Unable to install dependencies, NPM install not working

[Jopyth]

@KirAsh4 Can we find out, which version is compatible, and set that? I am experiencing a similar error after chaging to the development branch, but maybe it is unrelated to this specific problem. But I do not know which version of electron I had previously.

[KirAsh4]

Look in your ~pi/.electron folder. There should be old(er) versions downloaded there. Mine lists two:

pi@magicmirror:~/.electron $ ls -al
total 67944
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi     4096 May 24 23:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x 24 pi pi     4096 Oct 10 02:09 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 34490964 May  2 20:52 electron-v0.37.8-linux-arm.zip
-rw-r--r--  1 pi pi 35072121 May 24 23:54 electron-v1.1.2-linux-arm.zip

As of right now, my mirror is running v1.1.2 - I haven’t updated in about a week. How you go about (re)installing that one however … I’ll leave that as an exercise for the user. :) Mainly because right now I don’t have the time to figure it out. One possible place to start is also looking in the .npm folder for the older stuff:

pi@magicmirror:~ $ ls -l .npm/electron-prebuilt
.npm/electron-prebuilt:
total 32
drwxr-xr-x   4 pi pi  4096 May 24 23:50 ./
drwxr-xr-x 509 pi pi 20480 Jul  1 02:40 ../
drwxr-xr-x   3 pi pi  4096 May  2 20:50 0.37.8/
drwxr-xr-x   3 pi pi  4096 May 24 23:50 1.1.2/

[cowboysdude]

After I get back from my 5 day vacation :)

[KirAsh4]

@cowboysdude, I don’t know who gave you permission to take a vacation, but they need to be fired. First thing you will need to do when you return.

[joey12725]

I re-installed magic mirror and got this above the unable to install dependencies error

npm WARN deprecated electron-prebuilt@1.4.3: electron-prebuilt has been renamed to electron. For more details, see http://electron.atom.io/blog/2016/08/16/npm-install-electron
npm ERR! Linux 4.1.19-v7+
npm ERR! argv “/usr/local/bin/node” “/usr/local/bin/npm” “install”
npm ERR! node v4.0.0
npm ERR! npm v3.10.8
npm ERR! file /home/pi/.npm/extract-zip/1.5.0/package/package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! No data, empty input at 1:1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! File: /home/pi/.npm/extract-zip/1.5.0/package/package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log
Unable to install dependencies!

[joey12725]

Could that be related to the npm install issue?

[jamlid]

It looks like I’m having the same problem. Trying to manually install on a Pi 1…

33914 error electron-prebuilt@1.4.3 postinstall: node install.js
33914 error Exit status 1
33915 error Failed at the electron-prebuilt@1.4.3 postinstall script.
33915 error This is most likely a problem with the electron-prebuilt package,
33915 error not with npm itself.
33915 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
33915 error node install.js
33915 error You can get their info via:
33915 error npm owner ls electron-prebuilt
33915 error There is likely additional logging output above.
33916 error System Linux 4.4.21+
33917 error command “/usr/bin/nodejs” “/usr/bin/npm” “install”
33918 error cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
33919 error node -v v0.10.29
33920 error npm -v 1.4.21
33921 error code ELIFECYCLE

[joey12725]

Im on a pi 2 B

[FlorianRD]

Yesterday i perform a install for MM². I get step by step from a user who made an InstallGuide.
And finaly the same error as shown below. I’ve buy the complete Hardware for the Mirror. The frame are handmade an looks fine. But the Software goes wrong. There should be a project for the incomming autumn here in Germany. I hope that any can fix this problem and tell us.

I used a RaspberryPi 3 with Jessie

Greetings from North of Germany

[strawberry 3.141]

@FlorianRD did you use this tutorial? https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/236/complete-setup-tutorial

you forgot to append your errors