Total n00b and can't get this thing to work. Please help!

yawns · Feb 23, 2017, 8:37 AM

Your node is still old. Did you run

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

or

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

? Without sudo (root rights) apt-get will not install anything and just throw out errors.

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 8:46 AM

@yawns I ran it with sudo

Here’s the result of sudo apt-get upgrade after I ran sudo apt-get update:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libc-ares2 libv8-3.14.5
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  chromium-browser libgl1-mesa-dri pprompt rpi-chromium-mods sonic-pi
  xserver-xorg-input-all
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.

Then, if I do:

git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install && npm start

as suggested above, I’m met with:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install && npm start
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/electron
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express-ipfilter
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/feedme
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/helmet
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/moment
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/valid-url
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/walk
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/rrule
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-eslint
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-jsonlint
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-markdownlint
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-stylelint
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-yamllint
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/stylelint-config-standard
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/time-grunt
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/express
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/feedme
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/electron
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/express-ipfilter
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/helmet
npm ERR! Error: No compatible version found: electron@'^1.4.7'
npm ERR! Valid install targets:
npm ERR! ["0.1.0","0.1.1","0.1.2","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","0.4.0","0.4.1","1.3.1","1.3.2","1.3.3","1.3.4","1.3.5","1.3.6","1.4.0","1.4.1","1.3.7","1.4.2","1.4.3","1.4.4","1.3.8","1.4.5","1.4.6","1.4.7","1.3.9","1.3.10","1.4.8","1.3.12","1.4.10","1.3.13","1.4.11","1.4.12","1.4.13","1.4.14","1.4.15","1.5.0","1.5.1","1.6.0","1.6.1"]
npm ERR!     at installTargetsError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:563:10)
npm ERR!     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cache.js:478:10
npm ERR!     at saved (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/get.js:138:7)
npm ERR!     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:218:7
npm ERR!     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     

npm ERR! System Linux 4.4.34-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.16
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.69
npm WARN package.json feedme@0.3.3 No README.md file found!
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/moment
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/iconv-lite
npm WARN package.json express-ipfilter@0.2.3 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json moment@2.17.1 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json iconv-lite@0.4.15 No README.md file found!
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/request
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-git
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/valid-url
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/walk
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/rrule
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-eslint
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-jsonlint
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-markdownlint
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-stylelint
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/grunt-yamllint
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/stylelint-config-standard
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/time-grunt
npm WARN package.json rrule@2.1.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json walk@2.3.9 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json grunt-eslint@19.0.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json grunt@1.0.1 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json grunt-jsonlint@1.1.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json grunt-stylelint@0.7.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json stylelint-config-standard@16.0.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json grunt-yamllint@0.2.0 No README.md file found!
npm WARN package.json time-grunt@1.4.0 No README.md file found!
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

yawns · Feb 23, 2017, 9:47 AM

Very weird indeed. Did you install Jessie or Jessie Lite?
If I run the version commands, I get this on my pi:

npm -v: 3.10.8
node -v: 6.9.1
nodejs -v: 6.9.1

Please try this:

sudo apt-get remove nodered -y
sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy -y
sudo apt-get remove npm -y
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
node -v
npm -v

and then try to run the npm install && npm start again in your MagicMirror folder

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 9:55 AM

@yawns

Ok, I ran all of that. Once I ran the node -v and npm -v commands I was met with:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v0.8.16
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
1.1.69

So I’m assuming I’m still on super old versions. Any idea why that’s happening? Because if I run npm install && npm start, I’m getting the same errors I was getting before.

Also - Jessie, not Jessie lite.

yawns · Feb 23, 2017, 10:05 AM

But you did not receive any error message during removal and installation?

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 10:10 AM

@yawns Nope, no errors there.

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 11:35 AM

Anyone else got any ideas? Really want to get this thing going. I bought the Pi yesterday specifically for this :(

broberg · Feb 23, 2017, 11:37 AM

@EttVenter I would suggest a total reformatting of the SD card, get the Jessie lite image and put that on your sd card.

Then follow these instructions : https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 12:19 PM

@broberg

I’ll give that a shot!

EttVenter · Feb 23, 2017, 2:20 PM

@broberg

Ok, so that all went well until I got to:

Get and install MagicMirror with the Automatic Installer:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash cd ~/MagicMirror

At which point, I get “No such file or directory”.

That feels like a small error that I should be able to figure out, but I just can’t seem to get past that point :/