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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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Building mirror without programing

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    cowboysdude Module Developer @strawberry 3.141
    last edited by Feb 9, 2017, 10:49 PM

    @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
      last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 2:48 AM

      @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
        last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 3:22 AM

        @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
          last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 5:01 AM

          @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 3.141 Project Sponsor Module Developer @amanzimdwini
            last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 10:44 AM

            @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
              last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 3:49 PM

              @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
                last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 4:38 PM

                @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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                  cowboysdude Module Developer @amanzimdwini
                  last edited by Feb 10, 2017, 7:12 PM

                  @amanzimdwini Nawwwwwwwwwww you’re okay not to worry…

                  I’m a ‘windows’ guy and not a linux guy but once you do it a few times… it just becomes second nature… :) PLUS windows is a pretty mindless thing… it’s easy because they’ve done all the work for you… what fun is that? LOL

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                    Omeliel
                    last edited by Apr 10, 2020, 11:02 PM

                    HI. It doesnt work. I got nothiing but a black screen. Can you advice ? Thans

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