Start a command on boot

Question

I'm on Ubuntu Mate, and I would like the system to run the command homebridgeat boot.

Do I just need to

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and add this

#!/bin/sh -e
#
# rc.local
#
# This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.
# Make sure that the script will "exit 0" on success or any other
# value on error.
#
# In order to enable or disable this script just change the execution
# bits.
#
# By default this script does nothing.
homebridge
exit 0

Answer 1

On systems with systemd in use rc.local might be ignored. In this post there's suggestions how to check that rc.local is really executed.

How can I make "rc.local" run on startup?

And make sure your remove the ">" signs in your example.