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      lvolkjr
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      I’m trying to install MagicMirror on my Pi 4 - Buster and when I put in npm run install-mm while I’m in the MagicMirror folder I get the following:

      evalmachine.:36
      } = primordials;
      ^

      ReferenceError: primordials is not defined
      at evalmachine.:36:5
      at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:11:8)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
      at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
      at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
      at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
      at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
      at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
      at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:3:27)
      at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)

      How do I resolve this issue? I’m new to this.

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        sdetweil @lvolkjr
        last edited by sdetweil

        @lvolkjr I expected something too

        I’d rebuild the SD card, boot, skip updates

        then use my script. this node install is such a mess, they changed the process…ugh

        Sam

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          sdetweil @lvolkjr
          last edited by

          @lvolkjr yeh, SO much fun…

          take off nodejs

          sudo apt-get remove nodejs npm -y
          

          then
          node -v
          should return commands not found ,or some old version number maybe 12…

          then run my install script…
          see https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

          it will install the correct version of nodejs and npm

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            lvolkjr @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil I ran node -v and got the following:
            bash: /usr/bin/node: No such file or directory

            Then I ran your install script and got this:
            install log being saved to /home/lowell/install.log
            Updating packages …
            [ <=> ]
            Installing helper tools …
            installing correct version of node and npm, please wait
            sudo: n: command not found
            node failed to install, exiting

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              sdetweil @lvolkjr
              last edited by

              @lvolkjr sorry

              can u do

              ls /usr/bin/node -laF

              if not present do
              hash -r

              then node -v again

              also show me output of

              uname -a
              lsb_release -a
              file /bin/bash

              Sam

              How to add modules

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                lvolkjr @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil My bad I said Buster earlier, It’s Bullseye. I went back a version because I needed VNC server to work.

                lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ ls /usr/bin/node -laF
                -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 80547788 Oct 13 07:03 /usr/bin/node*
                lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ node -v
                v18.18.2
                lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ uname -a
                Linux raspberrypi 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
                lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ lsb_release -a
                No LSB modules are available.
                Distributor ID: Raspbian
                Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
                Release: 11
                Codename: bullseye
                lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ file /bin/bash
                /bin/bash: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3, BuildID[sha1]=f12e6d40fb262ad0037b6ec43162208b76d4da71, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped

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                  sdetweil @lvolkjr
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @lvolkjr ok, try this

                  which node
                  n ls
                  

                  Sam

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                    lvolkjr @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    @sdetweil
                    lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ which node
                    /usr/bin/node
                    lowell@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ n ls
                    bash: n: command not found

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                      sdetweil @lvolkjr
                      last edited by

                      @lvolkjr ok, thx… but how did you get to node 18? it doesn’t come as default.

                      Sam

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                        lvolkjr @sdetweil
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                        @sdetweil I was looking for a solution prior to coming to this forum and following someone else’s answer to there own issue that I thought would work for me, but got me no where. they said to change to node 18 from here: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions

                        Download and import the Nodesource GPG key
                        

                        sudo apt-get update
                        sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
                        sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
                        curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg

                        Create deb repository
                        

                        NODE_MAJOR=20
                        echo “deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

                        Optional: NODE_MAJOR can be changed depending on the version you need.

                        NODE_MAJOR=16
                        NODE_MAJOR=18
                        NODE_MAJOR=20
                        NODE_MAJOR=21

                        Run Update and Install
                        

                        sudo apt-get update
                        sudo apt-get install nodejs -y

                        Did this screw me up?

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                          sdetweil @lvolkjr
                          last edited by sdetweil

                          @lvolkjr said in Error trying to run: npm run install-mm:

                          Did this screw me up?

                          maybe…

                          try this

                          sudo apt-get remove nodejs -y
                          

                          then do
                          node -v

                          Sam

                          How to add modules

                          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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