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    kribbitykrab
    last edited by 9 days ago

    Apologies if this is a duplicate topic.

    I’ve been trying to get Magic Mirror installed on my Pi Zero 2 W. I have tried to run the master install script from here: https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

    bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/raspberry.sh)”

    However this gives me the following error:
    “nodejs version required for MagicMirror is no longer available for armv61 (pi0w) devices”

    I’ve also tried the below:
    git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
    cd MagicMirror/
    npm install --only=prod --omit=dev

    However I see a series of error codes here as well:
    npm error code EBADENGINE
    npm error engine Unsupported engine
    npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.32.0
    npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.32.0
    npm error notsup Required: {“node”:“>=22.14.0”}
    npm error notsup Actual: {"NPM:“10.8.2”,“node”:“v20.18.1”}

    Currently on node v20.18.1 and npm 10.8.2.

    It seems the newer versions of MM require versions of nodejs which aren’t supported on the Zero 2 W hardware. Is there a version of the installer script that will let me point to an older version of MM?

    Any guidance would be appreciated!

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      sdetweil @kribbitykrab
      last edited by sdetweil 9 days ago 9 days ago

      @kribbitykrab Zero 2w is armv7, Zero w is armv6

      the required nodejs is not available for armv6

      send me the ~/install.log
      file

      same userid at gmail

      i believe you have the pi Zero w. not 2w
      MagicMirror manual install requires node 22.14 or higher
      you have node 20

      Sam

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        sdetweil @kribbitykrab
        last edited by sdetweil 9 days ago 9 days ago

        @kribbitykrab you can get an earlier release thru git by using the version tag

        do

        cd ~/MagicMirror 
        git fetch --tags
        git checkout v2.30.0
        npm run install-mm 
        

        you cannot upgrade from there

        Sam

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          kribbitykrab @sdetweil
          last edited by 7 days ago

          @sdetweil Thank you so much for the reply! I believe you are correct, I think this is indeed a Pi Zero W, not the 2W–thanks for getting me on the right track.

          I’ll give the v2.30.0 MM a shot, appreciate it! Will try to send the install log to you over email as well.

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            sdetweil @kribbitykrab
            last edited by sdetweil 7 days ago 7 days ago

            @kribbitykrab you can look at the log, search for armv6
            or do

            uname -a

            Sam

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              kribbitykrab @sdetweil
              last edited by 5 days ago

              @sdetweil Ok, so I got the v2.30.0 MM installed using your instructions above, thanks again.

              I also was able to get pm2 installed with a:
              sudo npm install -g pm2

              I was able to get pm2 to auto generate the ecosystem.config.js somehow. I also had to copy an index.js in from somewhere into the MagicMirror directory. I also made a copy of the sample_config.js and titled it config.js just for a dry run.

              But now when I try to do a:
              pm2 start

              I get a few warnings and errors:
              [PM2][WARN] Applications service-worker not running, starting…
              [PM2][ERROR] Error: Script not found: /home/./MagicMirror/service-worker

              I clearly need a service-worker script to start something, guessing something listed in the default config.js. When I do a pm2 list I see the v2.30.0 MM with PID 2444, which is neat I guess.

              How do I figure out what service-worker script I’m missing and how do I get it installed where I need to?

              I should mention at this point I was hoping to use this project to self-host and display a calendar on a display via MM. I’m starting to think I may need to upgrade to a beefier pi than the Zero W given the challenges so far, but want to see how far I can get first given that this is the hardware I already have on hand.

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                sdetweil @kribbitykrab
                last edited by 5 days ago

                @kribbitykrab just run the fixuppm2 script from my scripts repo

                Sam

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                  sdetweil @kribbitykrab
                  last edited by 5 days ago

                  @kribbitykrab pi 0w is a tough env now.

                  i think the next challenge is lack of the electron browser on armv6l processors

                  in my installer script when run on armv6l, i setup server mode and launch a browser over it.

                  you can run the setup_browser_over_server script to do that outside install

                  see the scripts repo readme for the browsers supported and how to inform the startup script which to use

                  Sam

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                    kribbitykrab @sdetweil
                    last edited by 4 days ago

                    @sdetweil I executed the following commands one after the other according to the readme:

                    export external_browser=midori
                    DISPLAY=:0 npm start

                    This gives me the following readout:


                    magicmirror@2.30.0 start
                    npm run start:x11

                    magic mirror@2.30.0 start:x11
                    DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                    sh: 1: ./node_modules/.bin/electron: not found


                    I had though that Midori supported electron, and I am (barely) able to get Midori to boot from the desktop environment. Advice?

                    Thanks!

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                      sdetweil @kribbitykrab
                      last edited by sdetweil 4 days ago 4 days ago

                      @kribbitykrab if you ran the setup _over_server
                      it should have changed the start script in
                      package.json to

                      "start":"./run-start.sh",
                      

                      can you confirm that

                      looks like i had a bug in the script, run it again

                      Sam

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