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    MagicMirror on Pi Zero W Sept 2020

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      AyeKaye
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      What is the best way to reliably run MagicMirror on a pi Zero W? I have found some articles and how-to’s but they are all outdated. Most reference using older versions of Raspbian. Thanks for any help.

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        sdetweil @AyeKaye
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        @AyeKaye use my install script

        see here
        https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

        Sam

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          AyeKaye
          last edited by AyeKaye

          @sdetweil Should I start with the current Pi OS on the SD card and then begin those scripts?

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            sdetweil @AyeKaye
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            @AyeKaye yes, from newly flashed sd card

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              sdetweil @AyeKaye
              last edited by sdetweil

              @AyeKaye there is only one script for install

              Sam

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                wishmaster270 Module Developer @sdetweil
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                @sdetweil Hi, I tried the script today to install an Mirror on an Pi Zero W. The electron installation fails. As of http://emmanuelcontreras.com/how-to/how-to-create-a-magic-mirror-2-with-pi-zero-w/ this can be fixed with “npm install - arch=armv7l”. After this fix everything seems to work now.

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                  sdetweil @wishmaster270
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @wishmaster270 the electron installation fails cause there is no good candidate for armv6l. but this is not a failure, as we moved electron to and optional dependency to stop killing the install

                  the script sets up using chromium.

                  Sam

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                    sdetweil @wishmaster270
                    last edited by

                    @wishmaster270 please send me the install.log at my same userid at gmail

                    Sam

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                      wishmaster270 Module Developer @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil Hi, you are right. My mistake. The installer uses chromium and everything works fine. Sorry

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                        sdetweil @wishmaster270
                        last edited by sdetweil

                        @wishmaster270 I used to try the forced armv7l approach, but had failures in other areas as the versions of node increased.

                        u can see the code commented out in the script.

                        I finally gave up and implemented the script to launch chromium over the server as the only reliable approach.

                        Sam

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