OctoWrt VS kiauh

found this https://github.com/ihrapsa/OctoWrt

If you are comfortable with linux, etc there is a project called octowrt (https://github.com/ihrapsa/OctoWrt) which will allow you to install octoprint on the creality wifi box.

https://github.com/ihrapsa/OctoWrt this was a project for the original creality wifi box. Cheap little box you can run octoprint on. That box has now been replaced by the wifi box 2.0, maybe it works on that platform too, ymmv.

Apparently you can install Octoprint on the Wifi box. Check out this link... https://github.com/ihrapsa/OctoWrt for a guide on how to do it. Google "OctoWrt" for further info. I've seen several reports from users who said they had it working.

I just installed Ubuntu server and then used KIAUH to install Klipper. I was up and running in less than 20 minutes.

You can install Ubuntu on any spare laptop/desktop you might have and install Klipper using kiauh. https://github.com/dw-0/kiauh

There are several options for other firmware, the popular ones being Marlin, MRISCOC (“professional firmware” as you see it called around here), and Klipper. Klipper is the gold standard and I highly recommend it. People talk about how difficult it is to install, but it literally takes 15 minutes with KIAUH (an installation script that makes it dummy proof). There are tons of written and video goods online.

2: Download Kiauh

Second download the gcode_shell_command.py the script is currently maintained here, I'm including the Author's warning

Give it a try. It makes things so much easier. Follow the instructions on https://github.com/th33xitus/kiauh from the section "Download and use KIAUH". Then start it by: "cd ~/KIAUH & ./KIAUH.sh" There choose install and you should see an option to install crowsnest. If that doesn't work, try either deleting the existing crowsnest directory, or uninstalling it using KIAUH. Whatever works. Then try to install crowsnest again. Let me know if that solves your problem 😊

Use Kiauh to install Klipper, with it you will be able to install Octoprint as well. It's the easiest way to have all set up correctly.

If you don't remember what you did just start over rather than dissecting what your raspi currently runs. Thanks to kiauh installing the whole deal takes like an hour, where 45 min is waiting for the thing to think. One cam should work out of the box, for two or more you need crowsnest iirc, which you can also install through kiauh.