FHEM is a popular open-source home automation software written in Perl. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install FHEM on Elementary OS.
Step 1: Update and Upgrade Your System
Before starting, it is recommended to update and upgrade your system packages to the latest version.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 2: Install Required Dependencies
FHEM requires certain dependencies to be installed before we can proceed with the installation. Use the following command to install the required packages.
sudo apt-get install build-essential perl libdevice-serialport-perl libwww-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libjson-perl libxml-simple-perl libfile-copy-recursive-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libdatetime-perl libtext-diff-perl libimage-info-perl libmime-lite-perl libxml-twig-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libmath-round-perl
Step 3: Download and Install FHEM
Now that all dependencies are installed, we can download and install FHEM using the following commands.
wget https://fhem.de/fhem-6.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf fhem-6.0.tar.gz
This will extract the FHEM files into a directory named fhem-6.0.
Step 4: Configure FHEM
Before we start the FHEM service, we need to configure it. To do so, run the following command.
cd fhem-6.0
chmod +x fhem.pl
./fhem.pl
This will start the FHEM configuration wizard. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure FHEM according to your preferences.
Step 5: Start FHEM Service
Once you have configured FHEM, you can start the FHEM service using the following command.
./fhem.pl start
You can access FHEM’s web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8083/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed FHEM on your Elementary OS system. Now you can use FHEM to automate your home.
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