@sdetweil
Thank you! The mirror now autostarts!
So all this time I was doing it on a Lexar micro sd card. It actually froze on the startup page so I threw in a 16gb Ultra sandisk amd started the process all over.
Heres the steps that I followed:

pm2 logs

npm i -g npm

cd ~
sudo chown -R pi .

pm2 logs

npm i -g npm

sudo npm i -g npm

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

pm2 list

bash -c "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"

Thank you again for your help!

@sdetweil
Is it possibly the version of raspbian that is messing this up because it use to work before they released the latest version of raspbian and before MM 2.8 as well.

@sdetweil

pm2 list

gave me error messages so I ran the updated script and keeps coming up with an error for shelljs

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 list
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ bash -c  "$(curl -sL  https://www.dropbox.com/s/cy2z7lbkpifcbrk/fixuppm2.sh?dl=0)"
bash: line 26: 1: command not found
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at detectInitSystem (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/API/Startup.js:50:11)
    at API.CLI.startup (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/API/Startup.js:186:27)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2:705:9)
    at Command.listener (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/commander/index.js:315:8)
    at Command.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at Command.parseArgs (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/commander/index.js:651:12)
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

I’ve run into this “cannot find shelljs” error before

@sdetweil I was able to start up he mirror by doing

cd ~ /MagicMirror
npm start

The mirror started up like usual but it didn’t restart after I exited out of it.

@sdetweil

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ npm install

> magicmirror@2.8.0 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"})

audited 220 packages in 21.352s
found 5 vulnerabilities (4 low, 1 high)
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

> magicmirror@2.8.0 postinstall /home/pi/MagicMirror
> sh installers/postinstall/postinstall.sh && npm run install-fonts

MagicMirror installation successful!

> magicmirror@2.8.0 install-fonts /home/pi/MagicMirror
> cd fonts && npm install

audited 1 package in 1.151s
found 0 vulnerabilities

audited 3592 packages in 97.711s
found 0 vulnerabilities

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ 

Looks good. What should I do next?, Try to start the mirror?

@sdetweil Sweet I think that worked

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo npm i -g npm
/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@6.10.3
updated 3 packages in 128.39s
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

Now that I have done that, Should I run

npm install

and then:

cd ~/MagicMirror
npm install

@sdetweil
I tried to excute some of the commands you gave me

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
    at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm i -g npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!  { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR!   stack:
npm ERR!    'Error: EACCES: permission denied, access \'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm\'',
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'access',
npm ERR!   path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-06T18_59_40_902Z-debug.log
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

I ran “pm2 logs” and “npm i -g npm”
Looks like I got similar results. Should I do

npm install

In the MagicMirror folder now?

@sdetweil

Sorry, I missed that.
This is what happened

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cd ~
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown -R pi .
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ 

It just went to the next line. Not sure why

@sdetweil this is what happened when I typed in the command

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo chown -R pi
chown: missing operand after ‘pi’
Try ‘chown --help’ for more information.

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm i -g npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, access ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES: permission denied, access ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’]
npm ERR! stack:
npm ERR! ‘Error: EACCES: permission denied, access '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'’,
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: ‘EACCES’,
npm ERR! syscall: ‘access’,
npm ERR! path: ‘/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm’ }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2019-08-05T19_21_26_414Z-debug.log

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ pm2 logs
[PM2] Spawning PM2 daemon with pm2_home=/home/pi/.pm2
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module ‘shelljs’
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
at require (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/v8-compile-cache/v8-compile-cache.js:161:20)
at module.exports.Client.launchDaemon (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:244:7)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:103:10
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/pm2/lib/Client.js:311:14
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
6.10.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

This is what happened when I did pm2 logs and npm -v. I am about to see what npm i -g npm will do

@sdetweil when i go to /home/pi/MagicMirror/modules
these are the folders present: Default, node_modules, README.md
If i further click into default i get a ton more (alert, calendar, clock, compliment s, currentweather, helloworld , newsfeed, …) Other than the magicmirror program, I have not installed anything else

@sdetweil I tried putting npm install into the modules and vendor folders but there weren’t that many json files in that directory.

@sdetweil
So I deleted everything and I started over. On a new load of raspbian without doing the MM bash command, I typed

npm install

It gave me this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm install
npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.15.2
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm WARN pi No description
npm WARN pi No repository field.
npm WARN pi No README data
npm WARN pi No license field.

up to date in 1.599s

After this I tried your new code and I got this:

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://www.dropbox.com/s/4qod39yi8ek0feu/upgrade-script?dl=0)"
bash: line 24: cd: /home/pi/MagicMirror/installers: No such file or directory
bash: line 26: cd: OLDPWD not set
doing test run = true
bash: line 61: /home/pi/MagicMirror/installers/dumpactivemodules.js: No such file or directory
update log will be in /home/pi/upgrade.log
bash: line 70: cd: /home/pi/MagicMirror: No such file or directory
bash: line 72: cd: css: No such file or directory
saving custom.css
cp: cannot stat 'custom.css': No such file or directory
bash: line 75: cd: OLDPWD not set
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
fetching latest revisions
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
MagicMirror git pull failed
bash: line 183: cd: css: No such file or directory
restoring custom.css
cp: cannot stat 'save_custom.css': No such file or directory
rm: cannot remove 'save_custom.css': No such file or directory
bash: line 188: cd: OLDPWD not set
bash: line 210: cd: OLDPWD not set

Should I try running the original bash command?:
bash -c “$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/master/installers/raspberry.sh)”

@sdetweil aright. I’ll try that however I’ve done it before and no luck. How would I do it for the other modules and package.json files. All I know what to do is just to type the command

Npm install

But It doesn’t work

So I am trying to download the MM software after the update on July 1st. It won’t work anymore. First dependencies didn’t install, then node wasn’t up to date. Please someone help. Help me fix this!!!

After a whole bunch of trying things I ended up here

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ pm2 status all
┌──────┬────┬──────┬─────────┬────┬─────┬────────┐
│ Name │ id │ mode │ status  │ ↺  │ cpu │ memory │
├──────┼────┼──────┼─────────┼────┼─────┼────────┤
│ mm   │ 0  │ fork │ errored │ 30 │ 0%  │ 0 B    │
└──────┴────┴──────┴─────────┴────┴─────┴────────┘

@sdetweil
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ node -v
v10.15.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm -v
6.10.2
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

@sdetweil i did not do

npm install

before I pasted the code above. Do you think thats my issue

@sdetweil

bash -c  "$(curl -sL https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlh710ng0zwv3vp/raspberry.sh?dl=0)"