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This commit is a large refactoring of the getting started page. This
version contains only the information necessary to get off the ground
and get your bearings. There is also one consistent flow on information
rather than a spaghetti flow. Advanced installation details have been
moved to their own page (Docker and daemons). Details about opening
firewall ports have been expanded a bit and moved to the
troubleshooting page. The install instructions contain details about
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It can happen that you run into trouble while installing Home Assistant. This page is here to help you figure out the most common problems.

pip3: command not found
This utility should have been installed as part of the Python 3.4 installation. Check if Python 3.4 is installed by running python3 --version. If it is not installed, download it here.

If you are able to successfully run python3 --version but not pip3, run the following command instead to install Home Assistant: python3 -m pip install homeassistant.

No module named pip
Pip should come bundled with the latest Python 3 but is ommitted by some distributions. If you are unable to run python3 -m pip --version you can install pip by downloading the installer and run it with Python 3: python3 get-pip.py.

No access to the frontend
In newer Linux distributions (at least Fedora 22/CentOS 7) the access to a host is very limited. This means that you can't access the Home Assistant Frontend that is running on a host outside of the host machine. Windows and OSX machines may also have issues with this.

To fix this you will need to open your machine's firewall for TCP traffic over port 8123. The method for doing this will vary depending on your operating system and the firewall you have installed. Below are some suggestions to try. Google is your friend here.

Windows and Mac OSX have good instructions posted.

For firewalld systems (Fedora, RHEL, etc.):

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8123/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

For UFW systems (Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian, etc.):

sudo ufw allow 8123/tcp

For iptables systems (usually the default):

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 8123 -j ACCEPT
iptables-save > /etc/network/iptables.rules  # your rules may be saved elsewhere

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