Total novice experiencing install problems with "mm.sh"?

[djdwayneanthony]

Hi guys, I’ve just received my Pi 3 Model B and eager as hell to get stuck in on this project. I loved the site because whilst it’s very detailed it seems very simple to follow along with in order to install the Magic Mirror.
I think my problem lies in the mm.sh area?
In the file itself with text:
cd ~/MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

The “cd” is blue in colour and the “=” is green, whilst all other characters are in white. Am i correct in assuming this is a problem?

Also upon running of MagicMirror via command:
pm2 start mm.sh the mirror will boot but has message “Please create config file.”
“See README for more information”

Help?

Thanks in advance…
Newbie out of his depth!

[broberg]

You have to make a copy of the file “config.js.sample” that is in MagicMirror/config folder and rename it to “config.js”
Otherwise you have no working config file.

[iskH20]

@djdwayneanthony

I’m also a newbie and also had the same problem a few days ago. You are able to start MM using “npm start”? If so, then just drop the “DISPLAY=0”, so it would be :

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start

save it, then use the command " pm2 start mm.sh ", wait a few seconds then the status on the pm2 thingy would say , “online”.

it would then boot up to the mirror.

[nuckinfutz]

Not really sure why everyone wants to use pm2. It was a major headache for me. Noobs should not use that until they get everything else working perfectly.

[djdwayneanthony]

@nuckinfutz Not really a choice when trying to follow the install instructions word for word! haha

[Desertswing]

@djdwayneanthony
i got the same problem

[nuckinfutz]

Which problem?

[Desertswing]

@nuckinfutz
nvm fixed !