MM2 my first try

seramik

hi guys
i just bought my rpi 3B+
it seems ok for me with raspbian, it worked

so i launch the automatic install
then :
installing dependencies…
bash: ligne112: npm: commande introuvable
unable to install dependencies!

so any advices ? what i’ve done wrong ?

ganget

@seramik a good question with way too less info to give a good answer. maybe this install guide can help you further!

seramik

@ganget said in MM2 my first try:

good question with way too less info to give a good answer.

thanks for the tutorial
actually, my problem is on the magicmirror² installation, the step 1 dont run properly

but i will try again from the start

Mykle1

@seramik

This is just a shot in the dark but are node and npm up to date? Older versions of node and npm often cause this.

seramik

for the tutorial, it is an very old version, now the first setup is quicker and the ver of MM is very old ( not even mm²)
so dont advices those kind of thinks …
i’ve retry for the star and it mades the same trouble

node version is V8.11.1
minimum ver required is V5

i dont know for npm, how to know ?

Mykle1

@seramik

node -v

Edit: npm -v

seramik

fine, i’ve done correct upgrade and manual install
mm² is running
i saw him then i stop it with alt key and quit option

i’m trying to setup the config.js file
and i wonder how i can restart the mm² programm again

seramik

ok i’ve found that in term , in the correct directory, i write " npm start" and it start

i try to understand the config file, i just copied the sample file by changing his name
now i will try to change the city for the weather

secdude

had the same issue with a brand spankin new installation of raspian noobs full and apt-get update/upgrade/dist-upgrade done. freshly set up. the install oneliner failed. only manual setup worked. using a rpi3. maybe there’s a broken dependency somewhere?

seramik

enought for tonight, i’ve got the weather in my town
not so bad for a first day and i dont speak of the weather

seramik

it seems good, better than i used to think

but i 've got a few problem with forecast weather module
i cant see the predicted amount of rain.
i set up the option by true and it dont changes anythinks

second problem :
i set up “colored” in true but
instead of having max and min temperature
i’ve got max and gap :
max temp is in red and gap is in blue

that sucks

any ideas ?

ganget

@seramik You can find the problem inside the modules by using the Developer tools. Acces this by using the shortcut ctrl + shift + i. When you have the developer tools open you can inspect elements and figure out errors by reading the console log and or relevant code for the element. There is so much more information there though :winking_face:

This really important tool will help you so much with fixing problems inside your MagicMirror. What also will help you is this forum and knowledge you gather. Good luck with figuring out your 2 problems! If you have more questions do ask!

seramik

true, no rain prediction, cauz of type of account on meteo site, i read it

for temp max and temp min, it seems to be an actual trouble,
TY for the tips, i’ve already found the proper section, where i 'll have to ask my question

alainchiasson

I helped a friend do a setup, we used :

The latest RPi 3 B+
Rasperian Stretch with Desktop and recommended software ( from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/)
Software update prior to installation

The initial script failed on dependancies and depracated packages. Just could not get it to work.

Today I followed the instructions on :

The RPi 3 B
Rasperian Stretch with Desktop ( from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ )
no update

While I did get warnings, everything worked like a charm ( well - more or less - I forgot to copy the config.)

I know from another package ( https://octoprint.org/ - The OctoPi ) that some work needed to be done to support the RPi 3 B+ (Newer CPU ? Drivers ? Chipsets? - no really sure). Could this be the issue?

I will borrow his RPi 3 B+ and try again next week if no one else has comparables.

bhepler

@alainchiasson said in MM2 my first try:

The initial script failed on dependancies and depracated packages. Just could not get it to work.

The installation script hasn’t been updated to handle some of the changes in the latest version of Raspbian. I would ignore it and follow the steps for a manual installation.

showbizkid

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Auto-Starting-MagicMirror This helped me.

Mark Fleming

I too had the same problem with my attempt at installing the MM program. I found this on
https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_raspberrypi.asp. i used it as a long shot as i was running out of things to try. it worked and i now have MM up and running. I am using the AIY project file as install on raspberry pi 2.

seramik

so second try : i decided to restart from the beginning
i tried the manual installation
first i install the node .js, no trouble, intall seems OK
but when i began " npm install && npm start", troubles appear :

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install && npm start
npm WARN deprecated time-grunt@2.0.0: Deprecated because Grunt is practically unmaintained. Move on to something better. This package will continue to work with Grunt v1, but it will not receive any updates.
npm WARN deprecated nomnom@1.8.1: Package no longer supported. Contact support@npmjs.com for more info.

electron-chromedriver@1.8.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron-chromedriver
node ./download-chromedriver.js

successfully dowloaded and extracted!

electron@2.0.16 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/electron
node install.js

Downloading SHASUMS256.txt
[============================================>] 100.0% of 5.39 kB (5.39 kB/s)

magicmirror@2.6.0 install /home/pi/MagicMirror
cd vendor && npm install

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“linux”,“arch”:“arm”})

added 82 packages from 57 contributors and audited 220 packages in 15.75s
found 4 low severity vulnerabilities
run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details

magicmirror@2.6.0 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror
sh installers/postinstall/postinstall.sh && npm run install-fonts

MagicMirror installation successful!

magicmirror@2.6.0 install-fonts /home/pi/MagicMirror
cd fonts && npm install

added 1 package from 1 contributor and audited 1 package in 8.517s
found 0 vulnerabilities

npm WARN grunt-stylelint@0.10.1 requires a peer of stylelint@^9.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN acorn-jsx@5.0.1 requires a peer of acorn@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

added 930 packages from 1367 contributors and audited 2433 packages in 210.933s
found 23 vulnerabilities (8 low, 14 moderate, 1 high)
run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details

magicmirror@2.6.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
sh run-start.sh

Starting MagicMirror: v2.6.0
Loading config …
WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.
Loading module helpers …
Initializing new module helper …
Module helper loaded: updatenotification
No helper found for module: helloworld.
All module helpers loaded.
Starting server on port 8080 …
Server started …
Connecting socket for: updatenotification
Sockets connected & modules started …
Launching application.
Shutting down server…
Stopping module helper: updatenotification

so, as resquest, i run npm audit for fixthis

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm audit fix
npm WARN acorn-jsx@5.0.1 requires a peer of acorn@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN grunt-stylelint@0.10.1 requires a peer of stylelint@^9.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

jshint@2.10.1
added 4 packages from 4 contributors, removed 7 packages and updated 13 packages in 44.656s
fixed 13 of 23 vulnerabilities in 2433 scanned packages
2 vulnerabilities required manual review and could not be updated
1 package update for 8 vulns involved breaking changes
(use npm audit fix --force to install breaking changes; or refer to npm audit for steps to fix these manually)
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $

and i still have thoses 2 warnings who seems bad

bhepler

@seramik - Warnings are just that: warnings. I usually ignore them and concentrate on errors. Errors will prevent your mirror from working.

This, OTOH, is important:

WARNING! Could not find config file. Please create one. Starting with default configuration.

To fix this, you need to copy the included sample configuration file to its final destination. This will become your working configuration file and what you will edit as you add modules.

cd ~/MagicMirror/config
cp config.js.sample config.js

So now when you want to change the behavior of your mirror, you will edit the config.js file.

seramik

it is OK for the config file, i’ve got the old one