In HACS, addons only show download option, not install or info or repository

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I feel like I had this problem before many moons ago, but can’t remember how to fix it so that I can install the addons. Any ideas?

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First - Addon has a special meaning in HA vocabulary. HACS installs integrations - NOT Addons. (Yes it matters)

After you ‘install’ an integration from HACS, an integration becomes available for use in HA but you still have to add / configure it. You have to either (depending on the integration you added):

put the appropriate configuration in configuration.yaml (some integrations, like the o365 integration)

-or-

configure it in the UI under: Settings > Devices and Srvices > Add Integration (Fordpass is like this)

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Thanks.
sorry, meant hacs integrations. This is the one I’m looking at:

It says I should just be able to search for zoom and select install this repository. There is no “install this repository”, only “download”. Same for any other integration…

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Replace ‘install this repository in HACS’ with ‘click download’

Proceed.

You will find sometimes the UI updates faster than the developers can keep up with.

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Yeah, I get what you’re saying, but the zoom integration doesn’t show up anywhere, but within hacs and there are no options on the integration card there. I’ve tried downloading a few integrations in hacs and none of them are showing the option to install. I think there’s something else going on.
For instance, when I installed the integration within hacs for meross, it showed up in Settings>Devices&Services>meross and I could configure from there. However, none of the integrations I’m adding now are showing up or providing an installation option, so essentially I’ve just downloaded the integrations, but am unable to install or configure.

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I found the answer. Once you download, you need to go into Settings>Devices&Services and select add integration at the bottom right, then search for your integration there and install.

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Yep, same as most integrations (unless they are yaml configured).

The clue for this one is that there is a file config_flow.py file in the repo ha-zoom-automation/custom_components/zoom at master · raman325/ha-zoom-automation · GitHub

That file indicates that it has a gui install method, not yaml.

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Oh, good to know. Thanks. I was thrown off by watching YouTube videos where the card in hacs shows the install, repository, and information links right on the card…

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HA is not documented on YT. Vids can be helpful, but are quickly outdated.

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