I followed the instructions here to install Home Assistant: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/installation/raspberry-pi/
The final command (“hass”) did not return me to the command prompt but ended like this:
2018-12-08 02:12:05 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.core from homeassistant.components.config.core
2018-12-08 02:12:05 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.1 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:12:05 INFO (Thread-18) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of netdisco==2.2.0
2018-12-08 02:12:23 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up discovery
2018-12-08 02:12:23 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain discovery took 0.1 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:12:23 INFO (Thread-7) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of distro==1.3.0
2018-12-08 02:12:35 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up updater
2018-12-08 02:12:35 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain updater took 0.0 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:12:35 INFO (Thread-17) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of xmltodict==0.11.0
2018-12-08 02:12:46 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Setting up sensor.yr
2018-12-08 02:12:47 INFO (Thread-13) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of mutagen==1.41.1
2018-12-08 02:12:47 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 42.7 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:13:00 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tts
2018-12-08 02:13:00 INFO (Thread-12) [homeassistant.components.tts] Create cache dir /home/homeassistant/.homeassistant/tts.
2018-12-08 02:13:00 INFO (Thread-18) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of warrant==0.6.1
2018-12-08 02:14:36 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up cloud
2018-12-08 02:14:36 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain cloud took 0.0 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:14:36 INFO (Thread-11) [homeassistant.util.package] Attempting install of gTTS-token==1.1.3
2018-12-08 02:14:51 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tts took 111.1 seconds.
2018-12-08 02:14:51 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Home Assistant initialized in 292.19s
2018-12-08 02:14:51 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Starting Home Assistant
2018-12-08 02:14:51 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Timer:starting
2018-12-08 02:15:04 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.discovery] Unknown service discovered: dlna_dms {'model_name': 'Plex Media Server', 'host': '192.168.1.7', 'model_number': '1.12.3.4973', 'upnp_device_type': 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:MediaServer:1', 'manufacturer': 'Plex, Inc.', 'ssdp_description': 'http://192.168.1.7:32469/DeviceDescription.xml', 'serial': None, 'port': 32469, 'name': 'Plex Media Server: System 7', 'udn': 'uuid:9e436675-442c-301e-c240-afa15372ed2e'}
2018-12-08 02:15:04 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.discovery] Unknown service discovered: asus_router {'model_name': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'host': '192.168.1.1', 'model_number': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'upnp_device_type': 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1', 'manufacturer': 'ASUSTeK Computer Inc.', 'ssdp_description': 'http://192.168.1.1:2869/rootDesc.xml', 'serial': '00000000', 'port': 2869, 'name': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'udn': 'uuid:384d02bd-18a8-47b8-a012-2e3e8ba72ae0'}
2018-12-08 02:15:04 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.discovery] Unknown service discovered: igd {'model_name': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'host': '192.168.1.1', 'model_number': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'upnp_device_type': 'urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:InternetGatewayDevice:1', 'manufacturer': 'ASUSTeK Computer Inc.', 'ssdp_description': 'http://192.168.1.1:2869/rootDesc.xml', 'serial': '00000000', 'port': 2869, 'name': 'DSL-N14U-B1', 'udn': 'uuid:384d02bd-18a8-47b8-a012-2e3e8ba72ae0'}
2018-12-08 03:12:35 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded hassio from homeassistant.components.hassio
2018-12-08 03:12:36 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.updater] Submitted analytics to Home Assistant servers. Information submitted includes {'virtualenv': True, 'arch': 'armv7l', 'timezone': 'UTC', 'distribution': 'raspbian', 'python_version': '3.5.3', 'docker': False, 'dev': False, 'os_name': 'Linux', 'os_version': '9', 'version': '0.83.3', 'huuid': '900d3946ec8843ae893806b38a6b4467', 'hassio': False}
2018-12-08 03:12:36 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.updater] Got unexpected response: None
I then followed the instructions to autostart Home Assistant using systemd in another terminal window. This ended as follows:
pi@Xerxes:~ $ sudo systemctl start home-assistant@homeassistant
pi@Xerxes:~ $ sudo systemctl status home-assistant@homeassistant
● [email protected] - Home Assistant
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2018-12-08 11:22:37 GMT; 27s ago
Process: 9153 ExecStart=/usr/bin/hass (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Main PID: 9153 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Dec 08 11:22:37 Xerxes systemd[1]: Started Home Assistant.
Dec 08 11:22:37 Xerxes systemd[1]: [email protected]: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Dec 08 11:22:37 Xerxes systemd[1]: [email protected]: Unit entered failed state.
Dec 08 11:22:37 Xerxes systemd[1]: [email protected]: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
pi@Xerxes:~ $