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    Building mirror without programing

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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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              • cowboysdudeC Offline
                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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                      amanzimdwini @yawns
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                      @yawns
                      Upvote.

                      Sorry that I seem to have kicked a hornet’s nest – I was just reading that people had had problems, and found a way that worked for me. But yes, updating etc is not going to work. And yes, GIT pulls are best…

                      BUT for real Noobs (been there, done that), GIT might be a bit “weird”, while ZIP is recognized.

                      Bottom line:
                      This all works - use @yo-less instructions, then either go the ZIP route (where you have to remove the -master) OR the GIT route (nice & easy).

                      Thanks everyone for finding all the problems. Let’s leave this with the conclusion that THIS AWESOME MAGIC MIRROR works on Win-boxes too!

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                        yawns Moderator @amanzimdwini
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                        @amanzimdwini
                        You are right, git seems a bit irritating and uncomfortable at first and of course downloading and unzipping works at the moment. Neither strawberry nor I wanted to bash on you!
                        We just wanted to point out the downside of the zip approach :)

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