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    Building mirror without programing

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      amanzimdwini
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      Works like a charm! (except that folders constantly have the post-name _Master - which you need to remove: after installation, make sure everything “lives” in the folder C:\MagicMirror (or similar)

      Notes on how to install modules - here are MY 2 cents:
      Find the module you like; go to the GTT depository but select “Downloads as Zip”. Find the ZIP file and extract it into the MODULES subdirectory (in my example, C:\MagicMirror\modules). RENAME the folder you just created by removing the trailing _Master.
      Presto. Works great.

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        cowboysdude Module Developer @amanzimdwini
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        @amanzimdwini said in Building mirror without programing:

        Works like a charm! (except that folders constantly have the post-name _Master - which you need to remove: after installation, make sure everything “lives” in the folder C:\MagicMirror (or similar)

        Notes on how to install modules - here are MY 2 cents:
        Find the module you like; go to the GTT depository but select “Downloads as Zip”. Find the ZIP file and extract it into the MODULES subdirectory (in my example, C:\MagicMirror\modules). RENAME the folder you just created by removing the trailing _Master.
        Presto. Works great.

        Well that our just use -master in your config file ;) LOL

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          amanzimdwini @cowboysdude
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          @cowboysdude - DUH. Sorry - good point!

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            cowboysdude Module Developer @amanzimdwini
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            @amanzimdwini said in Building mirror without programing:

            @cowboysdude - DUH. Sorry - good point!

            LOL Well I just rename them but I know how you feel. I believe they do it that way because that way the user knows it’s getting the correct branch :)

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            • strawberry 3.141S Offline
              strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @cowboysdude
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              @cowboysdude this will not work, because the js file cannot be found then

              @amanzimdwini if yozu dont install the modules wuth git clone you have to redo the whole process for every update

              Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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                cowboysdude Module Developer @strawberry 3.141
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                @strawberry-3.141 said in Building mirror without programing:

                @cowboysdude this will not work, because the js file cannot be found then

                @amanzimdwini if yozu dont install the modules wuth git clone you have to redo the whole process for every update

                I am so glad we have you! :)

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                  amanzimdwini @strawberry 3.141
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                  @strawberry-3.141

                  Hmm - you SURE? I must have been lucky, since it worked for me just the way I described it (though I had to rename the extracted ZIPs by removing the -master extension: that’s why I published my results: so that others would also succeed). On my Win10, I successfully installed at least

                  Wunderground
                  MMM-forecast-io
                  Wunderlist
                  Valentine

                  (and probably a few others - would need to check).

                  Like I said, probably I was just lucky. But it worked for me.

                  [@cowboysdude said I should rename (have not tried it, though you stated that that would not work?)]

                  Thanks for reading/commenting.

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                    cowboysdude Module Developer @amanzimdwini
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                    @amanzimdwini That’s what I did too… just cut off the -master at the end when I downloaded them but now I just do:

                    ~MagicMirror/modules/

                    Then I do a 'git clone… ’

                    That’s the easiest way actually :)

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                      yawns Moderator @amanzimdwini
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                      @amanzimdwini
                      If you download and unzip modules, you don’t have a folder called .git, and without this folder you cannot run git pull to update the specific module, when the developer releases a new version.
                      Everything else of course works fine.

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                      • strawberry 3.141S Offline
                        strawberry 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @amanzimdwini
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                        @amanzimdwini it works, but I said putting -master in the config will not work, because then you have several problems

                        The only thing is without having the ability to use git you have to redo the whole process for every update, the correct installation steps are mostly in the readme of the module itself

                        Please create a github issue if you need help, so I can keep track

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