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

mumblebaj

@CheapDad Here is a great tutorial to set up PM2 on Windows.
https://blog.cloudboost.io/nodejs-pm2-startup-on-windows-db0906328d75

Bobrae

When following your instructions on both Windows 7 and 10 machines, I get the following error message:

magicmirror@2.20.0 start C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
‘DISPLAY’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

The error log gives the following:
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@6.14.4
3 info using node@v13.14.0
4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.20.0
6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: magicmirror@2.20.0
7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror\node_modules.bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\local\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\php;C:\Program Files\Calibre2;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\core_perl
9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: CWD: C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Args: [
10 silly lifecycle ‘/d /s /c’,
10 silly lifecycle ‘DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js’
10 silly lifecycle ]
11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1026:16)
13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.20.0
15 verbose cwd C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
16 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601
17 verbose argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “start”
18 verbose node v13.14.0
19 verbose npm v6.14.4
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.20.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

sdetweil

@Bobrae see
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/225?_=1659891805957

Cliff365

@Mykle1 First off, thanks so much for a great guide. I’m having what is likely a simple issue, but I can’t figure out how to resolve it. I am getting the following error message with the npm start command. Not concerned about the warnings, but how do resolve the DISPLAY issue?

$ npm start
npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.

> magicmirror@2.20.0 start
> DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

'DISPLAY' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

cliff@BNC-LAB01 MINGW64 ~/MagicMirror (master)
$

sdetweil

@Cliff365 see the end of the post I just linked to in the prior post

also, do not run under mingw… just cmd.exe

Cliff365

@Mykle1 Thanks for your help on the DISPLAY issue. I changed the line in packages.json file to:

“start”: “node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”,

I get the following error message back:

> magicmirror@2.20.0 start
> node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js

'node_modules' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

sdetweil

@Cliff365 you didn’t follow all of the last line of
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/225?_=1660158299123

ps, I’m not @Mykle1

Cliff365

@sdetweil Oops! Thanks sdetweil

dude31222

Hey! @sdetweil i’ve spend more than 10 hours whit this because i didn’t read the entire thread. I’ve finally installed mm2 on a 32bit laptop whit w7 and node v16.6 but when i run npm start i just got a black screen. any ideas on how to find a solution? my cmd here:

[08.01.2023 06:58.14.001] [LOG]   Starting MagicMirror: v2.22.0
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.151] [LOG]   Loading config ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.201] [LOG]   Loading module helpers ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.231] [LOG]   No helper found for module: alert.
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.361] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.371] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.14.395] [LOG]   No helper found for module: clock.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.473] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.477] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.497] [LOG]   No helper found for module: compliments.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.497] [LOG]   No helper found for module: weather.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.839] [LOG]   Initializing new module helper ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.839] [LOG]   Module helper loaded: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.849] [LOG]   No helper found for module: facts.
[08.01.2023 06:58.17.849] [LOG]   All module helpers loaded.
[08.01.2023 06:58.19.559] [LOG]   Starting server on port 8080 ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.23.451] [LOG]   Launching application.
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.838] [LOG]   Server started ...
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Starting module helper: updatenotification
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.848] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: calendar
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Connecting socket for: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Starting node helper for: newsfeed
[08.01.2023 06:58.29.858] [LOG]   Sockets connected & modules started ...
[3460:0108/070022.937:ERROR:gpu_init.cc(523)] Passthrough is not supported, GL i
s disabled, ANGLE is

sdetweil

@dude31222 never tried win7 myself… this topic was created a while ago…

you can TRY setting an environment variable in the cmd.exe window before executing npm start

cd MagicMirror
set ELECTRON_DISABLE_GPU=1
npm start