Is that a recurring issue or did I miss something?

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2024 15:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspi-zero-2w-gpio/84484/2 "2024-01-11T15:44:33Z")

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Just to clarify - is your issue sorted?

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**Author:** ![BennyBarnes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@BennyBarnes](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BennyBarnes)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2024 19:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspi-zero-2w-gpio/84484/3 "2024-01-11T19:03:53Z")

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Yep, works like a charm now, but I expect other users will have the same issue here. I had a clean install with just raspi os + node red, tried twice both with a 3a+ and a zero 2w with the same result.  
So if this really is an error that comes with a clean installation and is not just me missing something, than I would suggest to add the gpio lib to the installer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [11 March 2024 19:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/raspi-zero-2w-gpio/84484/4 "2024-03-11T19:04:34Z")

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