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    dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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      the_2winz
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      new magicmirror2 install. finally got npm install-mm to run. when i ran npm start run, i get /MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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        the_2winz @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil i think i will just lean on the browser feature - npm run server seems to work. thanks for all your help!

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          sdetweil @the_2winz
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          @the_2winz what platform is this?

          Google search to find the system command to install that library

          Sam

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            the_2winz @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil Debian Bullseye with Raspberry Pi Desktop

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              sdetweil @the_2winz
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              @the_2winz weird. haven’t seen that error in a long time on that

              did you install MagicMirror w my script or manually?

              Sam

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                the_2winz @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil both actually. I ran npm run install-mm, then i ran your upgrade-script.sh got this Check current Node installation …
                Node currently installed. Checking version number.
                Minimum Node version: v20.8.0
                Installed Node version: v20.8.0
                No Node.js upgrade necessary.
                Check current NPM installation …
                NPM currently installed. Checking version number.
                Minimum npm version: V10.1.0
                Installed npm version: V10.2.3
                No npm upgrade necessary.

                upgrading from version 2.25.0 to 2.25.0
                fetching latest revisions

                Checking for modules with removed libraries
                no modules found needing npm refresh

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                  sdetweil @the_2winz
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                  @the_2winz did u find the command to install libnss?

                  Sam

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                    the_2winz @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil I found this Install libnss3 deb package: sudo apt-get install libnss3, but get this: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu $ sudo apt-get install libnss3
                    Reading package lists… Done
                    Building dependency tree… Done
                    Reading state information… Done
                    libnss3 is already the newest version (2:3.61-1+deb11u3).
                    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

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                      sdetweil @the_2winz
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                      @the_2winz and now MM should start ok
                      you should not be running MM as root user…

                      Sam

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                        the_2winz @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil still get this
                        rob@raspberry:~/MagicMirror $ npm run start

                        magicmirror@2.25.0 start
                        DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                        /home/rob/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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                          sdetweil @the_2winz
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                          @the_2winz

                          sudo apt get install libnss

                          edit:

                          on my desktop I see

                          libnss3.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so (0x00007f2630707000)
                          

                          from

                          ldd ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron | grep libnss
                          

                          Sam

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                          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                            the_2winz @sdetweil
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                            @sdetweil rob@raspberry:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu $ find libnss3.so
                            find: ‘libnss3.so’: No such file or directory

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                              sdetweil @the_2winz
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                              @the_2winz

                              do

                              cd /
                              find . -type f -name "libnss*.*" 2>/dev/null
                              

                              search disk

                              Sam

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                                the_2winz @sdetweil
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                                @sdetweil i cp to the right dir… but now when i run npm run start i get the following error > magicmirror@2.25.0 start

                                DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                                /home/rob/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

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                                  the_2winz @sdetweil
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                                  @sdetweil i was able to add it to the electron/dist/ directory but when i run npm run start, now i get this error /home/rob/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

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                                    sdetweil @the_2winz
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                                    @the_2winz yes this

                                    uname -a
                                    file /bin/bash
                                    

                                    I think you have a hybrid system… 64 bit kernel, 32 bit runtime

                                    Sam

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                                      the_2winz @sdetweil
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                                      @sdetweil looks like it.
                                      rob@raspberry:~/MagicMirror $ uname -a
                                      Linux raspberry 5.10.0-15-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.120-1 (2022-06-09) x86_64 GNU/Linux
                                      rob@raspberry:~/MagicMirror $ file /bin/bash
                                      /bin/bash: ELF 32-bit LSB pie executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=56307740a4c93a51d04f9511eae7897e52a4ddb5, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped

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                                        sdetweil @the_2winz
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                                        @the_2winz hm can you do the
                                        file command on the libnss3.so

                                        Sam

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                                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                          the_2winz @sdetweil
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                                          @sdetweil like libnss3.so bin/bash/ ? i’m not sure i follow

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                                            sdetweil @the_2winz
                                            last edited by sdetweil

                                            @the_2winz

                                            file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so
                                            

                                            mine says

                                            /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss3.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=53f5a8a185db3abf260b77ea560179a395b892e0, stripped
                                            
                                            my /bin/bash says
                                            /bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=2a9f157890930ced4c3ad0e74fc1b1b84aad71e6, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped
                                            

                                            Sam

                                            How to add modules

                                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                              the_2winz @sdetweil
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                                              @sdetweil rob@raspberry:~/MagicMirror $ file /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss3.so
                                              /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss3.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, BuildID[sha1]=f3a5e41927cedc2024ae8cdc9a00bd699cd14278, stripped

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