A number of them rlly...

[Mahieedaboss]

SO,
I am a relatively new programmer. I am on a mac mini. I am doing a manual installation. My first problem was with the Magic Mirror section. So far I have
Download the stable version of Node.js: https://nodejs.org/en/

Clone the latest MagicMirror code from: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror

Navigate inside the MagicMirror folder

cd MagicMirror
Install MagicMirror dependencies

sudo npm install

On the youtube walkthrough, the next step is npm start and when he does it, some text starts up on electron. For me, I start up Electron but all I see is my cursor and a black background. The command says verify it starts so have I done something wrong or not??

Secondly, I do the following:
Verify it starts

npm start
Navigate out of the MagicMirror folder

cd …
Clone this repository (AI Smart Mirror)

git clone git@github.com:HackerHouseYT/AI-Smart-Mirror.git
Copy the folders in AI-Smart-Mirror/magic_mirror to MagicMirror/modules

Copy the config.js file in AI-Smart-Mirror/magic_mirror to MagicMirror/config

AI
Make sure Ruby is installed: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/

Install Homebrew: http://brew.sh/

Navigate to the AI-Smart-Mirror folder

cd AI-Smart-Mirror
Install ffmpeg

brew install ffmpeg

I have been successful up to here but then the next instruction is:
Use setup.sh to create a virtual environment and install dependencies

sudo ./setup.sh

When I enter this, the following text appears
Password:
./setup.sh: line 3: pip: command not found
./setup.sh: line 4: virtualenv: command not found
./setup.sh: line 5: ./hhsmartmirror/bin/activate: No such file or directory
./setup.sh: line 6: pip: command not found
./setup.sh: line 7: pip: command not found

What do I do?

[sdetweil]

@Mahieedaboss for MagicMirror use my script…
see instructions here
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

it works on mac too

throw away the current magic mirror folder first…

the other stuff, can’t help looks likes it old

[Mahieedaboss]

What do you mean by throw away

I am a real beginner

[sdetweil]

@Mahieedaboss

looks like pip is not installed…
and virtual env

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39964635/error-virtualenv-command-not-found-but-install-location-is-in-pythonpath

google is your friend

[sdetweil]

@Mahieedaboss said in A number of them rlly...:

What do you mean by throw away

if you don’t know the command line commands

how would u erase/delete/throw away a file or folder on a mac?

use the finder to locate the folder and drop it in the trashcan

[Mahieedaboss]

Pip??
Virtual env??

GOOGLE??? (jk)
but seriously, pip, virtual env, was this in the installation document??

[sdetweil]

@Mahieedaboss you reported

./setup.sh: line 3: pip: command not found
./setup.sh: line 4: virtualenv: command not found
./setup.sh: line 5: ./hhsmartmirror/bin/activate: No such file or directory

so, I searched on google for those strings… and came up with the link I posted

were they in the document, uh… no, because there has been some change in the last THREE YEARS since that repo was updated… my my how is THAT possible?!.. lol

the ONE skill EVERYONE needs in an opensource env, is the ability to search for resolutions of undocumented stuff…

it is assumed that everything will break shortly… cause there are no commitments to forward compatibility anymore…

[Mahieedaboss]

@sdetweil

SO

I rm -r the MagicMirror/ and AI-Smart-Mirror. I installed the installation script you said. I think it was successful because there was a new directory named Magic Mirror. The last line was this

\e[92mWe’re ready! Run \e[1m\e[97mpm2 start MagicMirror\e[0m\e[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory to start your MagicMirror.\e[0m

I have a feeling it is telling me to do something. But what!!!
Please help.

P.S What time do you stay up till because this may take some time -_- :)

[Mahieedaboss]

@sdetweil

So is this all a waste of time? This project?

[sdetweil]

@Mahieedaboss said in A number of them rlly...:

Run \e[1m\e[97mpm2 start MagicMirror\e[0m\e[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory

so, you need to open a terminal window
then change to the users ~, MagicMirror folder MagicMirror, like this cd ~/MagicMirror

once there, you will need to type the command

npm start

and then hit enter

your next post… this project a waste of time? no idea… its old… don’t know what it did, don’t know if it will still work, or can be made to work…
I know I spent some time working on the aiclient with someone else a while back (many months)
I don’t remember the outcome