curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_11.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt install -y libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge
https://gist.github.com/johannrichard/0ad0de1feb6adb9eb61a/
Download the two files and place homebridge under /etc/default and homebridge.service under /etc/systemd/system on your Raspberry Pi.
sudo ln $(which homebridge) /usr/local/bin/homebridge
sudo useradd -M --system homebridge
sudo mkdir /var/lib/homebridge
sudo chown -R homebridge:homebridge /var/lib/homebridge sudo chmod 777 -R /var/lib/homebridge
systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable homebridge systemctl start homebridge
sudo killall ffmpeg; sudo systemctl restart homebridge; sudo journalctl -f -u homebridge
cat /etc/systemd/system/homebridge.service