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Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi there all,
I just want to ask a simple question before decide for Hass.io (hassbian actual)
If I want to install some package via apt-get… can I do it ?

Thanks in advance
Denis

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Short answer - no.

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And the long answer ? :slight_smile:
So I can install only the components of Home Assistance ? … all ?

I think is not really open this Hass.io platform…
I don’t know what to install right now, but in future something I’ll want.

Thanks a lot
Denis

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If you want to extend HassIO you have to do it through add-ons. Many people have developed their own.

Yes, it’s more work than just installing a package, but the whole setup is different and aimed at a much simpler end user experience, rather than relying upon everybody knowing how to be a Linux admin.

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Ok … so one day I ca implement my add-on
I so that there is already a lot of add-ons… this is great.

My last question is… can I install also the HA components ?
I mean this one…

I just add the code to my configuration.yaml ?

Thanks again
Denis

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As per the answers you got in Discord, yes. As long as it doesn’t require you to install something then components will work.

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Thanks a lot