Failed at the magicmirror@2.7.1 start script.

[sdetweil]

Can u tell us the versions of node and npm?

node -v
npm -v

You did an npm install after the git clone or file unzip, right?

[vdotjay]

Hi,
Yes I did an npm install after git clone

node version - v10.16.
npm version - 6.9.0

[sdetweil]

@vdotjay does this file contain any additional info

/home/phablet/.npm/_logs/2019-06-25T21_41_02_288Z-debug.log

[sdetweil]

@vdotjay also, did u install any other modules prior to starting the mirror app?

[vdotjay]

@sdetweil
Hi, this is from the log

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/local/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘start’ ]
2 info using npm@6.9.0
3 info using node@v10.16.0
4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~prestart: magicmirror@2.7.1
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: magicmirror@2.7.1
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/phablet/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: CWD: /home/phablet/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Args: [ ‘-c’, ‘sh run-start.sh’ ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.7.1 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:301:16)
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:198:13)
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:198:13)
13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.7.1
15 verbose cwd /home/phablet/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 3.4.0-6-flo
17 verbose argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”
18 verbose node v10.16.0
19 verbose npm v6.9.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.7.1 start: sh run-start.sh
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.7.1 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[sdetweil]

ok, looking thru search results i find this process

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42308879/npm-err-code-elifecycle

114 (upvotes)
(from the MagicMirror folder)

Step 1: $ npm cache clean --force

Step 2: Delete node_modules by $ rm -rf node_modules folder or delete it manually by going into the directory and right-click > delete. 

Step 2a: Delete package-lock.json file too.

Step 3: npm install

To start again, $ npm start

[vdotjay]

@sdetweil Okay thank you i’ll try it now

[vdotjay]

Hi, I get the same error this is the log file

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ ‘/usr/local/bin/node’, ‘/usr/local/bin/npm’, ‘start’ ]
2 info using npm@6.9.0
3 info using node@v10.16.0
4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~prestart: magicmirror@2.7.1
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: magicmirror@2.7.1
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/phablet/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: CWD: /home/phablet/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Args: [ ‘-c’, ‘sh run-start.sh’ ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.7.1~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.7.1 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:301:16)
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:198:13)
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:198:13)
13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.7.1
15 verbose cwd /home/phablet/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 3.4.0-6-flo
17 verbose argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”
18 verbose node v10.16.0
19 verbose npm v6.9.0
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.7.1 start: sh run-start.sh
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.7.1 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[sdetweil]

@vdotjay ok, does sh exist? and electron?

ls ~/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist

[nischi]

sh is a command which is runing on unix systems (such as macos, linux) do you try that on a windows machine?