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      johnnyt1111 @qu1que
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      @qu1que Thanks for the link! Glad I’m not the only looking into this problem, hopefully we can get electron 3 working on the pi zero. but updating the package.json electron to “^2.0.0” will install 2.0.18 and will work with latest version of magic mirror

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        liamangelus
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        can you explain in detail how to do it? I’m new and have the same problem

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          sdetweil @liamangelus
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          @liamangelus git clone the mm repo from GitHub.
          Then edit the package.json file and change the number behind electron to the string mentioned above “^2.0.0”

          Then follow the manual install steps from the readme

          Sam

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            liamangelus
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            After editing the electron version in the package.json as ^ 2.0.0, I will apply the other steps in the same way. If I encounter a problem I would like to help you again. Thanx a lot.

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              qu1que Project Sponsor @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil

              That works for me. Thanks!

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                qu1que Project Sponsor
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                Again the same problem when updating to 2.8.0 version

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                  sdetweil @qu1que
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                  @qu1que yes, sadly the electron folks have not provided updates for pi zero

                  Sam

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                    johnnyt1111
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                    looks like changing the electron version to “^2.0.0” isn;t working anymore as it tries to intsall 1.8.0 and it gets the following error. Any idea why it isn’t looking for the version in the package.json file? thanks!

                    “Error: Failed to find Electron v1.8.0 for linux-armv6l at https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v1.8.0/chromedriver-v1.8.0-linux-armv6l.zip”

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                      InfiProj
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                      Solve it like this: “npm install --arch=armv7l”

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                        qu1que Project Sponsor @InfiProj
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                        @InfiProj

                        Did u mean that instead of simply “npm install” ?

                        I’ll try on next update

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