Can't load HA - what's wrong

Hi all,
Can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong please as I’m desperate
After I have loaded rasbian ( lite) I fire up the Pi to make sure it’s working
I can surf the web, access my remote Birdbox cam and my Max2play media centre, so that works no problemo :+1:t2:

However

  1. when I go to GitHub to gownload the HA all in one IMAGE it just tells me I have a network error and says Bash 22 sometimes.
    I have gone into the Pi settings and said yes to the ssh, and opened my router firewall ( which I have now closed again)
    And on and off I have spent hours and hours just trying to get started which has given me rock bottom confidence in HA, and that’s a pity because I was hoping for better. Both my other 2 pi’s my Birdbox cam, and my max2play oh and my car media centre worked with very little issues,
    Hope someone can help get me going
    Cheers
    Ps I can’t access the Pi with Putty, could this be a clue, I also can’t see it on my network

Are you trying to ssh to your pi from outside your home network ?

Hi Sanders
No I’m just on my local lan, but it’s something I’ll need to set up once I get this sorted
It’s also hard wired to the network
Considering there’s a shed load of people who have done this basic first step I’m beginning to think it’s either an issue with the pi I’m using, it it’s faulty or there’s a com issue ( what I don’t know) between the router and the pi
But there’s no proof of either, just a gut feeling I have, that said I’m far from an expert on this

Can you ping the pi from your other pc ?

Hi @lodgemoorlad

Are you able to get us a screenshot of the error and the output you get when running the install?

Have you tried to run pip3 install homeassistant as described here: https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/ ?

Hi this is the ping sent from my desktop PC

Sorry was’nt quite correct in my last posting

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Alex>ping 192.168.1.72

Pinging 192.168.1.72 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.72: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.72: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.72: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.72: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.72:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

And this is the error I get back when I try and run the programe
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ $ wget -Nnv https://raw.githubusercontent.com/home-assistant/fabric-home-assistant/master/hass_rpi_installer.sh && chown pi:pi hass_rpi_installer.sh && bash hass_rpi_installer.sh
bash: $: command not found
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

I’m going to give PIP a go and I’ll report back. But before I do I have read on this forum, once you d/l the software it can take up to 3 hours before it will run, have to say this can’t be true surely. So do I need to wait maybe after loading it. Sorry I’m suggesting stuch things but in desperate times, desperate measure :wink:

Just one more point, if I try pip, this will install home assistant, I thought I needed the all in one installer, really to make life easy re the programming side of things, maybe I’m wrong as I’m new to this and thats just my understanding

Try running it without the $ at the beginning of the command. That is there in the notes to tell you you need to run it at a promt.

Ken you’ve done it, yippee
it’s running, thanks mate and to all the others
Can’t wait to get started,
And sorry if you get two versions of this message