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    Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

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      sdetweil @airart
      last edited by

      @airart well aint that useless… doesn;t say anything about electron

      lets try this

      cd MagicMirror
      npm install  electron@11.3.0  --loglevel=verbose
      

      Sam

      How to add modules

      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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        airart @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil is not working

        
        	"scripts": {
        		"start": "node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
        		"start:dev": "DISPLAY=\"${DISPLAY:=:0}\" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js dev",
        

        same errors

        C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror>npm start
        
        > magicmirror@2.15.0 start
        > node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
        
        "node_modules" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno,
         un programma eseguibile o un file batch.
        
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          sdetweil @airart
          last edited by

          @airart did u try to install electron?

          cd ~/MagicMirror
          npm install electron@11.3.0
          

          so we can see the error, if any

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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            airart @sdetweil
            last edited by

            @sdetweil yes

            C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror>npm install  electron@11.3.0  --loglevel=verbose
            npm verb cli [
            npm verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
            npm verb cli   'C:\\Users\\gizmo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
            npm verb cli   'install',
            npm verb cli   'electron@11.3.0',
            npm verb cli   '--loglevel=verbose'
            n................ecc
            
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              airart @sdetweil
              last edited by

              @sdetweil i try to restore original package.js and this show me a new log…

              0 verbose cli [
              0 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
              0 verbose cli   'C:\\Users\\gizmo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
              0 verbose cli   'start'
              0 verbose cli ]
              1 info using npm@7.14.0
              2 info using node@v14.17.0
              3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 8ms
              4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 10ms
              5 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\gizmo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\npmrc Completed in 15ms
              6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 15ms
              7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 8ms
              8 timing config:load:env Completed in 3ms
              9 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror\.npmrc Completed in 1ms
              10 timing config:load:project Completed in 4ms
              11 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\gizmo\.npmrc Completed in 1ms
              12 timing config:load:user Completed in 1ms
              13 timing config:load:file:C:\Users\gizmo\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc Completed in 1ms
              14 timing config:load:global Completed in 1ms
              15 timing config:load:validate Completed in 1ms
              16 timing config:load:credentials Completed in 5ms
              17 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 4ms
              18 timing config:load Completed in 53ms
              19 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 54ms
              20 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
              21 timing npm:load:setupLog Completed in 13ms
              22 timing npm:load:cleanupLog Completed in 14ms
              23 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
              24 timing npm:load:projectScope Completed in 2ms
              25 timing npm:load Completed in 96ms
              26 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 15ms
              27 timing command:run-script Completed in 3ms
              28 timing command:start Completed in 57ms
              29 verbose stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror\package.json'
              30 verbose cwd C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror
              31 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.18362
              32 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\gizmo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
              33 verbose node v14.17.0
              34 verbose npm  v7.14.0
              35 error code ENOENT
              36 error syscall open
              37 error path C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror/package.json
              38 error errno -4058
              39 error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\gizmo\MagicMirror\package.json'
              40 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
              41 verbose exit -4058
              
              
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                airart
                last edited by

                nothing to do, it doesn’t seem to find the electron file and folders

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                  sdetweil @airart
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @airart i don’t understand, I installed on windows 10 without trouble… but it was npm v6.

                  I just installed and used npm 7.14…

                  I had to use the full path to electron

                  here is my package.json start line

                  "start": "/Users/sdetw/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
                  

                  this is due to a change in npm… my prior instance will not start now without the full path

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                    sdetweil @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    this is because npm 7.14 is trying to launch from the MagicMirror folder instead of the module folder…

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      airart @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil can i install npm v6 ?

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                        sdetweil @airart
                        last edited by

                        @airart yes,

                        npm install -g npm@6.14.0

                        after this completes

                        cd MagicMirror
                        rd /s/q node_modules
                        npm install
                        

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                          airart @sdetweil
                          last edited by

                          @sdetweil in which folder it should be installed

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                            sdetweil @airart
                            last edited by

                            @airart -g means global

                            Sam

                            How to add modules

                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                              airart @sdetweil
                              last edited by

                              @sdetweil it works ! I am so moved, evidently that was the problem.
                              Does CMD remain active how do I leave the MM? fn + f11 reduces to window
                              I also noticed some warnings

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                                sdetweil @airart
                                last edited by

                                @airart ctrl-c in ther terminal window will stop the active program

                                ignore warnings

                                Sam

                                How to add modules

                                learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                  matefits71
                                  last edited by

                                  Thanks for the tutorial, i’m running magicmirror on a surface pro 4,

                                  The installation worked perfectly but when i tried to run npm start it throw an error “> DISPLAY=”${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js"

                                  To bypass the error i edited the package.json by removing the DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0} at the begining, tried npm start and it worked.

                                  I’m not sure for what is that display option.

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                                    sdetweil @matefits71
                                    last edited by

                                    @matefits71 on Linux, the xwindows graphical system writes to a numbered ‘display’ , and there can be multiple.

                                    windows doesn’t have that. which is why I’ve written to remove that part, and also run the manual npm install in vendors and go ta folders

                                    Sam

                                    How to add modules

                                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                      angeldchaveza
                                      last edited by

                                      $ npm start

                                      magicmirror@2.16.0 start C:\Users\Tecsis\MagicMirror
                                      DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

                                      “DISPLAY” no se reconoce como un comando interno o externo,
                                      programa o archivo por lotes ejecutable.
                                      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                                      npm ERR! errno 1
                                      npm ERR! magicmirror@2.16.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                      npm ERR! Exit status 1
                                      npm ERR!
                                      npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.16.0 start script.
                                      npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

                                      npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                                      npm ERR! C:\Users\Tecsis\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-09-02T01_57_52_304Z-debug.log

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                                        angeldchaveza @angeldchaveza
                                        last edited by

                                        @angeldchaveza .
                                        im delete display of "matefits71 " error logs view

                                        0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                                        1 verbose cli [
                                        1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe’,
                                        1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js’,
                                        1 verbose cli ‘start’
                                        1 verbose cli ]
                                        2 info using npm@6.14.14
                                        3 info using node@v14.17.5
                                        4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
                                        4 verbose stack at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:155:19)
                                        4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:63:5
                                        4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:116:5
                                        4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:436:5
                                        4 verbose stack at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:391:45)
                                        4 verbose stack at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:434:3)
                                        4 verbose stack at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:161:5)
                                        4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:382:12
                                        4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:123:16
                                        4 verbose stack at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:73:3)
                                        5 verbose cwd C:\Users\Tecsis\MagicMirror
                                        6 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
                                        7 verbose argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “start”
                                        8 verbose node v14.17.5
                                        9 verbose npm v6.14.14
                                        10 error missing script: start
                                        11 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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                                          sdetweil @angeldchaveza
                                          last edited by sdetweil

                                          @angeldchaveza u are on windows. there are extra steps for windows.

                                          https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/141?page=15

                                          Sam

                                          How to add modules

                                          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                            angeldchaveza @sdetweil
                                            last edited by

                                            @sdetweil said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

                                            u are on windows. there are extra steps for windows

                                            these were the steps i followed

                                            https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10

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