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    Installing on a Pi Zero

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    • qu1queQ Offline
      qu1que Project Sponsor
      last edited by

      I’ve found the same problem on last MM update:

      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10188/can-t-upgrade-mm-2-7-0-on-raspberry-pi-zero-w/2

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        johnnyt1111 @sdetweil
        last edited by

        @sdetweil Thanks for the reply, I’m surprised the 2.0.18 even exists for armv6 as the electron issues states they don’t support it and is not listed in the releases page. but as long as it works I’m ok with that, thanks!

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          johnnyt1111 @qu1que
          last edited by

          @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
            last edited by

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

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              sdetweil @liamangelus
              last edited by

              @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

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                liamangelus
                last edited by

                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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                • qu1queQ Offline
                  qu1que Project Sponsor @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil

                  That works for me. Thanks!

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                  • qu1queQ Offline
                    qu1que Project Sponsor
                    last edited by

                    Again the same problem when updating to 2.8.0 version

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                      sdetweil @qu1que
                      last edited by

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

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        johnnyt1111
                        last edited by

                        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
                          last edited by

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

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                          • qu1queQ Offline
                            qu1que Project Sponsor @InfiProj
                            last edited by

                            @InfiProj

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

                            I’ll try on next update

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                              InfiProj @qu1que
                              last edited by InfiProj

                              @qu1que
                              Yes, I just update installation command by --arch argument, and MM installs w/o errors.

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                                sdetweil @InfiProj
                                last edited by

                                @InfiProj is there a command u could use to tell this is a zero, So I could update the installer?

                                Thanks

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                  InfiProj @sdetweil
                                  last edited by

                                  @sdetweil
                                  In Linux we can ask OS about architecture. “arch” - this command returns CPU architecture. For rpi zero - armv6l, for rpi 3b - armv7l. Maybe that helps you.

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                                    sdetweil @InfiProj
                                    last edited by

                                    @InfiProj it does. Thx

                                    Not near computer, maybe uname provides info too

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

                                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                      InfiProj
                                      last edited by InfiProj

                                      @sdetweil
                                      “uname -m” - does the same as “arch”,
                                      “uname -p” and “uname -i” says unknown.

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                                        kingfisher
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks for the PDF guide/instructions, after a week of tinkering and googling this was the only method I got to work with my Zero (Wish I started with this guide!)

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                                          sdetweil @InfiProj
                                          last edited by

                                          @InfiProj thanks… I’ve updated my new test installer to use that info

                                          https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer?page=1

                                          my intent is to submit this new installer to replace the project version…

                                          Sam

                                          How to add modules

                                          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                            nigel-daniels
                                            last edited by

                                            I just attempted to install 2.11.0 on a Pi0 W, I got the following error running npm install:

                                            npm install
                                            npm ERR! Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            
                                            npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                                            npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-12T20_08_37_082Z-debug.log
                                            

                                            The log contains:

                                            0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                                            1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'install' ]
                                            2 info using npm@6.14.4
                                            3 info using node@v10.20.0
                                            4 verbose npm-session ed148b8dcfcaa591
                                            5 silly install runPreinstallTopLevelLifecycles
                                            6 silly preinstall magicmirror@2.11.0
                                            7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~preinstall: magicmirror@2.11.0
                                            8 silly install loadCurrentTree
                                            9 silly install readLocalPackageData
                                            10 timing stage:loadCurrentTree Completed in 897ms
                                            11 silly install loadIdealTree
                                            12 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree
                                            13 timing stage:loadIdealTree:cloneCurrentTree Completed in 10ms
                                            14 silly install loadShrinkwrap
                                            15 timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadShrinkwrap Completed in 42390ms
                                            16 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree
                                            17 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt@latest Cannot read property 'resol
                                            ve' of undefined
                                            18 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-eslint@latest Cannot read property
                                             'resolve' of undefined
                                            19 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-jsonlint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            20 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-markdownlint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            21 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-stylelint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            22 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-yamllint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            23 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for stylelint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            24 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for stylelint-config-standard@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            25 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for time-grunt@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            26 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for feedme@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            27 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for iconv-lite@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            28 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for moment@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            29 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for valid-url@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            30 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for feedme@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            31 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for iconv-lite@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            32 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for moment@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            33 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for valid-url@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            34 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 6ms
                                            35 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 47409ms
                                            36 silly saveTree magicmirror@2.11.0
                                            36 silly saveTree ├─┬ chai-as-promised@7.1.1
                                            36 silly saveTree │ └── check-error@1.0.2
                                            
                                            ...
                                            
                                            36 silly saveTree     │ └── querystring@0.2.0
                                            36 silly saveTree     ├── wdio-dot-reporter@0.0.10
                                            36 silly saveTree     └── wgxpath@1.0.0
                                            37 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            37 verbose stack     at regFetch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/n
                                            pm-registry-fetch/index.js:88:23)
                                            37 verbose stack     at fetchPackument (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mod
                                            ules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/packument.js:42:10)
                                            37 verbose stack     at packument (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/
                                            pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/packument.js:20:10)
                                            37 verbose stack     at getManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_module
                                            s/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/manifest.js:22:10)
                                            37 verbose stack     at manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/p
                                            acote/lib/fetchers/registry/manifest.js:13:10)
                                            37 verbose stack     at Object.manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mo
                                            dules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/index.js:17:12)
                                            37 verbose stack     at Object.Fetcher#manifest [as manifest] (/usr/local/lib/no
                                            de_modules/npm/node_modules/genfun/lib/genfun.js:15:38)
                                            37 verbose stack     at manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/p
                                            acote/lib/fetch.js:23:18)
                                            37 verbose stack     at pinflight (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/manifest.js:24:12)
                                            37 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promiseinflight/inflight.js:29:24
                                            37 verbose stack     at Promise._execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/debuggability.js:313:9)
                                            37 verbose stack     at Promise._resolveFromExecutor (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:488:18)
                                            37 verbose stack     at new Promise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:79:10)
                                            37 verbose stack     at _inflight (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-inflight/inflight.js:28:25)
                                            37 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-inflight/inflight.js:22:14
                                            37 verbose stack     at tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
                                            38 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
                                            39 verbose Linux 4.9.35+
                                            40 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
                                            41 verbose node v10.20.0
                                            42 verbose npm  v6.14.4
                                            43 error Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
                                            44 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
                                            

                                            Any idea where resolve should be set and what is missing?

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