
All comments are sent to me for approval, so hostile and pointless comments will be discarded. If all is well, you can now access Home Assistant at Use Chrome, because it wouldn't work very well for me using Internet Explorer 11.ĭo you agree? Disagree? Feel free to leave a comment by filling out the form at the bottom of the page. Basically, just wait until it finishes and starts spitting out INFO: statements mentioning dawn, noon, dusk, etc. This will also take quite a while, and it won't tell you when it is done. If all is good, start Home Assistant with: It took me about 5 attempts to track down the issues I was receiving during install due to the missing packages above. So install it:įinally you can install Home Assistant. SQLAlchemy is also needed but isn't included in the Home Assistant package and doesn't download when installing Home Assistant. Now install wheel (whatever that is) because it is needed for Home Assistant: This doesn't install setuptools which are needed to install Home Assistant. Sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-pip Install Python according to Home Assistant instructions: Now run your apt-get update and upgrade statements. If you get the same error, first find the process ID locking the file with:

It seems 90% of the time when I run apt-get on a new Linux install I get an error that files can't be locked. So once you have your Orange Pi Zero running, run apt to update everything to the latest packages: I installed Home Assistant as root, because I am dedicating my Orange Pi Zero to Home Assistant. So, follow the instructions on the Armbian download page to download the image, use Etcher to burn it to an SD card, and boot up the Orange Pi. But either way you need to install these. Naturally, the instructions on the Home Assistant page don't mention a bunch of dependencies needed to install, or perhaps the PIP packages aren't complete. Should work with minor version variations but as is everything Linux, who the hell knows.

Had the day of from work so spent some time installing Home Assistant on an Orange Pi Zero running Armbian. Installing Home Assistant On OrangePi Zero With Armbian

Also, the thought below may be based on mood, time of day, or any number of other factors. Be aware that these thoughts may be based on opinion, and my opinion might not agree with yours. Below is the random thought titled "Installing Home Assistant On OrangePi Zero With Armbian".
