FHEM is a powerful home automation software that runs on multiple operating systems including Linux Mint. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing FHEM on Linux Mint.
Before you start installing FHEM on Linux Mint, you will need the following:
Before installing FHEM, make sure your system is up to date. Run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
FHEM requires several packages for installation. Run the following command to install these packages on your system:
sudo apt-get install libdevice-serialport-perl libwww-perl libjson-perl libtext-diff-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libsocket6-perl libio-socket-inet6-perl libwww-mechanize-perl libarchive-zip-perl libjson-xs-perl libfile-copy-recursive-perl libxml-simple-perl libimage-info-perl libmime-lite-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libdatetime-perl libcgi-pm-perl
Once all the required packages are installed, you can download FHEM by running the following command:
wget https://fhem.de/fhem-6.0.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the FHEM files by running the following command:
tar -zxvf fhem-6.0.tar.gz
To install FHEM, navigate to the extracted FHEM directory and run the following command:
cd fhem-6.0
sudo ./fhem.pl
After installation, you can access the FHEM web interface by opening your browser and navigating to http://localhost:8083/fhem.
If you want to start FHEM automatically at boot time, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo systemctl enable fhem
FHEM is now successfully installed on your Linux Mint machine. You can configure and use it as per your requirements.
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