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    R3 - Jessie - Electron failed to install

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    • G Offline
      gotmojoandiknowit
      last edited by

      When running the curl, first errors are:

      Cloning MagicMirror ...
      Cloning into 'MagicMirror'...
      remote: Counting objects: 6447, done.
      remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
      remote: Total 6447 (delta 4), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 6433
      Receiving objects: 100% (6447/6447), 10.82 MiB | 404.00 KiB/s, done.
      Resolving deltas: 100% (3515/3515), done.
      Checking connectivity... done.
      Cloning MagicMirror Done!
      Installing dependencies ...
      npm WARN prefer global coffee-script@1.10.0 should be installed with -g
      npm WARN prefer global jsonlint@1.6.2 should be installed with -g
      npm WARN prefer global colorguard@1.2.0 should be installed with -g
      
      > electron@1.6.2 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
      > node install.js
      Unable to install dependencies!
      

      Then I ran npm start to see what would happen:

      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm start
      
      > magicmirror@2.1.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
      > electron js/electron.js
      
      /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9
        throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/' + path.basename(__dirname) + ' and try installing again')
        ^
      
      Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
          at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/index.js:9:9)
          at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
          at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
          at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
          at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
          at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
          at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
          at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
          at Object. (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)
          at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
      
      npm ERR! Linux 4.9.13-v7+
      npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
      npm ERR! node v6.10.0
      npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
      npm ERR! magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
      npm ERR! Exit status 1
      npm ERR! 
      npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
      npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
      npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
      npm ERR! not with npm itself.
      npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
      npm ERR!     electron js/electron.js
      npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
      npm ERR!     npm bugs magicmirror
      npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
      npm ERR!     npm owner ls magicmirror
      npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
      
      npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
      npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
      

      So, I can delete node_modules, but how would I go about reinstalling?

      Below is the npm debug file

      0 info it worked if it ends with ok
      1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
      2 info using npm@3.10.10
      3 info using node@v6.10.0
      4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
      5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.0
      6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
      7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: magicmirror@2.1.0
      8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
      9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
      10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
      11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Args: [ '-c', 'electron js/electron.js' ]
      12 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
      13 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.0~start: Failed to exec start script
      14 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
      14 verbose stack Exit status 1
      14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:255:16)
      14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
      14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
      14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
      14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
      14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
      14 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
      14 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
      15 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.0
      16 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
      17 error Linux 4.9.13-v7+
      18 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
      19 error node v6.10.0
      20 error npm  v3.10.10
      21 error code ELIFECYCLE
      22 error magicmirror@2.1.0 start: `electron js/electron.js`
      22 error Exit status 1
      23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
      23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
      23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
      23 error not with npm itself.
      23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
      23 error     electron js/electron.js
      23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
      23 error     npm bugs magicmirror
      23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
      23 error     npm owner ls magicmirror
      23 error There is likely additional logging output above.
      24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
      
      
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      • D Offline
        dillenburg
        last edited by

        Same here, brand new Jessie lite 17-03-02 Release, installation failed

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        • kylelmartinK Offline
          kylelmartin
          last edited by

          Same here, clean install on RPI3 with regular Raspbian Jessie.

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