i tried tu remove and reinstall MM.
Here is the new error :

VirtualBox:~/MagicMirror$ node serveronly/
module.js:328
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:326:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:277:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/monagraphic/MagicMirror/js/server.js:8:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)

Some one can help me ?

EDIT :

It works, i launch a second time “npm install”.

EDIT :

If can help, I’m using VirtualBox on MAC with UBUNTU 16.04 LTS

Did you change the name of the config file from ‘config.js.sample’ to ‘config.js’ ?

/* Magic Mirror Config Sample
 *
 * By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
 * MIT Licensed.
 *
 * For more information how you can configurate this file
 * See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration
 *
 */

var config = {
	address: "localhost", // 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, is "localhost"
	port: 8080,
	ipWhitelist: ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1"], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
	                                                       // or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.1.5"],
	                                                       // or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
	                                                       // ["127.0.0.1", "::ffff:127.0.0.1", "::1", "::ffff:192.168.3.0/28"],

	language: "en",
	timeFormat: 24,
	units: "metric",

	modules: [
		{
			module: "alert",
		},
		{
			module: "updatenotification",
			position: "top_bar"
		},
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},
		{
			module: "calendar",
			header: "US Holidays",
			position: "top_left",
			config: {
				calendars: [
					{
						symbol: "calendar-check-o ",
						url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
					}
				]
			}
		},
		{
			module: "compliments",
			position: "lower_third"
		},
		{
			module: "currentweather",
			position: "top_right",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "weatherforecast",
			position: "top_right",
			header: "Weather Forecast",
			config: {
				location: "New York",
				locationID: "5128581",  //ID from http://www.openweathermap.org/help/city_list.txt
				appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
			}
		},
		{
			module: "newsfeed",
			position: "bottom_bar",
			config: {
				feeds: [
					{
						title: "New York Times",
						url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
					}
				],
				showSourceTitle: true,
				showPublishDate: true
			}
		},
	]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== "undefined") {module.exports = config;}

I’ll try to find config.js on Git and come back to you.

Thanks.

EDIT :

I downloaded the latest config.js from : https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/blob/master/config/config.js.sample
And not works :'(

3months later, I hope it’s not too late :)

@AxLed i’m trying to use “node serveronly” but have this error :
WARNING! Could not validate config file. Please correct syntax errors. Starting with default configuration.

I followed @Mykle1 tutorial to create default config.js but this not works.

Any idea ? (My internet connection works)

Thanks.

Thanks, that worked!!!
:winking_face: :winking_face: :smiling_face: :smiling_face: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4

Maybe this helps to find the problem.

AxLED

Still getting this…

doesn’t matter if i’m in Ubuntu 16.04 OR 18.04
and it doesn’t matter if I’m in home directory OR the root directory…

is there a different way to run MM other than ‘npm start’?

so I have everything now installed in the root but still getting nowhere with getting the mirror to start up and run…:worried_face:

Got any ideas?

Why are you using sudo npm start? You shouldn’t use sudo to install MM or run MM. That can lead to problems. Also, it shouldn’t matter but for the sake of conformity I always install MM in the home directory

error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.

Upgrade npm with

npm install -g npm@latest

ok, I now have both Ubuntu versions 16.04 and 18.04 up and running…

I have Chrome, node.js, npm, & git installed…

I have MagicMirror installed…

Getting the following error with both versions…

log file…

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/node', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@3.5.2
3 info using node@v8.10.0
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~prestart: magicmirror@2.4.1
6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: magicmirror@2.4.1
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: PATH: /usr/share/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/wes/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: CWD: /home/wes/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.4.1~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.4.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
13 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:17:16)
13 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.4.1
15 verbose cwd /home/wes/MagicMirror
16 error Linux 4.15.0-29-generic
17 error argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
18 error node v8.10.0
19 error npm  v3.5.2
20 error file sh
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error errno ENOENT
23 error syscall spawn
24 error magicmirror@2.4.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
24 error spawn ENOENT
25 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.4.1 start script 'sh run-start.sh'.
25 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
25 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
25 error not with npm itself.
25 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
25 error     sh run-start.sh
25 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
25 error     npm bugs magicmirror
25 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
25 error     npm owner ls magicmirror
25 error There is likely additional logging output above.
26 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Got any ideas?

AxLED

Hi @Mykle1 Thanks for the answer.
I’ve started following the instructions, but I get the following error:

Any idea why?

I have the same kind of issue on ubuntu 18.04, did someone fix it? When someone says that it doesn’t run out of the box, what does this means?

Yes, I have one laptop running ubuntu 16.04 and a netbook running ubuntu 14.04. Both are running MM

Ok, someone will help you at some point. I don’t know if it matters but I’m running uBuntu 16.04 LTS, not as a VM