I guess I spoke too soon. npm starts, but I have a blank screen. Haven’t done anything to the config.js file, except make a copy of the config.js.sample, and removed the .sample. See output:

$ npm run config:check

magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
node js/check_config.js

[2020-07-07 13:50:13.582] [INFO] Checking file… C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\config\config.js
[2020-07-07 13:50:13.630] [LOG] Line 1 col 1 Definition for rule ‘prettier/prettier’ was not found.
C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66
throw new Error(“Wrong syntax in config file!”);
^

Error: Wrong syntax in config file!
at C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66:10
at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:63:3)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check: node js/check_config.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_50_13_660Z-debug.log

@dwburger said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

“node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”

Thank you dwburger! This fixed my issue!

@OldShaterhan

I just made the change, and this is what I get when trying npm start:

$ npm start

magicmirror@2.12.0 start C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
run-start.sh

‘run-start.sh’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 start: run-start.sh
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_11_04_725Z-debug.log

@mykle1 I decided to just run Dakboard VIA the Chromium browser on it. I’v got a couple of other computers that I am going to use for the other Magic Mirror. I have an old Pentium 4 Dell, that I put Linux Mint on, and it runs like a champ. Way better than the one I run on my Raspberry Pi3.

Well, ended up going with Ubuntu 10.10. It’s old as heck, but I’m going to use it as a dakboard. Thanks for the help guys.

@mykle1 I’m now installing Xubuntu 12.04. I’ll see how this goes, and let you know.

@mykle1 Apparently this computer is so old, that Ubuntu 16 won’t install. Error: This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae cx8

@mykle1 I will give that a try. It’s a very small computer, so would fit nicely in certain places. I appreciate your help, and I will take a look at your other post to see if I can give it one last shot.

@mykle1 It’s actually on old mini PC. To give you an idea of how old it is, Windows XP was running on it previously.

@bhepler Thank you bhelper. I will check this out. In the meantime, I think I will retire this ancient computer, and use it as a display piece. :)

@mykle1 Thanks for the reply mkyle1. See below what I get when trying to install NPM:

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Note, selecting ‘nodejs:amd64’ instead of ‘npm:amd64’
nodejs is already the newest version (8.11.1~dfsg-2~bpo9+1).
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nodejs : Conflicts: nodejs:amd64 but 10.15.1-1nodesource1 is to be installed
nodejs:amd64 : Depends: python-minimal:amd64 but it is not going to be installed
Conflicts: nodejs but 8.11.1~dfsg-2~bpo9+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

@mykle1 Hey mkyle1, not sure. I get this error every time I try to run the npm command:
-bash: npm: command not found

Just for reference, this is what version of Node I have installed. This is a really old, single core computer. Maybe it won’t run properly on here, but just wanted to check.

nodejs/stable,now 8.11.1~dfsg-2~bpo9+1 i386 [installed]

CPU INFO:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : CentaurHauls
cpu family : 6
model : 9
model name : VIA Nehemiah
stepping : 8
cpu MHz : 999.872
cache size : 64 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 0
cpu cores : 1
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 sep mtrr pge cmov pat mmx fxsr sse rng rng_en ace ace_en
bugs : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf
bogomips : 1999.74
clflush size : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management:

I followed all of the instructions, but when I get to the npm install from within the MagicMirror directory, I get an error that states: -bash: npm: command not found. I have searched multiple sites, and cannot find anything on this.

Very cool mod man! Works well with all of my Hue lighting. Thanks!