Error trying to run: npm run install-mm

lvolkjr

@sdetweil
lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ which node
/usr/bin/node
lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ n ls
bash: n: command not found

sdetweil

@lvolkjr ok, thx… but how did you get to node 18? it doesn’t come as default.

lvolkjr

@sdetweil I was looking for a solution prior to coming to this forum and following someone else’s answer to there own issue that I thought would work for me, but got me no where. they said to change to node 18 from here: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions

Download and import the Nodesource GPG key

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg

Create deb repository

NODE_MAJOR=20
echo “deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

Optional: NODE_MAJOR can be changed depending on the version you need.

NODE_MAJOR=16
NODE_MAJOR=18
NODE_MAJOR=20
NODE_MAJOR=21

Run Update and Install

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs -y

Did this screw me up?

sdetweil

@lvolkjr said in Error trying to run: npm run install-mm:

Did this screw me up?

maybe…

try this

sudo apt-get remove nodejs -y

then do
node -v

lvolkjr

@sdetweil I didn’t see any errors after running sudo apt-get remove nodejs -y
When I run node -v I get this:
bash: /usr/bin/node: No such file or directory

sdetweil

@lvolkjr ok, do

ls /usr/bin/node

should return file not found
do
hash -r
node -v

just to make sure…
then run my install or upgrade script as appropriate…

lvolkjr

@sdetweil This is what I got:
lowell@raspberrypi:~ $ ls /usr/bin/node
ls: cannot access ‘/usr/bin/node’: No such file or directory
lowell@raspberrypi:~ $ hash -r
lowell@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
bash: node: command not found

Do you still want me to run your script? I feel like node -v should have given me a different output, like the version number.

sdetweil

@lvolkjr I expected something too

I’d rebuild the SD card, boot, skip updates

then use my script. this node install is such a mess, they changed the process…ugh

lvolkjr

@sdetweil Yea, I figured. Thanks for all your help. Hopefully I could repay you in the future. I’ll keep you updated to what happens.

lvolkjr

@sdetweil Thanks!!! That worked! I’m running MagicMirror and getting ready to customize it. I should have started over a long time ago.