Installing on Ubuntu 18.04

[gwyls]

Complete novice here who thought it would be fun to run on his home computer. Downloaded and unzipped. Ran:

./run-start.sh

And was told electron: command not found.
Where do I go from here please?
Thanks

[Mykle1]

@gwyls

Did you run npm install in the MagicMirror directory?

[gwyls]

@mykle1 said in Installing on Ubuntu 18.04:

npm install

No I just ran the sh script. Just ran the npm command and found I needed to install. I am now running the npm install command. I’ll let you know.
Thanks for the help.

[gwyls]

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

1. How do I now make it run?
2. 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.