Complete Setup tutorial: npm command not found / unable to install dependencies

KirAsh4

After translating, this is what I see:

Reading package lists ... Done
Dependency tree.
Status information can be read ... Done
NodeJS is already the newest version.
NodeJS was defined as installed manually.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Node.js installation Done!

So somewhere, somehow, your node installation is marked as non-upgradable through apt-get. I just tried with a fresh rpi, grabbed the most recent version of Rasbian listed on the Raspberry website and everything ran just fine. I’m not sure what to tell you here …

Mr.Meeseeks

I had same problem so I ran this:

curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

Blamer

@Mr.Meeseeks said in Complete Setup tutorial: npm command not found / unable to install dependencies:

I had same problem so I ran this:

curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

Thanks a lot. But when I run this I get the message that the certificate is not yet valid and if I´d like to turn off the curl´s verification of the certificate I have to use the -k option. Any hints about that?

Mr.Meeseeks

@Blamer I guess then use http:// instead, odd I didn’t get that.

Mr.Meeseeks

Oh I know, check that your system date and time is correct.

If there is internet connection available follow the steps to set the date:

sudo raspi-config
Internationalization options
Change Time Zone
Select geographical area
Select city or region.
Reboot your pi.

Maybe:
sudo date -s “19 SEP 2016 20:37:00”

Blamer

@Mr.Meeseeks said in Complete Setup tutorial: npm command not found / unable to install dependencies:

Oh I know, check that your system date and time is correct.

If there is internet connection available follow the steps to set the date:

sudo raspi-config

Internationalization options

Change Time Zone

Select geographical area

Select city or region.

Reboot your pi.

Maybe:
sudo date -s “19 SEP 2016 20:37:00”

Excellent! For some reason I wasn´t able to set the correct time and date via raspi-config. Using sudo date -s “19 SEP 2016 20:37:00” solved the problem. After that I was able to run curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh. The install script curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh | bash went through just like a charm!
Although I still do not understand the connection between the wrong set time and date and the installation I´m very happy to run MM now. Now I have to configure the modules.
–> A WORLD OF THANKS TO YOU!!

Mr.Meeseeks

Wicked!
Ya the date time solved the https certificate issue. I also don’t know why we had to install npm manually and no one else did. Oh well, I’m sure this thread will help others👍

cowboysdude

Honestly what I would do is format the SD card put the rasp img on the SD card then open a terminal window and do the

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

then go to installing the mirror via the install script.

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Blamer

@cowboysdude

I tried that several times and it didn´t work! My Raspberry is probably some sort of unique…

cowboysdude

That’s interesting to say the least… did you try the manual install?