New module installer

sdetweil

There has been a lot of discussion for a while about the complexities of getting MM up and running…

I think we need an end to end solution for modules… so… well… here it is

see the post below as the implementation has changed
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/123176

happy installing!!!

pics

main page

expanded category

expanded module

expanded unregistered section

chrisfr1976

@sdetweil it is running on my pi but until now i didn‘t need it. I have no space for a new module left ;)
But i‘ll try tomorrow and give you a feedback.

sdetweil

@chrisfr1976 it takes space too

chrisfr1976

@sdetweil i hope that your installer can also uninstall a module … g

sdetweil

@chrisfr1976 no, cannot uninstall. just remove the module folder

from above and readme

this will NOT uninstall modules

sdetweil

@chrisfr1976 but if that is a requirement… it IS possible of course

sdetweil

I think this doesn’t work as an outside command… I mean TECHNICALLY it does,
but it depends on too much work for the user…
see the corrected implementation
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/123176

chrisfr1976

@sdetweil
Hi,
yesterday I was off. Now I tried to install it but I got this error:

chris@MagicPi:~ $ bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/installer/refs/heads/main/installit)"
Klone nach 'installer' ...
remote: Enumerating objects: 257, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (24/24), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (18/18), done.
remote: Total 257 (delta 10), reused 17 (delta 6), pack-reused 233 (from 1)
Empfange Objekte: 100% (257/257), 1005.39 KiB | 4.31 MiB/s, fertig.
L?se Unterschiede auf: 100% (151/151), fertig.
Hinweis: Es wird davon abgeraten zu Pullen, ohne anzugeben, wie mit abweichenden
Hinweis: Branches umgegangen werden soll. Sie k?nnen diese Nachricht unterdr?cken,
Hinweis: indem Sie einen der folgenden Befehle ausf?hren, bevor der n?chste Pull
Hinweis: ausgef?hrt wird:
Hinweis: 
Hinweis:   git config pull.rebase false  # Merge (Standard-Strategie)
Hinweis:   git config pull.rebase true   # Rebase
Hinweis:   git config pull.ff only       # ausschlie?lich Vorspulen
Hinweis: 
Hinweis: Sie k?nnen statt "git config" auch "git config --global" nutzen, um
Hinweis: einen Standard f?r alle Repositories festzulegen. Sie k?nnen auch die
Hinweis: Option --rebase, --no-rebase oder --ff-only auf der Kommandozeile nutzen,
Hinweis: um das konfigurierte Standardverhalten pro Aufruf zu ?berschreiben.
Do you want execute the module installer now? (y/N)?y
./installer.sh: Zeile 32: cd: ../../modules/MMM-Config: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
cp: der Aufruf von stat f?r 'module_schema_template.json' ist nicht m?glich: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1251
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/chris/MagicMirror/installers/formatModuleInfo.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1248:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:27)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:217:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:166:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:30:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v22.9.0
./installer.sh: Zeile 68: ./install_module.sh: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1251
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/home/chris/MagicMirror/installers/runserver.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1248:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:27)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:315:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:217:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:166:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:30:49 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v22.9.0

sdetweil

@chrisfr1976

thanks for your patience… I think this will be better

I have merged the installer function into the MMM-Config module

currently the installer function is in a separate branch (with_installer) while we test it out

note: if you are using docker, then these steps need to be done INSIDE the running container, using
docker exec -it mm bash
to get to a commandline inside the container
AFTER using ssh to get to the docker host commandline

if you don’t have MMM-Config

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules
git clone https://github.com/sdetweil/MMM-Config
cd MMM-Config
git checkout with_installer
npm install

see the readme above on how to add this module to your config.js

if you already have MMM-Config

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config
git pull
git checkout with_installer
npm install

no configuration changes are required

restart your MagicMirror instance

for docker based MM instances, the steps are the same
I notice that some of the files in the git pull will be marked as changed,
altho its only the permissions
so erase those files and then git pull
and then checkout the with_installer branch
etc

Using the installer

use this url

http://mm_server:MM_port/installer

and you will get the installer module selection page

see the readme for usage

after pushing the install selected modules button and the individual module installs complete,
the MMM-Config configuration page will replace the installer page you had open

when you are done configuring the modules, press Save, Create config
and the current MMM-Config page will be closed, and your MM instance will be restarted
(in most cases)

from the readme

MMM-Config will try to restart your MagicMirror system after configuration is complete

if the MagicMirror instance is configured to auto restart due to config.js, that will happen naturally

if the MagicMirror instance is NOT configured to auto restart due to config.js, then the MMM-Config **restart option** will be used to restart

if the MagicMirror instance is in a docker container, like khassel's then the MagicMirror process will be killed, causing the container to restart

if none of those options work, then you will have to restart the MagicMirror instance manually (same as if you modified config.js on your own)

plainbroke

@sdetweil
All I am getting is this:

“Select all the modules you would like to install”

Nothing else it is just white below that …

sdetweil

@plainbroke go to the module folder and do git pull

then reload the installer page

plainbroke

@sdetweil
Ok did the git pull now I get the same thing but in a tan background color.

should i do the
git pull
git checkout with_installer
npm install

did that and it says everything is up to date.
I really hoped that would get it running.
Sounds like a very useful module.

plainbroke

@sdetweil
http://192.168.1.200:8280/modules/MMM-Config/module_installer/module_installer.html
Is that the installer page you are talking about?
Or is there something else I should try???

sdetweil

@plainbroke hm…

can you open the module folder and see if

module_form_schema.json

is present

also can you open the config page

http://server:port/modules/MMM-Config/review

sdetweil

@plainbroke if you go to /installer it redirects to the correct url

plainbroke

@sdetweil

pi@CameraS:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Config $ dir
config.html                       form-client.js                     node_helper.js     schema3_19492568968280.json  translations
config_lastchange_19492568968280  MMM-Config.css                     node_modules       schemas                      webform.css
create_form_for_module.cmd        MMM-Config.js                      package.json       scripts                      webform.js
create_form_for_module.sh         MMM-Config.schema.json             package-lock.json  templates                    workdir
defaults_19492568968280.js        module_installer                   postinstall        test_convert.cmd
doc_images                        modules_lastchange_19492568968280  postinstall.cmd    test_convert.sh
exec_script.js                    modules_list.txt                   README.md          touch.cmd

When I ran it with review it came back.
Cannot GET /modules/MMM-Config/installer

sdetweil

@plainbroke sorry cd module_installer

plainbroke

@sdetweil
Yes it is in there.

I am going to turn in been sick for the last 2 days. worn out…
Take your time with it. I am in no hurry.

sdetweil

@plainbroke I just did a fresh install on a new MM… on a different machine

when I bring up the MM page it works
when I bring up the installer page it works… takes a few seconds
when I open the MMM-Config/review page the configuration page comes up

open the installer page
http://server:port/installer
open the developers window, ctrl-shift-i
go to the console tab , see if there are any errors
open the sources tab
 left nav
selec modules,
  mmm-config
      module_installer
             select the form-client.js
             scroll the source to line 120, click on the line number
             should turn blue

like this
Screenshot at 2025-01-17 21-25-44.png

hit f5 refresh the page

it should look like this
Screenshot at 2025-01-17 21-28-40.png

you should be able to scroll the mouse over the words incoming_json
and it should pop up a big window of the json

like this
Screenshot at 2025-01-17 21-30-30.png

sdetweil

@plainbroke feel better… this is not that important