Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Getting Startet - ablsulute newbie
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@DerHerrB if you run the scripted install and have trouble show me the ~/install.log
The scripted install is here
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts -
install starting - Sa Jun 6 00:34:29 CEST 2026 installing on aarch64 processor system the os is PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="13" VERSION="13 (trixie)" VERSION_CODENAME=trixie DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.5 ID=debian HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/" gesamt benutzt frei gemns. Puffer/Cache verfügbar Speicher: 3789 434 2332 48 1147 3354 Swap: 2047 0 2047 [96mUpdating packages ...[0m Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease Hit:3 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian trixie InRelease Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease Ign:5 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu trixie InRelease Err:6 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu trixie Release 404 Not Found [IP: 108.138.7.18 443] Reading package lists... [91mUpdate failed, retrying installation ...[0m [96mInstalling helper tools ...[0m Paketlisten werden gelesen… Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut… Statusinformationen werden eingelesen… curl ist schon die neueste Version (8.14.1-2+deb13u3). wget ist schon die neueste Version (1.25.0-2). git ist schon die neueste Version (1:2.47.3-0+deb13u1). build-essential ist schon die neueste Version (12.12). unzip ist schon die neueste Version (6.0-29). 0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert. installed node version is v24.16.0 installing on trixie installed node version = v24.16.0 [0mNo npm engines section specified in package.json, using default=V10.9.4 ...[0m [96mCheck current Node installation ...[0m [0mNode currently installed. Checking version number. [0mMinimum Node version: [1mv22.21.1[0m [0mInstalled Node version: [1mv24.16.0[0m [92mNo Node.js upgrade necessary.[0m [96mCheck current NPM installation ...[0m [0mNPM currently installed. Checking version number. [0mMinimum npm version: [1mV10.9.4[0m [0mInstalled npm version: [1mV11.13.0[0m [92mNo npm upgrade necessary.[0m [96mCloning MagicMirror ...[0m [92mCloning MagicMirror Done![0m [96mInstalling dependencies ...[0m > magicmirror@2.36.0 postinstall > git clean -df fonts vendor modules/default > magicmirror@2.36.0 prepare > [ -f node_modules/.bin/husky ] && husky || echo no husky installed. no husky installed. added 381 packages in 1m 85 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details [92mDependencies installation Done![0m added 507 packages in 18s 243 packages are looking for funding run `npm fund` for details setting up initial config.js [96mCheck plymouth installation ...[0m [96mSplashscreen: Checking themes directory.[0m [96mSplashscreen: Create theme directory if not exists.[0m [92mSplashscreen: Changed theme to MagicMirror successfully.[0m don't know how to disable screen saver on labwc compositor install and setup pm2 get the pm2 platform specific startup command startup command = sudo env PATH=$PATH:/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/bin /home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u julian --hp /home/julian [32m[PM2] [39mInit System found: [1msystemd[22m [1mPlatform[22m systemd [1mTemplate[22m [Unit] Description=PM2 process manager Documentation=https://pm2.keymetrics.io/ After=network.target [Service] Type=forking User=julian LimitNOFILE=infinity LimitNPROC=infinity LimitCORE=infinity Environment=PATH=/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin Environment=PM2_HOME=/home/julian/.pm2 PIDFile=/home/julian/.pm2/pm2.pid Restart=on-failure ExecStart=/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 resurrect ExecReload=/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 reload all ExecStop=/home/julian/.nvm/versions/node/v24.16.0/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 kill [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target [1mTarget path[22m /etc/systemd/system/pm2-julian.service [1mCommand list[22m [ 'systemctl enable pm2-julian' ] [32m[PM2] [39mWriting init configuration in /etc/systemd/system/pm2-julian.service [32m[PM2] [39mMaking script booting at startup... [32m[PM2] [39m[-] Executing: [1msystemctl enable pm2-julian[22m... [32m[PM2] [39m[1m[v] Command successfully executed.[22m [1m[34m+---------------------------------------+[39m[22m [1m[34m[32m[PM2] [34mFreeze a process list on reboot via:[39m[22m [1m$ pm2 save[22m [1m[34m[32m[PM2] [34mRemove init script via:[39m[22m [1m$ pm2 unstartup systemd[22m pm2 startup command done configure the pm2 config file for MagicMirror rename pm2 process in pm2_MagicMirror.json the user is not pi change pm2_MagicMirror.json now using this config file pm2_MagicMirror_new.json start MagicMirror via pm2 now save MagicMirror pm2 config now stop MagicMirror via pm2 now [92mWe're ready! Run [1m[97mpm2 start MM[0m[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory to start your MagicMirror.[0m -
@DerHerrB thanks. Did you install node 24 in advance?
There is a problem w node 24
So do
pm2 stop all cd ~/MagicMirror rm -rf node_modules rm package-lock.json sudo npm install -g n sudo n 22.22.1 hash -r node -vIf that produces 22.22.1 ,
then donpm run install-mmAnd because you selected pm2
installers/mm.shMagicMirror should launch now
Please advise results to here
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@DerHerrB I see the first scripted run had a problem w a docker update.
Sounds like you did some other things before MagicMirror
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I have a clean RaspianOS and just tried to install MAgicMirror, but first manually and then i tried to fix something . Then i startet over by deleting MM
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@sdetweil
this works fine in the first step
but when done, i still have node v24.16.0 and it says electron failed to install correctly -
I did another start with a clean system and now it works
thank you very much for your help
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D DerHerrB has marked this topic as solved
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@DerHerrB awesome!! Don’t know why node 24 causes so much trouble.
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Don’t know why node 24 causes so much trouble.
There is an issue with the newest versions of node v24 and v26. Here is our related issue: https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror/issues/4150
@karsten13 implemented a workaround in the develop branch, so our next release will be working with these new node versions. It’s a frustrating situation for new users, but it was caused externally.
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@KristjanESPERANTO thanks for the great info
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