Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM

[yawns]

Of course. You can also run it on a Windows machine or a Mac. It won’t run “out of the box” as it does on raspbian, but it works

[pepemujica]

@yawns Great! And is there any step by step guide for noobs like me?

[Mykle1]

@pepemujica said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

Great! And is there any step by step guide for noobs like me?

Follow the Manual Installation instructions on this page: About half way down the page:
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror

It worked for me. I installed uBuntu on a laptop and then installed MagicMirror using those directions.

[pepemujica]

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

Any idea why?

[Mykle1]

@pepemujica said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

Any idea why?

This is just a guess but I think I remember hearing that MagicMirror has to be installed in your Home directory. I see that you installed it in /home/christain/.
You can try the process again (if you want to) but install MagicMirror as soon as you open a new terminal. Don’t change directories.

I hope this helps

[pepemujica]

@Mykle1 still having the same problem :(

[Mykle1]

@pepemujica

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

[amanzimdwini]

@pepemujica
run sudo npm install in MagicMirror

[rtlucht78]

@Mykle1 Did you get this to work on your device running Ubuntu 16.04? I am trying this on an old tablet running Ubuntu Mate 16.04.

[Mykle1]

@rtlucht78

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

[Hriereb]

@pepemujica said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

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?

[AxLed]

@Hriereb
Did you install “npm” and “node” as this sometimes isnt installed at ubuntu by default?

AxLED

[Hriereb]

@axled yes I did but nothing changed. Do you have to make it work on a virtual machine? How to enable it on Ubuntu?

[justjim1220]

@Mykle1

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?

[NoNameRo]

@justjim1220 said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

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

Upgrade npm with

npm install -g npm@latest

[Mykle1]

@justjim1220 said in Run MM on Ubuntu 16 VM:

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

[justjim1220]

@mykle1

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

[justjim1220]

@mykle1

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’?

[AxLed]

@justjim1220
did you try to start the “Server only” mode an open a browser on Ubuntu with IP of your MM?
To start Server only do node serveronly in your MagicMirror directory.

Maybe this helps to find the problem.

AxLED

[A Former User]

@justjim1220
try this.

sudo apt-get install libgconf-2-4