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  • D Offline
    DeanoAus
    last edited by May 1, 2017, 2:40 AM

    Having the exact same problem. Been searching and trying to fix for hours :/

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    • C Offline
      cowboysdude Module Developer
      last edited by May 1, 2017, 2:48 AM

      Just format and reinstall… it’s easier.

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      • D Offline
        DeanoAus
        last edited by May 1, 2017, 2:50 AM

        I removed MM entirely and did a fresh curl install. Still same problem. I could be onto something here tho, let you know in a sec.

        C 1 Reply Last reply May 1, 2017, 2:51 AM Reply Quote 0
        • C Offline
          cowboysdude Module Developer @DeanoAus
          last edited by May 1, 2017, 2:51 AM

          @DeanoAus try the manual install. It seems to run smoother.

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            DeanoAus
            last edited by yawns May 1, 2017, 7:34 AM May 1, 2017, 2:58 AM

            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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            • C Offline
              cowboysdude Module Developer
              last edited by yawns May 1, 2017, 7:35 AM May 1, 2017, 3:00 AM

              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.

              D 1 Reply Last reply May 1, 2017, 3:08 AM Reply Quote 0
              • D Offline
                DeanoAus @cowboysdude
                last edited by May 1, 2017, 3:08 AM

                @cowboysdude said in Electron NPM Error:

                npm install && npm start

                Ok, trying now.

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                  DeanoAus
                  last edited by May 1, 2017, 3:25 AM

                  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
                  
                  C 1 Reply Last reply May 1, 2017, 3:27 AM Reply Quote 1
                  • C Offline
                    cowboysdude Module Developer @DeanoAus
                    last edited by cowboysdude May 1, 2017, 3:29 AM May 1, 2017, 3:27 AM

                    @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 May 1, 2017, 3:50 AM

                      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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