Home Assistant is a fantastic open-source home automation platform that allows you to automate various aspects of your home. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Home Assistant on Linux Mint.
Before you begin, ensure your package lists are up-to-date by running the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Home Assistant is written in Python, so you'll need to install it on your system. By default, Python 3 comes pre-installed with Linux Mint 20. If you're using an older version of Mint, you'll need to install Python 3 manually:
sudo apt install python3
Pip is the package installer for Python, and you'll need it to install Home Assistant. Run the following commands to install pip for Python 3:
sudo apt install python3-pip
Once pip is installed, you can use it to install Home Assistant:
Run the following command to install Home Assistant:
pip3 install homeassistant
Depending on your system, this can take several minutes.
For security reasons, it's recommended that you run Home Assistant as a non-root user. Run the following command to create a new user:
sudo useradd -rm homeassistant
Create a directory to store the Home Assistant configuration file:
sudo mkdir /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant
Change the ownership of the directory to the newly created Home Assistant user:
sudo chown homeassistant:homeassistant /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant
Finally, start Home Assistant with the following command:
sudo -u homeassistant -H /usr/local/bin/homeassistant
By default, Home Assistant runs on port 8123. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8123. You should see the Home Assistant web interface.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Home Assistant on Linux Mint! You can now configure and control your smart devices from one convenient location.
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