Installing on a Pi Zero

[RushHour99]

@sdetweil said in Installing on a Pi Zero:

@RushHour99 yes, note that u have to run two times.

Thanks! Out of curiosity, why do I need to run it 2 times? I would have missed that detail if you didn’t’ let me know.

[sdetweil]

@RushHour99 i don’t understand , then doc says

Update to next MagicMirror version from an existing MagicMirror installation
upgrade-script.sh will do the git pull and npm install, and refresh npm setup for any modules that might need it
it should handle all the work…

and give you a trial run of all that, only applying changes if u request them
give it a try

this works on Mac as well, cut/paste this line into the terminal window on your device

bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)"
================no changes are made to the local repo or the working copy========================
if you WANT to actually apply the changes, cut/paste this line into the terminal window on your device
bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/master/upgrade-script.sh)" apply

[RushHour99]

Thanks for the reply. I did read that but it just seemed a little confusing since it was the same bash command. I haven’t run the upgrade script yet, so it might be more clear when I do but i guess the script knows if it’s been run a 2nd time?

[sdetweil]

@RushHour99 its NOT the same, there is an extra parameter at the end… apply

[RushHour99]

@sdetweil Thanks! It is much more clear now. My screen size truncated the “apply” parameter at the end of the line. Now that I scroll horizontally I see the “apply”. Thanks again for the feedback.

[sdetweil]

@RushHour99 as folks have invested a lot of time in setting up their systems, only to have an update crash everything,
I wanted to provide a ‘test’ 1st, so people might be more comfortable with what might be impacted…
and NOT make changes if they don’t want to continue…

all my work suffers from problems in the base that is being applied, like some new translation file comments for years old modules this time…

[akz_g]

@sdetweil said in Installing on a Pi Zero:

@akz_g use my script. the old instructions don’t work anymore

see here
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

Thanks for this @sdetweil I will try with a fresh image. Do I just run master/raspberry.sh… ?

Going to try it tonight! many thanks

[sdetweil]

@akz_g no… the script is not in the base anymore … run it directly from here

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

it does everything, prep the system, download the code, install the dependencies, add support for pi 0,
add support for starting at boot, turn off screen saver

[akz_g]

@sdetweil Thanks again! will let you know how I get on :)

[akz_g]

@akz_g first message I got was

this appears not to be a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4, do you want to continue installation (y/N)?

should I continue? don’t want to waste another hour if i’m doing it wrong.