Gladys is an open-source home automation system that allows you to control and automate your home appliances using your voice or a mobile app. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Gladys on the latest version of Debian.
Before you start installing Gladys, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
node -v in the terminal)git --version in the terminal)Follow the steps below to install Gladys on Debian:
If you don't have Node.js installed on your Debian machine, you can install it by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nodejs npm
If you don't have Git installed on your Debian machine, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt install git
Clone the Gladys GitHub repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/GladysProject/Gladys.git gladys
Once the clone process is complete, navigate to the gladys directory and install Gladys dependencies using the npm command:
cd gladys
npm install
Once the installation of Gladys dependencies is complete, start Gladys by running the following command:
npm start
Gladys is now fully installed and running on your Debian machine. You can now access its UI by navigating to http://<your_machine_ip>:8080 on your browser.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Gladys, an open-source home automation system, on the latest version of Debian. You should now be able to control and automate your home appliances using Gladys.
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