Install Home Assistant, Mosquitto broker and Node-Red on android

vladosam · January 15, 2019, 7:45pm

I have one additional repository from its-pointless

deb https://its-pointless.github.io/files/ termux extras

Varjo · January 15, 2019, 7:58pm

noob question, where is the sources list in termux and do I use pkg to install this or apt? I wasn’t aware that debian repos worked on termux.

vladosam · January 15, 2019, 8:03pm

See this

github.com

its-pointless/gcc_termux/blob/master/README.txt


From now on im using apt for updates
add 
deb https://its-pointless.github.io/files/24  termux extras
(use https://its-pointless.github.io/files if you are still using android 5 or 6)
to sources.list or add a file with .list suffix in $PREFIX/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
gpg key is https://its-pointless.github.io/pointless.gpg
if not installed install gnupg
apt-get install gnupg
apt-key add pointless.gpg will add the key to apt
apt-get update

or use https://its-pointless.github.io/setup-pointless-repo.sh

use the commands setupclang setupclang and setupgcc-7 to switch compilers
nothing complex just moving symlinks around

03/04/2019
r-cran-tidyverse should work consistently except for those using android-5 due to linking issues
around librcon.so. Above android-5 the library can see all symbols linked in android-5 that the linker

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Varjo · January 15, 2019, 9:41pm

Ok, really beating my head against this one. We have virtually identical installed packages now (diff list here: https://www.diffchecker.com/Udsthl0S left is my install, right is yours). All my packages are arch64 while yours are arm, could that matter? Even our package versions are identical.

vladosam · January 15, 2019, 10:17pm

It could be architecture problem. Try to install netdisco manualy in your hass venv before running hass.

pip install netdisco

Varjo · January 15, 2019, 11:54pm

No change (and pip install netdisco just returned some requirement already satisfied messages). This is on a Snapdragon 820 Galaxy S7 Edge btw.

vladosam · January 16, 2019, 6:08am

As this is discovery issue you can disable discovery and run it like that. Did you try it allready.

Varjo · January 16, 2019, 1:49pm

Might punt on that. I’m brand new to HASS and not sure I want to try setup without air of discovery. Thank you so much for your help btw, really appreciate it.

vladosam · January 16, 2019, 1:54pm

You can easily add devices manually. Don’t let discovery to be a showstopper.

Varjo · January 16, 2019, 2:05pm

All right, fair enough I’ll give it a whirl tonight.

vladosam · January 17, 2019, 8:13am

Out of curiosity I tried to set homeassistant on aarch64 and x86 android and i can’t get that discovery error. So lets try again.
Clear data for termux app or uninstall - install to start fresh. Then install only these pkgs.

pkg install python-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev coreutils clang

Create python venv and activate it.

python -m venv homeassistant
source homeassistant/bin/activate

Install homeassistant and run it without pm2.

pip install homeassistant
hass

Varjo · January 17, 2019, 12:45pm

Still not working but… I decided to try on my primary phone (snapdragon GS9 Edge) and discovery works fine… It seems to only be an issue on the GS7 I have. Really odd.

vladosam · January 17, 2019, 1:03pm

Strange. Some app restrictions on phone? Firewall? Turn off wifi and cellural data transfer and try again.

msauto · January 17, 2019, 2:32pm

First of all thanks for an awesome idea that I believe will fix all my problems. I have several old Android phones that I would like to use for device tracking in different areas on my property and I believe this is the answer. I have read pretty much the entire thread but I get lost about half way through there are so many changes would it be possible to upload an updated install method with all the recent recommended packages and procedures Etc… thanks in advance

vladosam · January 17, 2019, 2:55pm

To install homeassistant in python venv:

pkg update
pkg install python-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev coreutils clang
python -m venv homeassistant
source homeassistant/bin/activate
pip install homeassistant

run it once with hass command and wait few minutes

hass

Open browser and go to 127.0.0.1:8123

Varjo · January 18, 2019, 2:06am

Ok, fixed my problem!

PSA for anyone with discovery issues, you need a recent android version!

The old GS7 I was using had no SIM in it and apparently many US carriers won’t allow updates to phones with no sim. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed an Oreo image and boom, problem solved.

TLDR: Make sure your device has Oreo.

msauto · January 18, 2019, 3:51am

Thanks alot !!! I’ll give it a spin

Varjo · January 18, 2019, 5:10pm

Anyone gotten a Zigbee adapter working from Termux? Is libusb (I’d need to root obviously) sufficient?

vladosam · January 18, 2019, 5:29pm

I’m not sure you can use usb port for anything other then keyboard, mouse or usb flash drive. See this on github. https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/1145

Varjo · January 18, 2019, 5:49pm

Darn, might grab a smart things hub the connect HA with zwave/Zigbee then…