How to install FHEM on Void Linux

Introduction

FHEM is a popular home automation software that allows you to control and automate devices in your home. FHEM is an open-source project and is actively developed by a community of developers. In this tutorial, we'll be covering how to install FHEM on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following:

• A running instance of Void Linux
• Root access to your system
• Basic knowledge of the Linux command line

Step 1 - Update your system

Before we install FHEM, we need to make sure that our system is up-to-date. We can update our system by running the following command:

xbps-install -Su

This command will update our system and upgrade all the installed packages to their latest versions.

Step 2 - Install Perl and additional dependencies

FHEM is written in Perl, so we need to make sure that Perl is installed on our system. We can install Perl by running the following command:

xbps-install perl

After installing Perl, we need to install some additional dependencies required by FHEM. We can install these dependencies by running the following command:

xbps-install make g++ sqlite sqlite-devel

Step 3 - Download and install FHEM

Now that we have all the dependencies installed, we can download and install FHEM. We can download FHEM by running the following command:

wget https://fhem.de/fhem-6.0.tar.gz

After downloading FHEM, we need to extract its contents by running the following command:

tar -xvzf fhem-6.0.tar.gz

This will extract the contents of the FHEM archive to a directory named "fhem-6.0". Now, we need to install FHEM by running the following commands:

cd fhem-6.0
./fhem.pl fhem.cfg

This will install FHEM and create a default configuration file named "fhem.cfg".

Step 4 - Start FHEM

Now that we have FHEM installed, we can start it by running the following command:

./fhem.pl fhem.cfg

This will start FHEM and make it available at http://localhost:8083/. You should now be able to access the FHEM web interface and start configuring your devices.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install FHEM on Void Linux. We installed Perl and some additional dependencies, downloaded and installed FHEM, and started it. You can now start configuring your devices and creating automations using FHEM.

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