install MM2.18 on win10 pc

[sdetweil]

@Johans on my windows 11 with 16.9.0 (node version) and package.js start line like this

		"start": "node_modules\\.bin\\electron js\\electron.js",

I see this is the startup messages

> node_modules\.bin\electron js\electron.js

I see the same results on node 17.7.2

[sdetweil]

@Johans sorry, I missed this line

but in the end I prefere more the linux, so I installed debian, git, nodejs, and MM.

so, you do NOT change the package.json for linux… only for windows…

[Johans]

@sdetweil Sorry but i’m new on Linux, where to find install log?

[sdetweil]

@Johans the file is saved in the users home folder

on linux that is called ~

cd ~ will take you to the home folder

and u can reference any file there the same way

~/install.log

is the same as
/home/{username}/install.log

using the environment info
/home/$USER/install.log

unix/linux was born on slow teletype terminals… so there are shortcuts for everything to reduce typing and shorten output…

thats why cd is the same as the long name chdir

[Johans]

@sdetweil I don’t seem to find such a file in the root directory.

[sdetweil]

@Johans said in install MM2.18 on win10 pc:

file in the root directory.

not in the root /

in the users home
~/

you CANNOT do MM as root…

you MUST logon as a normal user (in my case sam on my ubuntu system)

[Johans]

@sdetweil I have the icon under windows and when I start, Ubuntu it starts with the user I created during installation.

So I guess this is my normal user?

I installed node & MM from jstal@DESKTOP-HF7R0J9 As I think this is correct - or not?

[sdetweil]

@Johans wait. you are running Ubuntu in lsw?

that’s text mode. electron won’t run there

[Johans]

@sdetweil , yes lsw2 that is how I installed it. So that is not good? How do I then make a proper installation on a windows PC? Do you have a link-guide to follow?

[sdetweil]

@Johans open a cmd.exe window

and then do the install steps

but you said u did that already…

but wanted linux

for linux desktop on windows you have to use a virtual machine…

now, you might be able to run server mode and use the windows browser to access
in the lsw linux command prompt
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm run server

then go to windows desktop and open browser
http://localhost:8080