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

[sdetweil]

@airart i don’t understand, I installed on windows 10 without trouble… but it was npm v6.

I just installed and used npm 7.14…

I had to use the full path to electron

here is my package.json start line

"start": "/Users/sdetw/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",

this is due to a change in npm… my prior instance will not start now without the full path

[sdetweil]

this is because npm 7.14 is trying to launch from the MagicMirror folder instead of the module folder…

[airart]

@sdetweil can i install npm v6 ?

[sdetweil]

@airart yes,

npm install -g npm@6.14.0

after this completes

cd MagicMirror
rd /s/q node_modules
npm install

[airart]

@sdetweil in which folder it should be installed

[sdetweil]

@airart -g means global

[airart]

@sdetweil it works ! I am so moved, evidently that was the problem.
Does CMD remain active how do I leave the MM? fn + f11 reduces to window
I also noticed some warnings

[sdetweil]

@airart ctrl-c in ther terminal window will stop the active program

ignore warnings

[matefits71]

Thanks for the tutorial, i’m running magicmirror on a surface pro 4,

The installation worked perfectly but when i tried to run npm start it throw an error “> DISPLAY=”${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js"

To bypass the error i edited the package.json by removing the DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0} at the begining, tried npm start and it worked.

I’m not sure for what is that display option.

[sdetweil]

@matefits71 on Linux, the xwindows graphical system writes to a numbered ‘display’ , and there can be multiple.

windows doesn’t have that. which is why I’ve written to remove that part, and also run the manual npm install in vendors and go ta folders

[angeldchaveza]

$ npm start

magicmirror@2.16.0 start C:\Users\Tecsis\MagicMirror
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

“DISPLAY” no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.16.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.16.0 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\Tecsis\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-09-02T01_57_52_304Z-debug.log

[angeldchaveza]

@angeldchaveza .
im delete display of "matefits71 " error logs view

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [
1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe’,
1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js’,
1 verbose cli ‘start’
1 verbose cli ]
2 info using npm@6.14.14
3 info using node@v14.17.5
4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
4 verbose stack at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:155:19)
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:63:5
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:116:5
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:436:5
4 verbose stack at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:391:45)
4 verbose stack at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:434:3)
4 verbose stack at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:161:5)
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:382:12
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:123:16
4 verbose stack at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:73:3)
5 verbose cwd C:\Users\Tecsis\MagicMirror
6 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
7 verbose argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “start”
8 verbose node v14.17.5
9 verbose npm v6.14.14
10 error missing script: start
11 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[sdetweil]

@angeldchaveza u are on windows. there are extra steps for windows.

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/141?page=15

[angeldchaveza]

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

u are on windows. there are extra steps for windows

these were the steps i followed

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10

[sdetweil]

@angeldchaveza yes, but they changed.

my link has the updated steps

[angeldchaveza]

"Installing fonts …
"MagicMirror installation finished successfully!

magicmirror@2.16.0 prepare C:\Users\Tecsis\magicmirror
[ -f node_modules/.bin/husky ] && husky install || echo no husky installed.

husky - Git hooks installed
npm WARN tsutils@3.21.0 requires a peer of typescript@>=2.8.0 || >= 3.2.0-dev || >= 3.3.0-dev || >= 3.4.0-dev || >= 3.5.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-beta || >= 3.7.0-dev || >= 3.7.0-beta but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN magicmirror@2.16.0 scripts[‘server’] should probably be scripts[‘start’].
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.3.2 (node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.3.2: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“win32”,“arch”:“x64”})

audited 923 packages in 21.766s

110 packages are looking for funding
run npm fund for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

Tecsis@DESKTOP-FGU3JGC MINGW64 ~/magicmirror (master)
$ npm start
npm ERR! missing script: start

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Tecsis\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-09-02T02_53_44_514Z-debug.log

Tecsis@DESKTOP-FGU3JGC MINGW64 ~/magicmirror (master)
$

[sdetweil]

@angeldchaveza do NOT install under
MINGW64

just straight windows

[KillK]

Hi, newby here… I have reinstaled MM in my win 10 laptop… It was working well until the reinstallation…
I am having an issue, i will try to translate it, cuz my cmd is in spanish…

magicmirror@2.17.1 start
node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

“node_modules” doesn’t recognize it as an internal or external command,
program or file by executable lot.

At the same time i have notice, that “.bin” folder doesn’t contain “electron js” folder inside…

I have had to install manually npm for fonts ans vendor’s folders…

Please, help me Obi Wan Kenobi…

[mumblebaj]

@killk You have asked the same question in different posts a few times. This can be seen as spamming,

[KillK]

@mumblebaj oh sorry, i have to delete the other one… I didn’t know it.