SOLVED MM electron command not found after update

HarrisonHeroux

My MM will not start up anymore after performing the update. I updated with the git pull command in the MM folder. Then I got this error:

0|mm       | A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
0|mm       | Uncaught Exception:
0|mm       | Error: Cannot find module 'module-alias/register'
0|mm       |     at Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:602:15)
0|mm       |     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources/electron.asar/common/reset-search-paths.js:35:12)
0|mm       |     at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:528:25)
0|mm       |     at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:658:17)
0|mm       |     at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
0|mm       |     at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:15:1)
0|mm       |     at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:283:3)
0|mm       |     at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:711:30)
0|mm       |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:722:10)
0|mm       |     at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)

Searching the forum it seemed like this had to do with forgetting about including the npm install command. So that is what I did next. Both with the git pull and the second attempt with npm install I forgot to stop MM with pm2. Then I got this message about electron not beeing found:

0|mm       | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
0|mm       | npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-01-05T20_04_07_508Z-debug.log
0|mm       | ./run-start.sh: line 66: electron: command not found
0|mm       | npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
0|mm       | npm ERR! syscall spawn
0|mm       | npm ERR! file sh
0|mm       | npm ERR! errno ENOENT
0|mm       | npm ERR! magicmirror@2.10.0 start: `./run-start.sh`
0|mm       | npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
0|mm       | npm ERR! 
0|mm       | npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.10.0 start script.
0|mm       | npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
0|mm       | 
0|mm       | npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
0|mm       | npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-01-05T20_04_09_849Z-debug.log

Then I tried running the installer supplied by Sam, as sugested in several post. Running the command “bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)” apply” didn’t throw any errors but after rebooting MM was not working. pm2 logs mm gives the same electron error as before and here is the log form the upgradescript:

Upgrade started - Sun Jan  5 21:07:58 CET 2020
system is Linux magicmirror 4.19.75-v7+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:45:11 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Release: 10 Codename: buster
doing test run = true

saving custom.css
remote name = origin
upgrading from version 2.10.0 to 2.10.0
fetching latest revisions
git fetch rc=0
current branch = master
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)

	modified:   package-lock.json

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

	css/save_custom.css
	nohup.out

no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
there are 1 local files that are different than the master repo

   package-lock.json

save/restore files selection = Y
test merge result rc='' , if empty, no conflicts
skipping merge, only test run

processing dependency changes for active modules with package.json files
processing for module MMM-MyDutchWeather please wait
----------------------------------
skipped processing for MMM-MyDutchWeather, doing test run
processing complete for module MMM-MyDutchWeather
processing for module MMM-network-signal please wait
----------------------------------
skipped processing for MMM-network-signal, doing test run
processing complete for module MMM-network-signal
restoring custom.css
test run, restoring files stashed
Upgrade ended - Sun Jan  5 21:08:16 CET 2020

Upgrade started - Sun Jan  5 21:09:18 CET 2020
system is Linux magicmirror 4.19.75-v7+ #1270 SMP Tue Sep 24 18:45:11 BST 2019 armv7l GNU/Linux
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Release: 10 Codename: buster
user requested to apply changes
doing test run = false

saving custom.css
remote name = origin
local version 2.10.0 already same as master 2.10.0
restoring custom.css
Upgrade ended - Sun Jan  5 21:09:18 CET 2020

So it seems Electron is up to date, but somehow the command isn’t recognized. What can I do to solve the error?

HarrisonHeroux

@sdetweil
Just booted the MM and it is working again. Do no know why it now runs ok and yesterday not (didn’t do anything new). So I guess this topic is solved.

sdetweil

@HarrisonHeroux do an
npm install
In the MagicMirror folder

HarrisonHeroux

@sdetweil
Just booted the MM and it is working again. Do no know why it now runs ok and yesterday not (didn’t do anything new). So I guess this topic is solved.