Does Node-RED 19 work on RPI 5

Third party integrations Node-RED
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Currently, I am using an raspberry pi 4b, and have been using Node-RED for years. I saw the upgrade for NR19, however I got the error when installing it:

“Failed to perform the action update/install. Error updating Node-RED: Add-on a0d7b954_nodered not supported on this platform, supported architectures: aarch64, amd64”

When running in termin cat /proc/cpuinfo it shows me:
“ARMv7 processor rev 3 (v7l)”

This suprised me since RPI4B should have a 64bit chip.

My question is: if I upgrade my hardware to a RPI 5, will nodered be able to upgrade to version 19? Does someone have any experience with this?

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There is a detailed discussion here: Node-RED update 19.0.0 doesn't start - #5 by Biscuit.

I am running a Pi 4b and plan to wait to upgrade. I expect it to work on a 4b since it is a 64bit architecture but there are some significant changes.

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What is your install type? Pi4’s have ARMv8’s 64bit. A 32 bit os can be installed on them. HAOS on my pi4 runs on a 64bit alpine linux distro.

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@hvdboorn I want to point out that the thread linked is not the problem you are facing. The node red addon will no longer support 32 bit installs. Either you will need to upgrade to a 64bit system or you won’t be able to update the addon.

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Hi, I followed the instructions on the home assistant website and flashed my sd card with home assistant OS with raspberry pi imager. I did not see an option to choose for either 32 or 64 bit.

When looking in the settings it says HA OS runs on rpi 4 (32 bit).

How can I install the 64 bit version?

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You would need to make a complete backup and move it off the pi. Reflash the 64bit, copy the backup back over, if it’s over a gig, try the upload backup option. If it fails you will need the samba addon to copy it back. Then restore it.

Go to actions in dev tools and use hassio.backup_full to create a non encrypted backup. It looks like the 64bit version became available around 2020.