Find official documentation here: https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixels-on-raspberry-pi/python-usage
On a Raspberry Pi, open a terminal and enter the following commands:
sudo pip3 install rpi_ws281x adafruit-circuitpython-neopixel pyyaml
sudo python3 -m pip install --force-reinstall adafruit-blinka
On a Raspberry Pi, open a terminal and enter the following commands:
cd /opt
sudo mkdir illuminati
sudo chown $USER: illuminati
git clone https://github.com/benwyrosdick/illuminati.git illuminati
Then to have it start automatically run the following:
sudo cp /opt/illuminati/illuminati.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo chown root:root /etc/systemd/system/illuminati.service
sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/illuminati.service
Enable using:
sudo systemctl start illuminati.service
sudo systemctl enable illuminati.service