Installing on a Pi Zero

InfiProj

@sdetweil
“uname -m” - does the same as “arch”,
“uname -p” and “uname -i” says unknown.

kingfisher

Thanks for the PDF guide/instructions, after a week of tinkering and googling this was the only method I got to work with my Zero (Wish I started with this guide!)

sdetweil

@InfiProj thanks… I’ve updated my new test installer to use that info

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer?page=1

my intent is to submit this new installer to replace the project version…

nigel-daniels

I just attempted to install 2.11.0 on a Pi0 W, I got the following error running npm install:

npm install
npm ERR! Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-12T20_08_37_082Z-debug.log

The log contains:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/bin/node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'install' ]
2 info using npm@6.14.4
3 info using node@v10.20.0
4 verbose npm-session ed148b8dcfcaa591
5 silly install runPreinstallTopLevelLifecycles
6 silly preinstall magicmirror@2.11.0
7 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.11.0~preinstall: magicmirror@2.11.0
8 silly install loadCurrentTree
9 silly install readLocalPackageData
10 timing stage:loadCurrentTree Completed in 897ms
11 silly install loadIdealTree
12 silly install cloneCurrentTreeToIdealTree
13 timing stage:loadIdealTree:cloneCurrentTree Completed in 10ms
14 silly install loadShrinkwrap
15 timing stage:loadIdealTree:loadShrinkwrap Completed in 42390ms
16 silly install loadAllDepsIntoIdealTree
17 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt@latest Cannot read property 'resol
ve' of undefined
18 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-eslint@latest Cannot read property
 'resolve' of undefined
19 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-jsonlint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
20 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-markdownlint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
21 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-stylelint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
22 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for grunt-yamllint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
23 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for stylelint@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
24 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for stylelint-config-standard@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
25 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for time-grunt@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
26 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for feedme@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
27 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for iconv-lite@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
28 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for moment@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
29 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for valid-url@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
30 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for feedme@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
31 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for iconv-lite@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
32 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for moment@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
33 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for valid-url@latest Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
34 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 6ms
35 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 47409ms
36 silly saveTree magicmirror@2.11.0
36 silly saveTree ├─┬ chai-as-promised@7.1.1
36 silly saveTree │ └── check-error@1.0.2

...

36 silly saveTree     │ └── querystring@0.2.0
36 silly saveTree     ├── wdio-dot-reporter@0.0.10
36 silly saveTree     └── wgxpath@1.0.0
37 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
37 verbose stack     at regFetch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/n
pm-registry-fetch/index.js:88:23)
37 verbose stack     at fetchPackument (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mod
ules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/packument.js:42:10)
37 verbose stack     at packument (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/
pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/packument.js:20:10)
37 verbose stack     at getManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_module
s/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/manifest.js:22:10)
37 verbose stack     at manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/p
acote/lib/fetchers/registry/manifest.js:13:10)
37 verbose stack     at Object.manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_mo
dules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/index.js:17:12)
37 verbose stack     at Object.Fetcher#manifest [as manifest] (/usr/local/lib/no
de_modules/npm/node_modules/genfun/lib/genfun.js:15:38)
37 verbose stack     at manifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/p
acote/lib/fetch.js:23:18)
37 verbose stack     at pinflight (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/manifest.js:24:12)
37 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promiseinflight/inflight.js:29:24
37 verbose stack     at Promise._execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/debuggability.js:313:9)
37 verbose stack     at Promise._resolveFromExecutor (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:488:18)
37 verbose stack     at new Promise (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:79:10)
37 verbose stack     at _inflight (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-inflight/inflight.js:28:25)
37 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-inflight/inflight.js:22:14
37 verbose stack     at tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
38 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
39 verbose Linux 4.9.35+
40 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
41 verbose node v10.20.0
42 verbose npm  v6.14.4
43 error Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined
44 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Any idea where resolve should be set and what is missing?

sdetweil

@nigel-daniels i do not know… please use the scripted install from here

https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

look at the instructions

also, rename MagicMirror folder out of the way… or erase it… install thinks it is doing for the 1st time.

nigel-daniels

@sdetweil hi, I have everything else set up and don’t really want to change thing, I had configured the PiZero some time ago. I was just reinstalling MM2. I decided I had left it so long since the last up date I just backed up my modules + config and have performed a reinstall. As far as I can tell the script is attempting a full config of the pi0?

sdetweil

@nigel-daniels no, just mm

nigel-daniels

@sdetweil looks like the script gets to the same place :(

Installing dependencies ...
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: electron@^6.1.7 (node_modules/electron):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined

npm ERR! Cannot read property 'resolve' of undefined

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-13T15_17_35_327Z-debug.log
Unable to install dependencies!

The config.json only mentions electron in the optional dependancies so I don’t know where the resolve comes from. It looks to the the property of some var that is not being set.

sdetweil

@nigel-daniels ok. We need to upgrade node or npm

Try
sudo npm I -g npm
Then npm install --only=prod
In the MagicMirror folder

nigel-daniels

@sdetweil thanks for the support, that fixed it!

It looks like npm was broken. I removed node and npm then installed node v10.20.1 and things seem to be working again. Running npm install --only=prod let the install run without getting upset about electron!

RushHour99

@sdetweil

I ran your raspberry.sh install script on a Raspberry Pi Zero W yesterday. I started with a fresh install of Rasbian. The script completed with some warnings, but the Magic Mirror started and seems to be running OK. What does this error mean? Should I try to fix it even though MagicMirror seems to be running OK?

The errored log file was located at /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-04-14T22_35_02_257Z-debug.log

Here is the snippet from the end:

10077 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.1.2 (node_modules/fsevents):
10078 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"})
10079 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS:    darwin
10079 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch:  any
10079 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS:   linux
10079 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: arm
10080 verbose stack Error: electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install: `node ./download-chromedriver.js`
10080 verbose stack Exit status 1
10080 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/index.js:332:16)
10080 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:189:13)
10080 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-lifecycle/lib/spawn.js:55:14)
10080 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
10080 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:970:16)
10080 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
10081 verbose pkgid electron-chromedriver@6.0.0
10082 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
10083 verbose Linux 4.19.97+
10084 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "eslint"
10085 verbose node v10.15.2
10086 verbose npm  v6.14.4
10087 error code ELIFECYCLE
10088 error errno 1
10089 error electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install: `node ./download-chromedriver.js`
10089 error Exit status 1
10090 error Failed at the electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install script.
10090 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
10091 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

install.log:

install starting  - Tue Apr 14 17:54:46 EDT 2020
installing on armv6l processor system
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Release: 10 Codename: buster
[96mUpdating packages ...[90m
Hit:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease Hit:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease Reading package lists...
apt-get update  completed ok
apt-get upgrade  started
apt upgrade result =rc=0 Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Calculating upgrade...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[96mInstalling helper tools ...[90m
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
build-essential is already the newest version (12.6).
curl is already the newest version (7.64.0-4+deb10u1).
git is already the newest version (1:2.20.1-2+deb10u1).
unzip is already the newest version (6.0-23+deb10u1).
wget is already the newest version (1.20.1-1.1).
wget set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
[96mCheck current Node installation ...[0m
[0mNode currently installed. Checking version number.
[0mMinimum Node version: [1mv10.1.0[0m
[0mInstalled Node version: [1mv10.15.2[0m
[92mNo Node.js upgrade necessary.[0m
[96mCheck current NPM installation ...[0m
[0mNPM currently installed. Checking version number.
[0mMinimum npm version: [1mV6.0.0[0m
[0mInstalled npm version: [1mV5.8.0[0m
[96mnpm should be upgraded.[0m
[96mInstalling npm ...[90m
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
npm is already the newest version (5.8.0+ds6-4).
npm set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
upgrading npm to latest
/usr/local/bin/npm -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
/usr/local/bin/npx -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
+ npm@6.14.4
added 435 packages from 869 contributors in 416.088s
[92mnpm installation Done! version=V6.14.4[0m
[96mCloning MagicMirror ...[90m
[92mCloning MagicMirror Done![90m
package.json update for armv6l completed ok
[96mInstalling dependencies ...[90m

> electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js

[92mDependencies installation Done![90m
setting up initial config.js
[96mCheck plymouth installation ...[0m
[90mSplashscreen: Checking themes directory.[0m
[90mSplashscreen: Create theme directory if not exists.[0m
[92mSplashscreen: Changed theme to MagicMirror successfully.[0m
install and setup pm2
pm2 not installed, installing
pm2 install result npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.5.1: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.) /usr/local/bin/pm2 -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 /usr/local/bin/pm2-dev -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-dev /usr/local/bin/pm2-docker -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-docker /usr/local/bin/pm2-runtime -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2-runtime npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@~2.1.2 (node_modules/pm2/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"}) + pm2@4.2.3 added 206 packages from 202 contributors in 240.179s
get the pm2 platform specific startup command
startup command = sudo env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 startup systemd -u pi --hp /home/pi

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                          Runtime Edition

        PM2 is a Production Process Manager for Node.js applications
                     with a built-in Load Balancer.

                Start and Daemonize any application:
                $ pm2 start app.js

                Load Balance 4 instances of api.js:
                $ pm2 start api.js -i 4

                Monitor in production:
                $ pm2 monitor

                Make pm2 auto-boot at server restart:
                $ pm2 startup

                To go further checkout:
                http://pm2.io/


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[PM2] Init System found: systemd
Platform systemd
Template
[Unit]
Description=PM2 process manager
Documentation=https://pm2.keymetrics.io/
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
User=pi
LimitNOFILE=infinity
LimitNPROC=infinity
LimitCORE=infinity
Environment=PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
Environment=PM2_HOME=/home/pi/.pm2
PIDFile=/home/pi/.pm2/pm2.pid
Restart=on-failure

ExecStart=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 resurrect
ExecReload=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 reload all
ExecStop=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2 kill

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Target path
/etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
Command list
[ 'systemctl enable pm2-pi' ]
[PM2] Writing init configuration in /etc/systemd/system/pm2-pi.service
[PM2] Making script booting at startup...
[PM2] [-] Executing: systemctl enable pm2-pi...
[PM2] [v] Command successfully executed.
+---------------------------------------+
[PM2] Freeze a process list on reboot via:
$ pm2 save

[PM2] Remove init script via:
$ pm2 unstartup systemd
pm2 startup command done
configure the pm2 config file for MagicMirror
start MagicMirror via pm2 now
save MagicMirror pm2 config now
disable screensaver via gsettings was true and uint32 300
disable screensaver via lightdm.conf
disable screensaver via lxsession
[92mWe're ready! Run [1m[97mpm2 start MagicMirror[0m[92m from the ~/MagicMirror directory to start your MagicMirror.[0m
install completed - Tue Apr 14 19:02:54 EDT 2020

sdetweil

@RushHour99 that error is because some of the components used for the automated testing aren’t found. It’s ok.

I need to recheck. I thought I had disabled trying to load those parts.

All looks good

RushHour99

@sdetweil Thanks for the reply. Magic Mirror does appear to be working just fine on my Pi Zero W. I only ran the install script. Should I run the upgrade script too?

sdetweil

@RushHour99 no. Upgrade is for every 3 months when the next release comes out. the scripts are only for MagicMirror… not the base OS, or any modules.

sdetweil

@RushHour99 looks like something changed between April 11 and April 15 in the npm tree, as it skipped the electron-chromdriver on the 11th and tries to install it today. is IS because of the specton library that is in the DEV tree, which i request to be skipped with --only=prod

so much fun…
I opened an issue against the scripts
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts/issues/5
to track it

Mykle1

@sdetweil said in Installing on a Pi Zero:

my intent is to submit this new installer to replace the project version…

I second the motion. :thumbsup:

sdetweil

@RushHour99 looks like something changed between April 11 and April 15 in the npm tree, as it skipped the electron-chromdriver on the 11th and tries to install it today. is IS because of the specton library that is in the DEV tree, which i request to be skipped with --only=prod

so much fun…

sdetweil

@Mykle1 yeh, they updated the repo version in 2.10, and were completely removed in 2.11 to an outside repo…

naked-head

I got a new Pi Zero W, so I start a fresh install with a raspbian lite stretch (2019-04-08 version) but I got this error:

> electron-chromedriver@6.0.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js

/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver/download-chromedriver.js:19
  if (err != null) throw err
                   ^

Error: Failed to find Electron v6.0.0 for linux-armv6l at https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v6.0.0/chromedriver-v6.0.0-linux-armv6l.zip

searching on electron: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v6.0.0 I can’t find armv6 version.

Whats the problem?
my pi is too old?
I got the wrong raspbian version?
thanks

qu1que

@naked-head

I think electron is discontinued for raspberry pi zero, a few months ago I see a post in this forum talking about that. Now I can’t find that post.