Pironman service don't want to start on RPI OS with 'module not found' error

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Hello All,

I have an issue with installing and starting the Pironman 5 service on a clean installation of RPI OS.
I’m using the following doc - Setting Up on Raspberry Pi OS/Ubuntu/Kali Linux/Homebridge — SunFounder Pironman 5 documentation

And I receive the following issue:
× pironman5.service - pironman5 service
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pironman5.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2025-06-19 16:05:00 EEST; 19s ago
Duration: 1.042s
Process: 1425 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pironman5 start --background --debug-level=debug (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1427 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 364ms

Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: ^^^^^^
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: File “/opt/pironman5/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pironman5/init.py”, line 47, in main
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: from pm_auto.ws2812 import RGB_STYLES
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: File “/opt/pironman5/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pm_auto/ws2812.py”, line 5, in
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: import board
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: File “/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/board.py”, line 21, in
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: from adafruit_blinka.agnostic import board_id, detector
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor pironman5[1427]: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘adafruit_blinka’
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor systemd[1]: pironman5.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 19 16:05:00 taranor systemd[1]: pironman5.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.

While I see this module in venv

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Could you please help to troubleshoot this issue?

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The module was missing from venv. PIP and installing from wheel didn’t help. Installing directly from git source code to venv package directory resolved the issue.

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Our Pironman5 software has been updated to version 1.2.15. We recommend that you pull the latest code and check the results.
cd pironman5
git pull
sudo python3 install.py

If it doesn’t work, we suggest reinstalling the system and then following these instructions to install the Pironman5 software:
cd ~

git clone GitHub - sunfounder/pironman5: Code for Raspberry Pi 5 case (Pironman5) -b 1.2.15

cd ~/pironman5

sudo python3 install.py