After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it

gonzonia · Jul 3, 2023, 2:28 PM

@sdetweil Apologies. You did say that already and it didn’t penetrate. Replaced with your fork and it looks like I’m mostly back up. CalendarExt2 doesn’t seem to be loading though. I’ll have to dig into that later.

Lusbueb · Jul 9, 2023, 9:21 AM

@gonzonia had same problems and tried several methods. i’m not a linux crack and can only make what other say to try. :see-no-evil_monkey: :grinning_squinting_face:

this Post help me: https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/16074/electron-rebuild-and-magicmirror-v2-18-and-more/2?page=1

delete any existing ../modules/MMM-Buttons folder.
clone the repository in your modules folder:
cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/MarcLandis/MMM-Buttons.git
cd MMM-Buttons
install magicmirror-rebuild library with this command:
npm i magicmirror-rebuild

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ npm i magicmirror-rebuild

added 191 packages, and audited 192 packages in 43s

37 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

try to execute MagicMirror-rebuild script for rebuild with this command:
./node_modules/.bin/MagicMirror-rebuild

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ ./node_modules/.bin/MagicMirror-rebuild
⠹ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
⠸ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http GET https://www.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/node-v25.2.0-headers.tar.gz
⠏ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http 200 https://artifacts.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/node-v25.2.0-headers.tar.gz?force_headers_dist=1
⠼ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http GET https://www.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/SHASUMS256.txt
⠋ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http 200 https://artifacts.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/SHASUMS256.txt?force_headers_dist=1
⠙ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
⠹ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Verzeichnis „/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build“ wird betreten
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/epoll/src/epoll.o
⠹ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/epoll.node
⠧ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0  COPY Release/epoll.node
make: Verzeichnis „/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build“ wird verlassen
✔ MagicMirror Rebuild Complete

That you see MagicMirror Rebuild Complete !
Your module is now installed correctly

This way will also be good for the Originl MMM-Buttons from the Year 2017 and many other modules!

if you work with this module https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Buttons you must change 2 lines and add 1 line in the file package.json after git clone:

a.) change Line 23 from
"postinstall": "node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron" to
"postinstall": "node_modules/.bin/magicmirror-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron"

b.) change Line 29 from
"electron-rebuild": "^1.2.1" to
"magicmirror-rebuild": "^1.0.0"

c.) add a line after line26 from
"onoff": "latest" to

"onoff": "latest",
"magicmirror-rebuild": "latest"

after that you can continue with step 3, good luck :)

sdetweil · Jul 9, 2023, 11:20 AM

@Lusbueb or, you can get my fork of MMM-Buttons which fixes the install problem

https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Buttons

Lusbueb · Jul 9, 2023, 11:32 AM

@sdetweil Of course I had also tried your git repo but it didn’t work for me, so I kept looking and with the alternative migicmirror-rebuild every module worked.
I’ve also seen that some modules have been adapted to magicmirror-rebuild, but it’s of no use if you don’t know exactly how to use it.
my description above was the solution that worked for me, so I published it here.
thank you again for your support. :hugging_face:

sdetweil · Jul 9, 2023, 1:47 PM

@Lusbueb I’d like to know what didn’t work, as I test it quite often. I don’t like providing fixes that don’t work…

Lusbueb · Jul 9, 2023, 1:47 PM

@sdetweil if i run your git repo it looks liike this:

pi@MM:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Buttons.git
Klone nach 'MMM-Buttons' ...
remote: Enumerating objects: 54, done.
remote: Total 54 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 54
Empfange Objekte: 100% (54/54), 11.34 KiB | 893.00 KiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (25/25), fertig.
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cd MMM-Buttons
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ npm install
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated electron-rebuild@1.11.0: Please use @electron/rebuild moving forward.  There is no API change, just a package name change
npm ERR! code 7
npm ERR! path /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@6.1.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@20.4.0 | linux | arm
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'cflags' of object '#<Object>'
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at createConfigFile (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:118:21)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:85:9
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/mkdirp/index.js:30:20
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:189:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 5.10.103-v7+
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.4.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.
npm ERR! gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
npm ERR! gyp ERR!     <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2023-07-09T13_31_31_133Z-debug-0.log
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $

then i changed in our package.json

    "postinstall": "node_modules/.bin/magicmirror-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "onoff": "latest",
	"magicmirror-rebuild": "latest"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "magicmirror-rebuild": "^1.0.0"
  }

and do npm install it looks like this:

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ npm install

> Magic-Mirror-Module-Buttons@1.0.0 postinstall
> node_modules/.bin/magicmirror-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron

sh: 1: node_modules/.bin/magicmirror-rebuild: not found
npm ERR! code 127
npm ERR! path /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node_modules/.bin/magicmirror-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2023-07-09T13_37_41_609Z-debug-0.log
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $

so, the package.json is allready changed, i delete the new created file package-lock.json and folder node_modules and run npm i magicmirror-rebuild it look like this:

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ npm i magicmirror-rebuild
npm WARN idealTree Removing dependencies.magicmirror-rebuild in favor of devDependencies.magicmirror-rebuild

added 191 packages, and audited 192 packages in 39s

37 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

and then in run ./node_modules/.bin/MagicMirror-rebuild, it looks like this an everything ist ok an running with no errors:

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ ./node_modules/.bin/MagicMirror-rebuild
⠋ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
⠙ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http GET https://www.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/node-v25.2.0-headers.tar.gz
⠦ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http 200 https://artifacts.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/node-v25.2.0-headers.tar.gz?force_headers_dist=1
⠙ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http GET https://www.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/SHASUMS256.txt
⠹ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp http 200 https://artifacts.electronjs.org/headers/v25.2.0/SHASUMS256.txt?force_headers_dist=1
gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'make',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build/config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0/include/node/common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/25.2.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
⠸ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Verzeichnis „/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build“ wird betreten
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/epoll/src/epoll.o
⠹ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/epoll.node
⠇ MagicMirror Building module: epoll, Completed: 0  COPY Release/epoll.node
make: Verzeichnis „/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons/node_modules/epoll/build“ wird verlassen
✔ MagicMirror Rebuild Complete

hope it helps you :-)
Regards, Peter from Switzerland

sdetweil · Jul 9, 2023, 1:55 PM

@Lusbueb said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Buttons.git

that is not mine… that is the broken one

substitute my repo URL for the documented git clone url

Lusbueb · Jul 9, 2023, 3:21 PM

@sdetweil said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

@Lusbueb said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

https://github.com/Jopyth/MMM-Buttons.git

that is not mine… that is the broken one

substitute my repo URL for the documented git clone url

oh yes, thats true! 🙈 Please change your Installation -Instruktion in your GIT, thank you😅

sdetweil · Jul 9, 2023, 3:33 PM

@Lusbueb said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

Please change your Installation -Instruktion in your GIT

no… mine is a fork of the master… you should know to substitute my URL for the one in the doc (if any)

if I were to change the link AND submit it to the author, AND they took it, then their doc would point to MY repo incorrectly…

this is how the fork process works…

SO, if you git clone my url and do the npm install, does it fail?

Lusbueb · Jul 9, 2023, 3:53 PM

@sdetweil said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

@Lusbueb said in After update MMM-Buttons breaks, made things worse trying to fix it:

Please change your Installation -Instruktion in your GIT

no… mine is a fork of the master… you should know to substitute my URL for the one in the doc (if any)

if I were to change the link AND submit it to the author, AND they took it, then their doc would point to MY repo incorrectly…

this is how the fork process works…

SO, if you git clone my url and do the npm install, does it fail?

yes you did it :-)

your fork works, you are my hero! :-)

but why can’t you adapt the readme file in a FORK?

pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules $ git clone https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Buttons
Klone nach 'MMM-Buttons' ...
remote: Enumerating objects: 56, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Total 56 (delta 0), reused 2 (delta 0), pack-reused 52
Empfange Objekte: 100% (56/56), 11.86 KiB | 146.00 KiB/s, fertig.
Löse Unterschiede auf: 100% (25/25), fertig.
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules $ cd MMM-Buttons
pi@MM:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Buttons $ npm install

> Magic-Mirror-Module-Buttons@1.0.0 postinstall
> ./postinstall

✔ Rebuild Complete

added 6 packages, and audited 7 packages in 32s

found 0 vulnerabilities