# Unable to install wifi-connect

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** wifi\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317 "2021-04-05T20:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![misixse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@misixse](https://forums.balena.io/u/misixse)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317/1 "2021-04-05T20:44:27Z")

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I’ve used wifi-connect for a while and installed it on a number of devices. It works great!

Suddenly the installation fails, always with the same message. I’ve tried several raspberries, Tried clean installs, with or without updates applied. Tried older versions of wifi-connect.

This is the from a clean machine:

pi@raspberrypi:~/wifi-connect-4.4.4/scripts $ sudo ./raspbian-install.sh

WiFi Connect Raspbian Installer: Retrieving latest release from [https://api.github.com/repos/balena-io/wifi-connect/releases/latest](https://api.github.com/repos/balena-io/wifi-connect/releases/latest)…

WiFi Connect Raspbian Installer: Downloading and extracting …  
WiFi Connect Raspbian Installer: command failed: curl -Ls

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file  
tar: Child returned status 1  
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

pi@raspberrypi:~/wifi-connect-4.4.4/scripts $

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file  
tar: Child returned status 1  
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now  
pi@raspberrypi:~/wifi-connect-4.4.4/scripts $

I understand this might be a timing issue, but I don’t have a clue on how to fix it. I’m happy for any input, including hints on how to install manually.

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**Author:** ![Ereski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Ereski](https://forums.balena.io/u/Ereski)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317/3 "2021-04-05T20:58:44Z")

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Hi, thanks for reporting this. It looks like GitHub’s API might’ve changed, and the URL the script tries to download `wifi-connect` from does not work anymore. I’ve pinged the `wifi-connect` maintainer and opened a new issue: [`https://api.github.com/repos/wifi-connect/releases/latest` now redirects to a JSON and not the release itself · Issue #389 · balena-os/wifi-connect · GitHub](https://github.com/balena-os/wifi-connect/issues/389).

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**Author:** ![majorz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/majorz/32/639_2.png) [@majorz](https://forums.balena.io/u/majorz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317/4 "2021-04-06T13:16:26Z")

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Hi, just to let you know that this problem should be fixed now.

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**Author:** ![misixse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@misixse](https://forums.balena.io/u/misixse)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/unable-to-install-wifi-connect/283317/5 "2021-04-06T13:59:34Z")

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I’ve tried it out and it works like a charm. Thanks a lot for fast and accurate resolve. Excellent!