In my How to install Home Assistant video ( • How to Install HomeAssistant on a PC (Easy!) ), a step I had demonstrated is now outdated. Once inside of Ubuntu, you do not need to install Balena Etcher, you can just double click the .iso image and write it to your destination. In this video, I write it to a USB drive but you will need to write it to your SSD / Hard drive on your machine.
Hope this helps! If it doesn't let me know and I'll try to make it right!
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