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    • L Offline
      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

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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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            qu1que Project Sponsor @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil

            That works for me. Thanks!

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              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

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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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                      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

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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

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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

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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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                                        sdetweil @nigel-daniels
                                        last edited by

                                        @nigel-daniels i do not know… please use the scripted install from here

                                        https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

                                        look at the instructions

                                        also, rename MagicMirror folder out of the way… or erase it… install thinks it is doing for the 1st time.

                                        Sam

                                        How to add modules

                                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                          nigel-daniels @sdetweil
                                          last edited by nigel-daniels

                                          @sdetweil hi, I have everything else set up and don’t really want to change thing, I had configured the PiZero some time ago. I was just reinstalling MM2. I decided I had left it so long since the last up date I just backed up my modules + config and have performed a reinstall. As far as I can tell the script is attempting a full config of the pi0?

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                                            sdetweil @nigel-daniels
                                            last edited by

                                            @nigel-daniels no, just mm

                                            Sam

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