Trying to install Manual and Automated

OptimisticShaggy

When following the Magic Mirror manual install, I could across this issue:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@6.14.4
3 info using node@v10.21.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.11.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: magicmirror@2.11.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Args: [ '-c',
10 silly lifecycle   'DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js' ]
11 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~start: Failed to exec start script
12 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
12 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:48:18)
12 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
12 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
12 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
13 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.11.0
14 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
15 verbose Linux 4.19.118-v7+
16 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
17 verbose node v10.21.0
18 verbose npm  v6.14.4
19 error code ELIFECYCLE
20 error syscall spawn
21 error file sh
22 error errno ENOENT
23 error magicmirror@2.11.0 start: `DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js`
23 error spawn ENOENT
24 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.11.0 start script.
24 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
25 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

When following the Magic Mirror manual install by Sam, I have this log:

install starting  - Thu Jun 25 14:09:52 EDT 2020
installing on armv7l processor system
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Release: 10 Codename: buster
[96mUpdating packages ...[90m
Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease Hit:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease Hit:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x buster InRelease Reading package lists...
apt-get update  completed ok
apt-get upgrade  started
apt upgrade result =rc=0 Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  rpi-eeprom-images
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[96mInstalling helper tools ...[90m
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
build-essential is already the newest version (12.6).
curl is already the newest version (7.64.0-4+deb10u1).
git is already the newest version (1:2.20.1-2+deb10u3).
unzip is already the newest version (6.0-23+deb10u1).
wget is already the newest version (1.20.1-1.1).
wget set to manually installed.
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  rpi-eeprom-images
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[96mCheck current Node installation ...[0m
[0mNode currently installed. Checking version number.
[0mMinimum Node version: [1mv10.1.0[0m
[0mInstalled Node version: [1mv10.21.0[0m
[92mNo Node.js upgrade necessary.[0m
[96mCheck current NPM installation ...[0m
[0mNPM currently installed. Checking version number.
[0mMinimum npm version: [1mV6.0.0[0m
[0mInstalled npm version: [1mV6.14.4[0m
[92mNo npm upgrade necessary.[0m
[96mCloning MagicMirror ...[90m
[92mCloning MagicMirror Done![90m
[96mInstalling dependencies ...[90m

> electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js


> core-js@2.6.11 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/core-js
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"

[96mThank you for using core-js ([94m https://github.com/zloirock/core-js [96m) for polyfilling JavaScript standard library![0m

[96mThe project needs your help! Please consider supporting of core-js on Open Collective or Patreon: [0m
[96m>[94m https://opencollective.com/core-js [0m
[96m>[94m https://www.patreon.com/zloirock [0m

[96mAlso, the author of core-js ([94m https://github.com/zloirock [96m) is looking for a good job -)[0m

+ eslint@7.3.1
added 481 packages from 769 contributors and audited 775 packages in 63.015s

25 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 3 low severity vulnerabilities
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
[92mDependencies installation Done![90m
fixing sandbox permissions
setting up initial config.js
[96mCheck plymouth installation ...[0m
[93mplymouth is not installed.[0m
install and setup pm2
pm2 not installed, installing
pm2 install result /usr/bin/pm2 -> /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 /usr/bin/pm2-dev -> /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-dev /usr/bin/pm2-docker -> /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-docker /usr/bin/pm2-runtime -> /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-runtime npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@~2.1.2 (node_modules/pm2/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"}) + pm2@4.4.0 added 185 packages from 191 contributors in 32.831s
get the pm2 platform specific startup command
startup command = sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin /usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

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                          Runtime Edition

        PM2 is a Production Process Manager for Node.js applications
                     with a built-in Load Balancer.

                Start and Daemonize any application:
                $ pm2 start app.js

                Load Balance 4 instances of api.js:
                $ pm2 start api.js -i 4

                Monitor in production:
                $ pm2 monitor

                Make pm2 auto-boot at server restart:
                $ pm2 startup

                To go further checkout:
                http://pm2.io/


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[PM2] Init System found: systemd
Platform systemd
Template
[Unit]
Description=PM2 process manager
Documentation=https://pm2.keymetrics.io/
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=pi
LimitNOFILE=infinity
LimitNPROC=infinity
LimitCORE=infinity
Environment=PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
Environment=PM2_HOME=/home/pi/.pm2
PIDFile=/home/pi/.pm2/pm2.pid
Restart=on-failure

ExecStart=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 resurrect
ExecReload=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 reload all
ExecStop=/usr/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 kill

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Target path
/etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
Command list
[ 'systemctl enable pm2-pi' ]
[PM2] Writing init configuration in /etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
[PM2] Making script booting at startup...
[PM2] [-] Executing: systemctl enable pm2-pi...
[PM2] [v] Command successfully executed.
+---------------------------------------+
[PM2] Freeze a process list on reboot via:
$ pm2 save

[PM2] Remove init script via:
$ pm2 unstartup systemd
pm2 startup command done
configure the pm2 config file for MagicMirror
start MagicMirror via pm2 now
save MagicMirror pm2 config now
stop MagicMirror via pm2 now
[92mWe're ready! Run [1m[97mpm2 start MagicMirror[0m[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory to start your MagicMirror.[0m
install completed - Thu Jun 25 14:15:09 EDT 2020

Could someone mention what I am doing wrong?

sdetweil

@OptimisticShaggy I don’t see a problem on my automated install

so, then you can

pm2 start MagicMirror

or

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm start

log is just for history in case there are problems…

sdetweil

@OptimisticShaggy u are running the full buster, right, not the cli version… you MUST run the desktop version to support graphics, which allows electron to run

OptimisticShaggy

No… I’m running the CLI version… Gonna be annoying if that is the reason.

EDIT: With looking more into this, I was able to get it after a reinstall. After some research, I noticed that there a OS that Guysoft packaged together containing Raspbian lite in there. Is there anything we can do or any work currently to make MM work out of the box with Raspbian Lite and CLI?

sdetweil

@OptimisticShaggy it will run in server mode.
you have to have the desktop for a browser to work.