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    Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

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      dwburger @sdetweil
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      @sdetweil OK

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        sdetweil @dwburger
        last edited by sdetweil

        @dwburger said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

        I want to manage it from my desktop in my office using Git Bash ssh connection.

        also, don’t know what this means… manage… it doesn’t NEED to run MM at all… just display it.

        u could have two instances running on the base machine… 2 different ports…
        the tablet accesses port(8081) , the base another (8080)

        run the tablet instance as serveronly then no ui memory consumption on the base for that instance

        to make a second copy from the first, just copy the MM folder to MM1, and change the config for port (and address/whitelist above)

        then do npm serveronly for the tablet mm

        Sam

        How to add modules

        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          Plainbroke 0
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          All,
          You can not copy and paste though. I had to manually type it all in to make it work.
          Still in MagicMirror;
          nano package.json
          right under the other “start”: “???”
          go to the line below it and hit enter.
          Then type in the blank space you just made.
          “start”: “node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”,
          //DO NOT LEAVE OUT THE PUNCTUATION. ESPECIALLY THE COMMA AT THE END.
          //I speak from expereince on this matter.
          //Mykle1 usually has to help me find it after struggling for a couple hours.
          THEN:
          cd ~/MagicMirror/vendor
          npm install
          cd fonts
          npm install
          NOW IT will RUN
          Thank you agian Mykle1
          I am really enjoying this on my laptop,
          so much easier to do testing ect.

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            sdetweil @Plainbroke 0
            last edited by

            @Plainbroke-0 it was Sam, but anyway I cut and paste ALL the time. you need to add the code block marks around the actual steps to make them readable

            Sam

            How to add modules

            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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              blake_northrup @OldShaterhan
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              @OldShaterhan

              I just made the change, and this is what I get when trying npm start:

              $ npm start

              magicmirror@2.12.0 start C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
              run-start.sh

              ‘run-start.sh’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
              operable program or batch file.
              npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
              npm ERR! errno 1
              npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 start: run-start.sh
              npm ERR! Exit status 1
              npm ERR!
              npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 start script.
              npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

              npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
              npm ERR! C:\Users\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_11_04_725Z-debug.log

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                blake_northrup @dwburger
                last edited by

                @dwburger said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

                “node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”

                Thank you dwburger! This fixed my issue!

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                • blake_northrupB Offline
                  blake_northrup
                  last edited by

                  I guess I spoke too soon. npm starts, but I have a blank screen. Haven’t done anything to the config.js file, except make a copy of the config.js.sample, and removed the .sample. See output:

                  $ npm run config:check

                  magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
                  node js/check_config.js

                  [2020-07-07 13:50:13.582] [INFO] Checking file… C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\config\config.js
                  [2020-07-07 13:50:13.630] [LOG] Line 1 col 1 Definition for rule ‘prettier/prettier’ was not found.
                  C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66
                  throw new Error(“Wrong syntax in config file!”);
                  ^

                  Error: Wrong syntax in config file!
                  at C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66:10
                  at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:63:3)
                  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                  npm ERR! errno 1
                  npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check: node js/check_config.js
                  npm ERR! Exit status 1
                  npm ERR!
                  npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check script.
                  npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

                  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                  npm ERR! C:\Users\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_50_13_660Z-debug.log

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                    sdetweil @blake_northrup
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @blake_northrup not run-start

                    “start”:“node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”,

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      sdetweil @blake_northrup
                      last edited by sdetweil

                      @blake_northrup because u installed on windows, there are a couple extra steps

                      cd MagicMirror
                      cd vendor
                      npm install
                      cd …\fonts. 2dots
                      npm install
                      cd … 2dot

                      the npm start

                      this phone editor will not let me enter 2 dots, displays as 3

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        blake_northrup @sdetweil
                        last edited by

                        @sdetweil Thank you sdetweil. I will try thins now, and let you know.

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