npm install - electron fails to install

[antnorwe]

Hello!

I’ve been trying all day to get this set up, I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled it so many times already.

I see the same issue in both the automated and manual methods.

When running npm install, the electron install fails due to a permission denied error:

> uws@0.14.5 install /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/uws
> node-gyp rebuild > build_log.txt 2>&1 || exit 0

sh: 1: cannot create build_log.txt: Permission denied

> electron-chromedriver@1.7.1 install /root/MagicMirror/node_modules/spectron/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js

/root/MagicMirror/node_modules/spectron/node_modules/electron-chromedriver/download-chromedriver.js:16
  if (error != null) throw error
                     ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/root/MagicMirror/node_modules/spectron/node_modules/electron-chromedriver/.electron'
[            ......] - install: info lifecycle electron-chromedriver@1.7.1~install: Failed to exec install script

But this is on a brand new directory created during the install process, so not sure how I can resolve that?

I’m running this using the pi user (as I saw in another thread that using the ‘root’ user can cause issues)

Thanks!

[yawns]

Your cloned MagicMirror folder resides in /root, but it should be /home/pi

User pi does not have rights to do much in root folder.

You are logged in as pi, right?

Try this please

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

[antnorwe]

Thank you! That worked a treat, and made me feel like a numpty :P

Hopefully a final issue to resolve before I’m up and running, the automated script seems to have completed all tasks successfully, but when I run npm start the start script fails, and I see this in the debug logs:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start', 'debug' ]
2 info using npm@5.7.1
3 info using node@v9.8.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~prestart: magicmirror@2.2.2
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: magicmirror@2.2.2
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/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
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh "debug"' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.2.2 start: `sh run-start.sh "debug"`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:285:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:180:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:180:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:936:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:220:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.2.2
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.9.35-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start" "debug"
18 verbose node v9.8.0
19 verbose npm  v5.7.1
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.2.2 start: `sh run-start.sh "debug"`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.2.2 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Is this a common error?

[mochman]

Are you running it through an SSH connection? If so, try running DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start &
If that works, I recommend using pm2 to automatically start your mirror. You can find the guide to get pm2 to work with here.

[antnorwe]

Hey Mochman, I get the same error whether running through SSH or on my Pi directly.

I tested with your command, and the output of the nohup.out file is:

> magicmirror@2.2.2 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh run-start.sh

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.2.2 start: `sh run-start.sh`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.2.2 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2018-03-11T13_33_02_140Z-debug.log

Thanks!

[mochman]

What’s in that logfile that was created?

[antnorwe]

Hey, this is the content of the log file:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@5.7.1
3 info using node@v9.8.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~prestart: magicmirror@2.2.2
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: magicmirror@2.2.2
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/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
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.2.2~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.2.2 start: `sh run-start.sh`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:285:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:180:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:180:13)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:936:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:220:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.2.2
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.9.35-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
18 verbose node v9.8.0
19 verbose npm  v5.7.1
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.2.2 start: `sh run-start.sh`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.2.2 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]