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

Uwe Kretsen

@sdetweil Dear Sam, thank you for the help - it start to work. I am really grateful fro support.
Now I will spend some days or weeks :-) to find out how to add /remove extra modules. hope to do my MagicMirror project to the end.
once again thank you
and stay healthy
BR Uwe

sdetweil

@Uwe-Kretsen see the links in my signature , they will help you

bhumin

@Mykle1 said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git

following error arrives when start

magicmirror@2.13.0 start C:\Users\bhumi\MagicMirror
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

‘DISPLAY’ 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@2.13.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.13.0 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\bhumi\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-12-16T05_04_47_316Z-debug.log

bhumin

@sdetweil thanks man

Humez

Thank you for your tutorial! I’m a absolute beginner. I followed the steps above but when I try to start magicmirror I get the below message:
magicmirror@2.14.0 start C:\Users\1234\magicmirror

DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

‘DISPLAY’ 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@2.14.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.14.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

sdetweil

@humez read and follow the steps here

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/141?_=1612997713585

u have not edited package.json as required

kithaam

Hi Please help install Magic Mirror on my PC please assist with below

http://localhost:8080 is just a black screen No date and Time on

!

sdetweil

@kithaam yes, some missing steps.

do

cd MagicMirror
cd vendor
npm install
cd ..
cd fonts
npm install
cd ..

restart mm

kithaam

@sdetweil Thank you its working

kithaam

@sdetweil Hi where do i go and change the Time and date? im new to this

goEasy

@sdetweil hello, i have done as you mentioned, but i have this trouble. please Help

cd MagicMirror
cd vendor
npm install

1 package is looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

$ npm fund
magicmirror-vendors
`-- https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert
  `-- picomatch@2.2.2

sdetweil

@goeasy no trouble… warnings… ignore

goEasy

@sdetweil you are a legend… btw all i had to do was

exit

then start mm again :grinning_face_with_sweat:

goEasy

@mykle1 Please Help, i am running into this ERROR…

Cowplain@DESKTOP-4IAPDRU MINGW64 ~
$ cd magicmirror

Cowplain@DESKTOP-4IAPDRU MINGW64 ~/magicmirror (master)
$ npm start

> magicmirror@2.14.0 start
> ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

sdetweil

@goeasy do NOT install under MINGW64, just straight under windows

goEasy

@sdetweil Hey, thank you for the reply…

i am new to this MM and coding, at one point everything was working then i cant remember what happened.

i think is something to do with the Electron settings…

Opening with CMD

C:\Users\Cowplain\MagicMirror>npm start

> magicmirror@2.14.0 start
> ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Cowplain\MagicMirror>

Opening with Git Bash

Cowplain@DESKTOP-4IAPDRU MINGW64 ~/magicmirror (master)
$ npm start
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Please help

sdetweil

@goeasy on windows, its support to say

node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

take off the ./

windows doesn’t use that

goEasy

@sdetweil how would i remove

./

? i looked in the MM folder and such thing doesn’t exist

sdetweil

@goeasy edit package.json and change the start line

kithaam

Please assist with this error