Can't load HA - what's wrong

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

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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

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Can you ping the pi from your other pc ?

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Hi @lodgemoorlad

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

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

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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:

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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

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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.

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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