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Electron failed to install properly

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  • C Offline
    cowboysdude Module Developer
    last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 5:20 AM

    Are you starting your mirror over ssh?

    That would be the only reason to use DISPLAY=:0 npm start

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      cianoo45
      last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 11:32 AM

      Yeah I am

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        MichMich Admin
        last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 11:48 AM

        Which version of Raspbian are you using?

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          cianoo45
          last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 11:56 AM

          The latest one, Jesse, only downloaded it a couple days ago

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            MichMich Admin
            last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 11:59 AM

            Jessie or Jessie Lite?

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              cianoo45
              last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 12:02 PM

              Full version of Jessie, not Jessie light

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                cianoo45
                last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 2:04 PM

                When i type “node --version” it says i have V4.0.0 installed which is very outdated, could this be why?

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                  cianoo45 @cianoo45
                  last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 2:23 PM

                  @cianoo45 said in Electron failed to install properly:

                  When i type “node --version” it says i have V4.0.0 installed which is very outdated, could this be why?

                  Nevermind, updated to V7.4 and i still get the same error when running

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                    dpenney
                    last edited by dpenney Jan 21, 2017, 7:53 PM Jan 21, 2017, 7:52 PM

                    Getting the exact same thing here too - Raspberry Pi3 - any ideas?

                    16 error Linux 4.4.34-v7+
                    17 error argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “start”
                    18 error node v6.9.4
                    19 error npm v3.10.10
                    20 error file sh
                    21 error code ELIFECYCLE
                    22 error errno ENOENT
                    23 error syscall spawn
                    24 error magicmirror@2.1.0 start: electron js/electron.js
                    24 error spawn ENOENT
                    25 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.0 start script ‘electron js/electron.js’.

                    I had tried using the latest node too - I downgraded to v6.9.4 just on the off chance it was a versioning thing but as you can see no go.

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                      dpenney
                      last edited by Jan 21, 2017, 8:18 PM

                      AH HA! So turns out you need to install as root - the regular pi user doesn’t have enough permissions to install socket.io which is a dependency of electron…

                      The manual install instructions should be updated to state

                      sudo npm install
                      npm start

                      Damian

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