Cannot find module 'module-alias/register'

NoRoots

Hey Guys!

I want to run MagicMirror headless on a Raspberry Pi 4, running Raspian Lite, and show the actual Content on a spare iPad.

I followed the Setup tutorial but now i´m stuck with this message:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm run server

> magicmirror@2.19.0 server
> node ./serveronly

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:936
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'module-alias/register'
Require stack:
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js
- /home/pi/MagicMirror/serveronly/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js:9:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/home/pi/MagicMirror/js/app.js',
    '/home/pi/MagicMirror/serveronly/index.js'
  ]
}

The Config file is pretty vanilla, these are the changes i made to access MM from a Browser.

let config = {
        address: "0.0.0.0",     // Address to listen on, can be:
                                                        // - "localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1" to listen on loopback interface
                                                        // - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
                                                        // - "0.0.0.0", "::" to listen on any interface
                                                        // Default, when address config is left out or empty, is "localhost"
        port: 8081,
        basePath: "/",  // The URL path where MagicMirror² is hosted. If you are using a Reverse proxy
                                        // you must set the sub path here. basePath must end with a /
        ipWhitelist: [],

What am i missing here? There are some threads regarding this error, but all of them are about an incomplete update, missing the “npm install” part. since this is a fresh setup and i did the install part, i can rule that one out.

Thanks for your Help!
BR

NoRoots

@sdetweil
yes, i did the npm install after git clone.
I tried both versions:

npm install --only=prod --omit=dev //as seen in the tutorial
npm install // as seen in the forum

damnit…
i just did npm install again, and now it works.
Thanks!

The iPad is an Gen. 8 with the latest iOS. it works just fine!

sdetweil

@NoRoots did u do the npm install ? after git clone?

probably can’t use older ipad.

it doesn’t support the latest JavaScript idioms the mm code uses. es6…

NoRoots

@sdetweil
yes, i did the npm install after git clone.
I tried both versions:

npm install --only=prod --omit=dev //as seen in the tutorial
npm install // as seen in the forum

damnit…
i just did npm install again, and now it works.
Thanks!

The iPad is an Gen. 8 with the latest iOS. it works just fine!