How to add HA Community Add-ons Repo to HA Core?

kramer65 · June 6, 2022, 1:02pm

I just installed Home Assistant Core (v 2022.6.1) in a virtual env on a raspi. I’m a Python developer by day, so I’m at home with Python/Linux, but this is my first experience with Home Assistant. I now want to install the Spotify Connect Home Assistant Community Add-on. I searched in the UI in Settings/Devices & Services/Integrations but I can only find the “Spotify” integration there, not the “Spotify Connect” integration which I’m looking for. On the page of the Spotify Connect Add-on page it says that it is provided by the “Home Assistant Community Add-ons project”.

On the github page of Hassio-addons I read that it is installed by default but if not that I can “Use the following URL to add this repository:”

https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository

I guess HA Core doesn’t include it by default so I want to add it to my install. I can’t find a place in the UI where I can add that repo though. I found this helpfull guide, but it says I need to go to “Add-ons, Backups & Supervisor” in the settings whereas my install doesn’t have that option as you can see in the screenshot below.

Does anybody know how I can install/register the Home Assistant Community Add-ons project in my HA installation? All tips are welcome!

madface · June 6, 2022, 1:17pm

Correct me, but as I know the add-on’s can only be installed with a supervised install, not with an virtual env installation.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/what-add-ons-exist-that-can-be-installed-in-a-python-virtual-environment/173172

tom_l · June 6, 2022, 2:04pm

You are correct.

Kramer, see the chart here for supported features of each install method https://www.home-assistant.io/installation/#compare-installation-methods

kramer65 · June 6, 2022, 3:30pm

Alright. That explains my confusion. After your comments I started with the supervised install, but after I found out that I need debian instead of raspbian in the end I just flashed the hassio image. That works fine now, although the reason I wanted to install it separately is because I also want to install some other things on the raspi (mopidy/snapcast/etc). But I’ll start with this and see where it ends.

Thanks for the info eitherway!