Could one of the advanced pro users here try a fresh install and see if they hit the same problems most are experiencing here?

I’ve been trying to install Node from the tarball but the make install was running for hours and still verbosely outputting as though it was doing things…

@PaulB How did you fix the problem?

@geeflaxx I’ve tried it on a fresh install of Jessie, but you’re right, I don’t have rpi-update either. Come to think of it, I did install Jessie Lite rather than the full verison. Not sure what exactly is stripped out of the Lite version and if it’s enough to make a difference to this?

@MichMich I’m running a Pi 1 so the installer isn’t compatible. I ran through the manual instructions and used apt-get for my Node. (Bear with me as I’m not too hot on Linux. I worked on CentOS servers for a while a few years ago but that’s about it)

I can’t find .electron/ within the MagicMirror folder. Am I supposed to clone electron separately and install that first?

@MichMich For some reason I can’t seem to post my full post, saying it’s been flagged as spam. I’m doing everything as per the manual process on github. My node/npm versions show as:

pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ dpkg -s node | grep Version
Version: 0.3.2-7.4
pi@raspberrypi:~/MagicMirror $ dpkg -s npm | grep Version
Version: 1.4.21+ds-2

And here’s what I think is the important bit of my npm install output:

npm WARN deprecated electron-prebuilt@1.3.8: electron-prebuilt has been renamed to electron. For more details, see http://electron.atom.io/blog/2016/08/16/npm-install-electron
npm WARN engine grunt-jsonlint@1.1.0: wanted: {"node":">=4.0"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine grunt-eslint@19.0.0: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine eslint@3.8.1: wanted: {"node":">=4"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine stylelint@7.5.0: wanted: {"node":">=4.2.1"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine stylelint@7.5.0: wanted: {"node":">=4.2.1"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine deep-extend@0.4.1: wanted: {"node":">=0.12.0","iojs":">=1.0.0"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine form-data@2.1.1: wanted: {"node":">= 0.12"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine hawk@3.1.3: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.32"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine hoek@2.16.3: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine boom@2.10.1: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})
npm WARN engine cryptiles@2.0.5: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"0.10.29","npm":"1.4.21"})

Yep, same issues as everyone else.

@MichMich : Need any specific output or logs, etc. to help? I’m desperate to get my mirror up and running again and happy to help.

Interesting to note though, is since formatting my Pi to do a fresh install and it failing, I’ve really missed my Magic Mirror. I hadn’t realised how much a part of my daily routine it had become, using it!

It looks like I’m having the same problem. Trying to manually install on a Pi 1…

33914 error electron-prebuilt@1.4.3 postinstall: node install.js
33914 error Exit status 1
33915 error Failed at the electron-prebuilt@1.4.3 postinstall script.
33915 error This is most likely a problem with the electron-prebuilt package,
33915 error not with npm itself.
33915 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
33915 error node install.js
33915 error You can get their info via:
33915 error npm owner ls electron-prebuilt
33915 error There is likely additional logging output above.
33916 error System Linux 4.4.21+
33917 error command “/usr/bin/nodejs” “/usr/bin/npm” “install”
33918 error cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
33919 error node -v v0.10.29
33920 error npm -v 1.4.21
33921 error code ELIFECYCLE