Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that lets you control various devices with ease. Here's how you can install it on a macOS machine:
You'll need the following before you can install Home Assistant:
Open the Terminal app on your macOS machine.
Install Homebrew using the following command:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
Install the required tools using the following command:
brew install wget git openssl
Install pip, the Python package manager:
sudo easy_install pip
Install virtualenv, a tool for creating isolated Python environments:
sudo pip install virtualenv
Create a new virtual environment for Home Assistant:
virtualenv homeassistant
Activate the virtual environment:
source homeassistant/bin/activate
Install Home Assistant:
pip3 install homeassistant
Run Home Assistant:
hass
Alternatively, you can run Home Assistant in the background:
nohup hass &
Congratulations! You've successfully installed Home Assistant. You can now configure and customize it to your liking.
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