Total n00b and can't get this thing to work. Please help!

yawns

Very weird indeed. Did you install Jessie or Jessie Lite?
If I run the version commands, I get this on my pi:

npm -v: 3.10.8
node -v: 6.9.1
nodejs -v: 6.9.1

Please try this:

sudo apt-get remove nodered -y
sudo apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy -y
sudo apt-get remove npm -y
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
node -v
npm -v

and then try to run the npm install && npm start again in your MagicMirror folder

EttVenter

@yawns

Ok, I ran all of that. Once I ran the node -v and npm -v commands I was met with:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v0.8.16
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
1.1.69

So I’m assuming I’m still on super old versions. Any idea why that’s happening? Because if I run npm install && npm start, I’m getting the same errors I was getting before.

Also - Jessie, not Jessie lite.

yawns

But you did not receive any error message during removal and installation?

EttVenter

@yawns Nope, no errors there.

EttVenter

Anyone else got any ideas? Really want to get this thing going. I bought the Pi yesterday specifically for this :(

broberg

@EttVenter I would suggest a total reformatting of the SD card, get the Jessie lite image and put that on your sd card.

Then follow these instructions : https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Jessie-Lite-Installation-Guide

EttVenter

@broberg

I’ll give that a shot!

EttVenter

@broberg

Ok, so that all went well until I got to:

Get and install MagicMirror with the Automatic Installer:

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash cd ~/MagicMirror

At which point, I get “No such file or directory”.

That feels like a small error that I should be able to figure out, but I just can’t seem to get past that point :/

broberg

@EttVenter and if you run curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh
Without the bash cd command?

EttVenter

@broberg Then i get this:

# This is an installer script for MagicMirror2. It works well enough
# that it can detect if you have Node installed, run a binary script
# and then download and run MagicMirror2.

echo -e "\e[0m"
echo '$$\      $$\                     $$\           $$\      $$\ $$\                                          $$$$$$\'
echo '$$$\    $$$ |                    \__|          $$$\    $$$ |\__|                                        $$  __$$\'
echo '$$$$\  $$$$ | $$$$$$\   $$$$$$\  $$\  $$$$$$$\ $$$$\  $$$$ |$$\  $$$$$$\   $$$$$$\   $$$$$$\   $$$$$$\  \__/  $$ |'
echo '$$\$$\$$ $$ | \____$$\ $$  __$$\ $$ |$$  _____|$$\$$\$$ $$ |$$ |$$  __$$\ $$  __$$\ $$  __$$\ $$  __$$\  $$$$$$  |'
echo '$$ \$$$  $$ | $$$$$$$ |$$ /  $$ |$$ |$$ /      $$ \$$$  $$ |$$ |$$ |  \__|$$ |  \__|$$ /  $$ |$$ |  \__|$$  ____/'
echo '$$ |\$  /$$ |$$  __$$ |$$ |  $$ |$$ |$$ |      $$ |\$  /$$ |$$ |$$ |      $$ |      $$ |  $$ |$$ |      $$ |'
echo '$$ | \_/ $$ |\$$$$$$$ |\$$$$$$$ |$$ |\$$$$$$$\ $$ | \_/ $$ |$$ |$$ |      $$ |      \$$$$$$  |$$ |      $$$$$$$$\'
echo '\__|     \__| \_______| \____$$ |\__| \_______|\__|     \__|\__|\__|      \__|       \______/ \__|      \________|'
echo '                       $$\   $$ |'
echo '                       \$$$$$$  |'
echo '                        \______/'
echo -e "\e[0m"

# Define the tested version of Node.js.
NODE_TESTED="v5.1.0"

#Determine which Pi is running.
ARM=$(uname -m) 

#Check the Raspberry Pi version.
if [ "$ARM" != "armv7l" ]; then
	echo -e "\e[91mSorry, your Raspberry Pi is not supported."
	echo -e "\e[91mPlease run MagicMirror on a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3."
	echo -e "\e[91mIf this is a Pi Zero, you are in the same boat as the original Raspberry Pi. You must run in server only mode."
	exit;
fi

#define helper methods.
function version_gt() { test "$(echo "$@" | tr " " "\n" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$1"; }
function command_exists () { type "$1" &> /dev/null ;}

# Installing helper tools
echo -e "\e[96mInstalling helper tools ...\e[90m"
sudo apt-get install curl wget git build-essential unzip || exit

# Check if we need to install or upgrade Node.js.
echo -e "\e[96mCheck current Node installation ...\e[0m"
NODE_INSTALL=false
if command_exists node; then
	echo -e "\e[0mNode currently installed. Checking version number.";
	NODE_CURRENT=$(node -v)
	echo -e "\e[0mMinimum Node version: \e[1m$NODE_TESTED\e[0m"
	echo -e "\e[0mInstalled Node version: \e[1m$NODE_CURRENT\e[0m"
	if version_gt $NODE_TESTED $NODE_CURRENT; then
		echo -e "\e[96mNode should be upgraded.\e[0m"
		NODE_INSTALL=true

		#Check if a node process is currenlty running.
		#If so abort installation.
		if pgrep "node" > /dev/null; then
			echo -e "\e[91mA Node process is currently running. Can't upgrade."
			echo "Please quit all Node processes and restart the installer."
			exit;
		fi

	else
		echo -e "\e[92mNo Node.js upgrade nessecery.\e[0m"
	fi

else
	echo -e "\e[93mNode.js is not installed.\e[0m";
	NODE_INSTALL=true
fi

# Install or upgrade node if necessary.
if $NODE_INSTALL; then
	
	echo -e "\e[96mInstalling Node.js ...\e[90m"

	#Fetch the latest version of Node.js from the selected branch
	#The NODE_STABLE_BRANCH variable will need to be manually adjusted when a new branch is released. (e.g. 7.x)
	#Only tested (stable) versions are recommended as newer versions could break MagicMirror.
	
	NODE_STABLE_BRANCH="6.x"
	curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$NODE_STABLE_BRANCH | sudo -E bash -
	sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
	echo -e "\e[92mNode.js installation Done!\e[0m"
fi

#Install magic mirror
cd ~
if [ -d "$HOME/MagicMirror" ] ; then
	echo -e "\e[93mIt seems like MagicMirror is already installed."
	echo -e "To prevent overwriting, the installer will be aborted."
	echo -e "Please rename the \e[1m~/MagicMirror\e[0m\e[93m folder and try again.\e[0m"
	echo ""
	echo -e "If you want to upgrade your installation run \e[1m\e[97mgit pull\e[0m from the ~/MagicMirror directory."
	echo ""
	exit;
fi

echo -e "\e[96mCloning MagicMirror ...\e[90m"
if git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror.git; then 
	echo -e "\e[92mCloning MagicMirror Done!\e[0m"
else
	echo -e "\e[91mUnable to clone MagicMirror."
	exit;
fi

cd ~/MagicMirror  || exit
echo -e "\e[96mInstalling dependencies ...\e[90m"
if npm install; then 
	echo -e "\e[92mDependencies installation Done!\e[0m"
else
	echo -e "\e[91mUnable to install dependencies!"
	exit;
fi

# Check if plymouth is installed (default with PIXEL desktop environment), then install custom splashscreen.
echo -e "\e[96mCheck plymouth installation ...\e[0m"
if command_exists plymouth; then
	THEME_DIR="/usr/share/plymouth/themes"
	echo -e "\e[90mSplashscreen: Checking themes directory.\e[0m"
	if [ -d $THEME_DIR ]; then
		echo -e "\e[90mSplashscreen: Create theme directory if not exists.\e[0m"
		if [ ! -d $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror ]; then
			sudo mkdir $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror
		fi

		if sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/splash.png $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/splash.png && sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/MagicMirror.plymouth $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/MagicMirror.plymouth && sudo cp ~/MagicMirror/splashscreen/MagicMirror.script $THEME_DIR/MagicMirror/MagicMirror.script; then
			echo -e "\e[90mSplashscreen: Theme copied successfully.\e[0m"
			if sudo plymouth-set-default-theme -R MagicMirror; then
				echo -e "\e[92mSplashscreen: Changed theme to MagicMirror successfully.\e[0m"
			else
				echo -e "\e[91mSplashscreen: Couldn't change theme to MagicMirror!\e[0m"
			fi
		else
			echo -e "\e[91mSplashscreen: Copying theme failed!\e[0m"
		fi
	else
		echo -e "\e[91mSplashscreen: Themes folder doesn't exist!\e[0m"
	fi
else
	echo -e "\e[93mplymouth is not installed.\e[0m";
fi

echo " "
echo -e "\e[92mWe're ready! Run \e[1m\e[97mDISPLAY=:0 npm start\e[0m\e[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory to start your MagicMirror.\e[0m"
echo " "
echo " "

Literally no idea what happened there. But, if I navigate to the magicmirror folder now and do an “npm install”, I get:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install
npm WARN engine deep-extend@0.4.1: wanted: {"node":">=0.12.0","iojs":">=1.0.0"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
/
> electron@1.4.15 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

sh: 1: node: not found
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read
/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian
 
npm ERR! electron@1.4.15 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 127
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.4.15 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the electron package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node install.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 4.4.38-v7+
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.29
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.21
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0