Error when trying to run MMM-AssistantMk2

A Former User

Well. I’m not sure because, someone still has this issue despite my instruction in github. But I tested and got success today. So I hope this working for you.

Reason

grpc(which is an essential program to use Google Assistant SDK) installed by npm install in the shell is not compatible with electron of MagicMirror on runtime. Because electron has its own JS engine and it is different with your global level environments. That is why rebuild of grpc for electron is needed.
Unfortunately, some last newgrpc versions might have some bug on rebuilding for specific electron. As far as I know, grpc@1.24.0 has one, and grpc@1.24.1 has also (grpc team says it was fixed, but I found another bug on 1.24.1)

Solution
In Raspbian Buster / RPI 4B+ I’ve tested.

Check your gcc version. If > = 8, downgrade it to 7.

sudo apt-get install gcc-7
gcc -v

It should say gcc version 7.3.0 (Raspbian 7.30-19) or something similar ( < = 7 )
If not done well, google it how to downgrade your gcc.

then do this; (I’ll assume you’ve already tried npm install on your previous installation step)

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-AssistantMk2
npm install grpc@1.23.4
npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild
./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild

It will take 30 minutes ~ 1 hour. Don’t power off or stop it.

If not done well… Sorry, I cannot help.
At this moment, this is one and only way to work properly.
In my RPI4B+(Raspbian) / Mac (Catalina) / Jetson Nano (Ubuntu 18.04) / Khadas Edge-V (Armbian Buster) / Asus Tinkerboard (TinkerOS), worked today.

waseemghaly

Issue solved here: https://github.com/eouia/MMM-AssistantMk2/issues/231

Chethan

@sean please help me still am getting this error i hope you will give the solution
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 255
npm ERR! @bugsounet/snowboy@2.0.5 install: bash scripts/installer.sh
npm ERR! Exit status 255
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @bugsounet/snowboy@2.0.5 install 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! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2021-02-10T11_13_15_758Z-debug.log

sdetweil

@chethan snowboy 2.5 is very old. this module (mk2) has been abandonded, and replaced by MMM-GoogleAssistant, whos author has left the forum.

Chethan

@sdetweil @sdetweil can you please tell me which one should I install or use give me a link plz and I use last time in the 2020-08-20 on that time i use raspberry pi that time it’s working now it’s not working

sdetweil

@chethan i do not have an answer

mk2 will not work
mmm-googleassistant may not work due to snowboy issues. snowboy has also been abandonded

https://github.com/Kitt-AI/snowboy/