Install ioBroker

Summary

This documentation describes how to install ioBroker on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

Requirements

• Operating system: Raspbian
• See Used Hardware

In order to complete these steps, you must have followed https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-setting-up before.

Description

Step 1: System Update

In the command line interface enter:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Test for existing versions of nodejs and npm

Recommended version for node is 8.x with js-contoller 1.5.7, >6 for npm. Version numbers for node and nodejs must match.

node -v
nodejs -v
npm -v

If the commands don’t result in a shown version number, then proceed to Step 4.

Step 3: Uninstall existing node and node.js versions

sudo apt-get --purge remove node
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo reboot

Step 4: Install node.js for Linux and Raspberry 2/3

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev libudev-dev libpam0g-dev nodejs
sudo reboot

Step 5: Install ioBroker

curl -sL https://iobroker.net/install.sh | bash -

Step 5: Start ioBroker

Use commands:

sudo systemctl stop iobroker
sudo systemctl start iobroker
sudo systemctl restart iobroker
sudo systemctl status iobroker

Step 6: Launch ioBroker web interface

Go to https://localhost:8081

Used Hardware

• Raspberry Pi 3, Model B+, WLAN, BT
• 32GB (4GB min) microSD card

References

• https://www.iobroker.net/
• https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en