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    Electron failed to install properly

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    • cowboysdudeC Offline
      cowboysdude Module Developer
      last edited by

      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

        Yeah I am

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        • MichMichM Offline
          MichMich Admin
          last edited by

          Which version of Raspbian are you using?

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            cianoo45
            last edited by

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

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            • MichMichM Offline
              MichMich Admin
              last edited by

              Jessie or Jessie Lite?

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                cianoo45
                last edited by

                Full version of Jessie, not Jessie light

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                  cianoo45
                  last edited by

                  When i type “node --version” it says i have V4.0.0 installed which is very outdated, could this be why?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

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                    When i type “node --version” it says i have V4.0.0 installed which is very outdated, could this be why?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

                      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
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                        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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