Error on starting MM2: module not present

MWel1977

I’m trying to run this module “MMM-Swipe”. After setting up the 2 ultrasonic sensors and setting the GPIO pins in the config.js file I had to run the MM2 via “sudo npm start”. But instead of running the MM2 freezes/lock-up. Nothing works anymore.
Turns out I get an error on the Swipe-module. It needs a module MMM.usonic to run. But it can’t be found. It’s not installed. And I can’t find it in the module list either.
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Does anybody know how to solve this?

sdetweil

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.npmjs.com/package/mmm-usonic&ved=2ahUKEwjE5q2ru-vfAhVutlkKHS95A7wQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3KdlihTh4Gc7h1LZHW2oFM

MWel1977

hmmmmm…should have done this soner…
just googled for “mmm-usonic” and turns out its not a MagicMirror module but a npm module (https://www.npmjs.com/package/mmm-usonic)
I can install it via: “npm install mmm-usonic --save”
but in what folder must I install it?
Or wil it be installed in the correct folder anyway?

MWel1977

@sdetweil Hahahahaha…euh…hehehe…found that just after I put my question up here.:nerd_face: :nerd_face:

sdetweil

@mwel1977 if u are in the mm folder, it will be there unless u use -g (global)

Probably should be for the module trying to use the sensors

MWel1977

@sdetweil I installed the mmm-usonic from the home/pi/ folder and I can see the mmm-usonic folder under /home/pi/node_modules.
And according to the error notification on starting the MM2 it is in the correct folder but it has something to do with it being compiled against a different Node.js version.
the module usonic.node was compiledagainst a different Node.js version using NODE_MODULE_VERSION 59. This version of Node.js requires NODE_MODULE_VERSION 57. Please try re-compiling or re-installing the module (for instance, using ‘npm rebuild’ or ‘npm install’).

I did both rebuild and install but the problem isn’t solved.
Also I don’t know how to rebuild the module… don’t know what module they want me to rebuild as a matter of fact… the usonic module or the Swipe module? and in what folder in the terminal should I be in while rebuilding?
Must it be a specific folder or just any folder?

MWel1977

Found something at: link text but got no idea what all that means.
I do think I need to delete the node_modules folder and rebuild the module.
But hope someone can help me with it by explaining what npm is.
and how the MagicMirror fits in it.
My guess would be that it is the overall driver and the the MM2 is working with this driver. but I’m not sure.

sdetweil

@mwel1977 npm is the Node Package Manager. It makes sure all the env is right (read package.json), then launches node to execute the startup script.

You can code different actions, and then tell npm to execute that action.

foobar: some command

Then npm foobar will execute that command

MWel1977

@sdetweil is npm then the compiler?
If so how can I recompile the mmm-usonic module so it works with my current Node.js version?
Is there somewere documentation on how this npm works and how all the modules are tide in it?

sdetweil

npm --help should give you the options…

from MM,

npm rebuild MMM-usonic

MWel1977

@sdetweil And do I have to be in a specific folder for this command (in the npm home folder or the mmm-usonic for instance)?
Or can I just type it in the terminal from the start (/Home/Pi/)?
That is what I still don’t quite get. What command must be used in what (folder) location.
But I’ll try that command tonight at home.
(I have my 3B+ with me here at work (that has the “working” MM2 on it. At home I have the Pi 3A+ attached to the 7" touchscreen and has the “test enviroment” of my MM2 on it. So when something works on the 3A+ (and I know how to do it right) I can do it first time right on the 3B+.:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: )

sdetweil

@mwel1977 well, you can be in many different places…

npm install (no other parms) will install the module in the current folder, so this could be MagicMirror (for all using modules), OR it could be in the MMM-Swipe folder only (then only available for MMM-Swipe)

or you can add -g parm, and regardless of the current folder, it is added to the system wide node_modules, so it is available for any/all applications that want/need to use it.

MWel1977

@sdetweil may I ask you were you think that mmm-usonic module should be install in order for it to work with the mmm-swipe module?
Reading what your telling me I’m starting to think it should be installed in the MMM-Swipe folder. However the error notification shows that it found the mmm-usonic module only it’s compiled with a wrong version.

I’ll try you suggestion “npm rebuild MMM-usonic” tonight and from the folder “/Home/Pi/” and see what happens (If I understand you correctly I can also use just “npm rebuild” when I’m in the folder “/Home/Pi/node_modules/mmm-usonic/”).

And I think I’ll start reading this after I’ve done that: https://docs.npmjs.com/ :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Hope I’ll know more about npm afterwards.

sdetweil

where was it installed (check the MM/node-modules folder and the MM/modules/MMM-Swipe/node-modules folder…

rebuild where found…

MWel1977

@sdetweil
Oh…crap! :flushed_face: I have a node_modules folder under Home/Pi
not under Home/Pi/MagicMirror.
Think I’ll format my micro SD card and start over. This time when I install something for the MM I’ll do it from the directory Home/Pi/MagicMirror.
Don’t think I can just “move” the content of the Home/Pi/node_modules to the MagicMirror folder can I? :weary_face:

sdetweil

@mwel1977 just erase the one in /home/pi (rm -rf node_modules) and then start from the MM folder,

then erase node_modules, then do npm install, then switch to MMM-Swipe and do npm install,
then npm rebuild MMM-usonic

no need to wipe and start over…

MWel1977

@sdetweil If I understand you right:
#1 remove node_modules in “Home/Pi” and in “Home/Pi/MagicMirror” with command “rm -rf node_modules”
#2 re-install npm in the folder “Home/Pi/MagicMirror” and in “Home/Pi/MagicMirror/MMM-Swipe”
#3 then re-install the module mmm-usonic in the folder “Home/Pi/MagicMirror/MMM-Swipe”
#4 then rebuild the usonic module with “npm rebuild mmm-usonic”

I have doubt on where to install step 3. Should it go in the folder from the MagicMirror or from de module MMM-Swipe? Because I delete the module mmm-usonic with step 1. And I don’t know if this will be installed on re-installing the module MMM-Swipe.

But I’ll check that first thing tonight (if there is a module mmm-usonic being installed with MMM-Swipe). I think it should be installed with it as a dependency from MMM-Swipe.

sdetweil

@mwel1977 step 3, in the modules/MMM-Swipe folder,

npm install MMM-usonic

Then same folder,

npm rebuild MMM-usonic

MWel1977

@sdetweil
Did it tonight. couldn’t make it yesterday.
So…did as we sad like above…yet it didn’t work.
This time something with electron. Here’s the terminal “output”:

pi@Mirror:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe $ npm install
npm WARN deprecated math-statistics@1.2.0: THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED by clebert
npm WARN deprecated expressive-assertion@1.5.1: THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED by clebert
npm WARN deprecated typesystem@5.0.0: THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED by clebert

> mmm-gpio@3.0.2 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-gpio
> node-gyp configure build

make: Map '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-gpio/build' wordt binnengegaan
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpio/src/gpio.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpio/src/node_gpio.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/gpio.node
  COPY Release/gpio.node
make: Map '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-gpio/build' wordt verlaten

> mmm-usonic@2.5.3 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-usonic
> node-gyp configure build

make: Map '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-usonic/build' wordt binnengegaan
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/usonic/src/clock.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/usonic/../mmm-gpio/src/gpio.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/usonic/src/node_usonic.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/usonic.node
  COPY Release/usonic.node
make: Map '/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/mmm-usonic/build' wordt verlaten

> MMM-Swipe@1.1.1 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe
> electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron-prebuilt


An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
Unable to find electron-prebuilt's version number, either install it or specify an explicit version

Error: Unable to find electron-prebuilt's version number, either install it or specify an explicit version
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:80:19)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:8:71
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at __awaiter (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:4:12)
    at /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:69:8
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe/node_modules/electron-rebuild/lib/src/cli.js:145:4)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:654:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:665:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:566:32)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 255
npm ERR! MMM-Swipe@1.1.1 postinstall: `electron-rebuild -e ../../node_modules/electron-prebuilt`
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the MMM-Swipe@1.1.1 postinstall 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/2019-01-15T19_01_22_044Z-debug.log
pi@Mirror:~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Swipe $

Can’t I just remove the MMM-Swipe module and reinstall it?

MWel1977

@sdetweil
Or can I better start clean and remove npm completely sudo npm uninstall npm -g and then reinstall?
I mean repearing all this could take longer than just simply uninstall and reinstall npm, MM2 and the few modules I have on this sd card. I just need the config.js file the store on a usb drive for when I’m done.

Or you think repearing that electron issue is a quick fix?:smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: