Installation on a Raspberry Pi
Home Assistant requires the Raspberry Pi to run Raspbian Jessie. This version was released on September 24, 2015 and comes by default with Python 3.4 which is required for Home Assistant.
Execute the following code in a console:
$ sudo pip3 install homeassistant
$ hass
Running these commands will:
- Install Home Assistant
- Launch Home Assistant and serve the web interface on http://localhost:8123
There is also a video tutorial created by brusc.
Troubleshooting
If you run into any issues, please see the troubleshooting page. It contains solutions to many of the more commonly encountered issues.
In addition to this site, check out these sources for additional help:
- Forum for Home Assistant discussions and questions.
- Gitter Chat Room for real-time chat about Home Assistant.
- GitHub Page for issue reporting.
What’s next
If you want to have Home Assistant start on boot, autostart instructions can be found here.
To see what Home Assistant can do, launch demo mode: hass --demo-mode or visit the demo page.