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    Electron NPM Error

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    • D Offline
      DeanoAus
      last edited by yawns

      I just tried

      npm install npm@latest -g
npm install -g grunt
npm install -g electron

      and when installing electron I get

      pi@Pi:~ $ sudo npm install -g electron
/usr/bin/electron -> /usr/lib/node_modules/electron/cli.js

> electron@1.6.6 postinstall /usr/lib/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

/usr/lib/node_modules/electron/install.js:47
  throw err
  ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/usr/lib/node_modules/electron/dist/resources'
    at Error (native)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.6.6 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-05-01T02_57_00_518Z-debug.log
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      • cowboysdudeC Offline
        cowboysdude Module Developer
        last edited by yawns

        Delete MM and re-download it.

        Install manually.

        Manual Installation

        • Download and install the latest Node.js version.
        • Clone the repository and check out the master branch: git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
        • Enter the repository: cd ~/MagicMirror
        • Install and run the app: npm install && npm start
        • Important: npm start does not work via SSH, use DISPLAY=:0 nohup npm start & instead. This starts the mirror on the remote display.

        Note: if you want to debug on Raspberry Pi you can use npm start dev which will start the MagicMirror app with Dev Tools enabled.

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        • D Offline
          DeanoAus @cowboysdude
          last edited by

          @cowboysdude said in Electron NPM Error:

          npm install && npm start

          Ok, trying now.

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          • D Offline
            DeanoAus
            last edited by

            sigh Failed.

            pi@Pi:~ $ sudo apt-get install nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nodejs is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libc-ares2 libv8-3.14.5
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
pi@Pi:~ $ git clone https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror
Cloning into 'MagicMirror'...
remote: Counting objects: 7394, done.
remote: Total 7394 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 7394
Receiving objects: 100% (7394/7394), 11.00 MiB | 492.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4086/4086), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
pi@Pi:~ $ cd MagicMirror/
pi@Pi:~/MagicMirror $ sudo npm install && npm start
npm WARN prefer global coffee-script@1.10.0 should be installed with -g
npm WARN prefer global jsonlint@1.6.2 should be installed with -g

> electron-chromedriver@1.6.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js


> electron@1.6.6 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
> node install.js

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/install.js:47
  throw err
  ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/dist/resources'
    at Error (native)

            npm WARN grunt-stylelint@0.8.0 requires a peer of stylelint@^7.8.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN stylelint-config-standard@16.0.0 requires a peer of stylelint@^7.8.0 but none was installed.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.6.6 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-05-01T03_24_28_075Z-debug.log
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            • cowboysdudeC Offline
              cowboysdude Module Developer @DeanoAus
              last edited by cowboysdude

              @DeanoAus said in Electron NPM Error:

              /root/.npm/_logs/2017-05-01T03_24_28_075Z-debug.log

              Open this file
              /root/.npm/_logs/2017-05-01T03_24_28_075Z-debug.log

              See what it’s telling you…

              I really do have to go to bed … have to get up early but don’t give up…

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              • D Offline
                DeanoAus
                last edited by 

                73493 silly postinstall electron@1.6.6
73494 info lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: electron@1.6.6
73495 verbose lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: unsafe-perm in lifecycle false
73496 verbose lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron/node_modules/.bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modul$
73497 verbose lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73498 silly lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: Args: [ '-c', 'node install.js' ]
73499 silly lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
73500 info lifecycle electron@1.6.6~postinstall: Failed to exec postinstall script
73501 verbose unlock done using /root/.npm/_locks/staging-f4a655787a5bf4d3.lock for /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.staging
73502 silly rollbackFailedOptional Starting
73503 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73504 verbose gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73505 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73506 verbose gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73507 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73508 verbose gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73509 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73510 verbose gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73511 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73512 verbose gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
73513 silly gentlyRm /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron is being purged from base /home/pi/MagicMirror
73527 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73528 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73529 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73530 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73531 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73532 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73533 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73534 silly vacuum-fs quitting because other entries in /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules
73535 silly rollbackFailedOptional Finishing
73536 silly runTopLevelLifecycles Finishing
73537 silly install printInstalled
73538 warn grunt-stylelint@0.8.0 requires a peer of stylelint@^7.8.0 but none was installed.
73539 warn stylelint-config-standard@16.0.0 requires a peer of stylelint@^7.8.0 but none was installed.
73540 verbose stack Error: electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
73540 verbose stack Exit status 1
73540 verbose stack     at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:279:16)
73540 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
73540 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
73540 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
73540 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
73540 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
73540 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:886:16)
73540 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
73541 verbose pkgid electron@1.6.6
73542 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
73543 verbose Linux 4.9.24-v7+
73544 verbose argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
73545 verbose node v6.10.2
73546 verbose npm  v4.5.0
73547 error code ELIFECYCLE
73548 error errno 1
73549 error electron@1.6.6 postinstall: `node install.js`
73549 error Exit status 1
73550 error Failed at the electron@1.6.6 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
73550 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
73550 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron package,
73550 error not with npm itself.
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                • M Offline
                  mitchscobell
                  last edited by

                  I am having the same problem. Wiped the pi and reflashed the image from scratch. Spent a few hours myself tonight trying various things to fix it without getting anywhere. Same exact errors as pasted above.

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                  • W Offline
                    WinterRain
                    last edited by

                    I’m getting the same problem. Started from scratch a few times but no luck. Finally managed to have it installed to the point where I could run using node serveronly then running on a browser. Also had to use ~/MagicMirror/vendor npm install as this seem to have been skipped in the auto installation when it hit the electron error.

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                    • D Offline
                      DeanoAus
                      last edited by

                      Is there any way we can get a dev to look at this?

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                      • D Offline
                        DeanoAus
                        last edited by

                        I installed npm in Vendors. Now my error log is significantly less, but still dies.

                        0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using npm@4.5.0
3 info using node@v6.10.2
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~prestart: magicmirror@2.1.1
6 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: magicmirror@2.1.1
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin$
10 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: Args: [ '-c', 'sh run-start.sh' ]
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.1.1~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.1.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
13 verbose stack spawn ENOENT
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:33:16)
13 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:886:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.1.1
15 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
16 verbose Linux 4.9.24-v7+
17 verbose argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
18 verbose node v6.10.2
19 verbose npm  v4.5.0
20 error file sh
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error errno ENOENT
23 error syscall spawn
24 error magicmirror@2.1.1 start: `sh run-start.sh`
24 error spawn ENOENT
25 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.1.1 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 ]
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