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    Can't get MM to start, says it can't find electron, then electron won't start

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    • J Offline
      jmartin1009
      last edited by

      When I try to install electron using sudo npm install electron@2.0.0, I get

      pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm install electron@2.0.0
      npm WARN registry Unexpected warning for https://registry.npmjs.org/: Miscellaneous Warning ENODATA: Cache input stream was empty
      npm WARN registry Using stale package data from https://registry.npmjs.org/ due to a request error during revalidation.
      npm ERR! code EINTEGRITY
      npm ERR! errno EINTEGRITY
      npm ERR! Invalid response body while trying to fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/electron: Integrity verification failed for sha512-MAYuYPYfeCgTfXMl3ioXQAncWDyol9bCAkDBgeNSFemdEJgyOkTSixehWJJTIC9Pc7Ebrgljxn1t3lwm9ae/Bw== (/root/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/30/06/2e60f61f7828137d7325de2a174009dc583ca897d6c20240c181e35215e99d1098323a44d28b17a1589253202f4f73b11bae0963c67d6dde5c26f5a7bf07)
      
      npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
      npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-02-20T00_15_03_383Z-debug.log
      

      and when I try to start magic mirror I get

      pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ~/MagicMirror
      pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ DISPLAY=:0 npm start
      
      > magicmirror@2.6.0 start /home/pi/MagicMirror
      > sh run-start.sh
      
      run-start.sh: 4: run-start.sh: electron: not found
      npm ERR! file sh
      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
      npm ERR! errno ENOENT
      npm ERR! syscall spawn
      npm ERR! magicmirror@2.6.0 start: `sh run-start.sh`
      npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
      npm ERR!
      npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.6.0 start script.
      npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
      npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?
      
      npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
      npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-02-20T00_18_40_335Z-debug.log
      

      I’m a complete noobie when it comes to this and I just can’t seem to get it to work, all help is appreciated!!

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      • bheplerB Offline
        bhepler Module Developer @jmartin1009
        last edited by

        @jmartin1009 It sounds like your repository data is corrupted. Try this:

        rm ./package-lock.json
        rm -r ./node_modules
        npm cache clear --force
        

        and then attempt to reinstall electron.

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          jmartin1009
          last edited by

          @bhelper am I trying to install the correct version of electron is there another version I should be using, the guide I was trying said to use 1.7.6 but people on here say 2.0.0

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            jmartin1009
            last edited by

            @bhepler am I trying to install the correct version of electron or is there another version I should be using, the guide I was trying said to use 1.7.6 but people on here say 2.0.0

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              jmartin1009 @bhepler
              last edited by

              @bhepler I am given this error screen

              pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm install -g electron@2.0.0
              npm WARN registry Unexpected warning for https://registry.npmjs.org/: Miscellaneous Warning ENODATA: Cache input stream was empty
              npm WARN registry Using stale package data from https://registry.npmjs.org/ due to a request error during revalidation.
              npm ERR! code EINTEGRITY
              npm ERR! errno EINTEGRITY
              npm ERR! Invalid response body while trying to fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/electron: Integrity verification failed for sha512-MAYuYPYfeCgTfXMl3ioXQAncWDyol9bCAkDBgeNSFemdEJgyOkTSixehWJJTIC9Pc7Ebrgljxn1t3lwm9ae/Bw== (/root/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/30/06/2e60f61f7828137d7325de2a174009dc583ca897d6c20240c181e35215e99d1098323a44d28b17a1589253202f4f73b11bae0963c67d6dde5c26f5a7bf07)
              
              npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
              npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-02-20T01_39_41_726Z-debug.log
              
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                sdetweil @jmartin1009
                last edited by

                @jmartin1009 MM is trying to install 4.x by default… try 3.0.10

                what version is npm?

                npm -v
                node -v

                npm install electron@3.0.10

                Sam

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                  jmartin1009 @sdetweil
                  last edited by

                  @sdetweil npm is 6.4.1 and node is 10.15.1. When I try to install electron now it just says that my cache input stream is empty. when I tried to get to node modules like @bhepler said, it said no such file or directory, and when I force cleared it gave me a warning message saying “I sure hope you know what you are doing.”

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                    sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    try

                    npm init -y
                    

                    may have to erase the /home/pi/.npm folder

                    Sam

                    How to add modules

                    learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                      jmartin1009 @sdetweil
                      last edited by

                      @sdetweil got this, now what?

                      pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm init -y
                      Wrote to /home/pi/package.json:
                      
                      {
                        "name": "pi",
                        "version": "1.0.0",
                        "description": "",
                        "main": "index.js",
                        "dependencies": {},
                        "devDependencies": {},
                        "scripts": {
                          "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
                        },
                        "keywords": [],
                        "author": "",
                        "license": "ISC"
                      }
                      
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                        sdetweil
                        last edited by

                        now change to MagicMirror folder and try the install for electron@3.0.10

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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