Installing on Ubuntu 18.04

gwyls

I have it installed now. Do you mind me asking some silly questions please?

How do I now make it run?
Does it take over the computer? Can I still use it with magic mirror in the background?
I am testing it to see what it is like, hopefully with a view to running it on a computer all the time.
Thanks

A Former User

@gwyls

You can run with npm start in MagicMirror Directory.
It will occupy your front but you can send it to backward, but anyway, it will not like desktop background. It’s not that purpose.

gwyls

@sean Thanks
It really does need to be a standalone computer then.

gwyls

I tried to run as suggested and came up with this problem:
WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.
What is the default configuration please? Is there a dummy one that I could copy or should I create a config.txt file and let MagicMirror write to it please?

electros

@gwyls in the magic mirror folder you have a folder config, check there and you find a file named config.js.sample just rename that one to config.js and should be work.

A Former User

@gwyls I think you need to read Manual.
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror

cowboysdude

@sean said in Installing on Ubuntu 18.04:

@gwyls I think you need to read Manual.
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror

HEHEHEHHEHE seen that MANY times

Mykle1

@electros said in Installing on Ubuntu 18.04:

a file named config.js.sample just rename that one to config.js and should be work.

@gwyls

What you are supposed to do is make a COPY of the config.js.sample (so that you never lose it) and rename the pasted copy to config.js.

Once you have MM running you can press Ctrl M to hide MM and use your PC for other things. Simply clicking the MM icon in the task bar will bring MM to the front.