Problem with installation

[ghost]

Hey guys :)
I am very new to this hole Raspberry Pi thing and especially the MagicMirror...
Sadly i don't know much about programming which is why i cant resolve my probleme without help...

When i try "npm start"
i get an error which is:
[email protected] start /home/pi/MagicMirror
electron js/electron.js

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.34-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.9.2
npm ERR! npm v3.10.9
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] start: electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! electron js/electron.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs magicmirror
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls magicmirror
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/MagicMirror/npm-debug.log

this is what the log file tells me:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle [email protected]prestart: [email protected]
6 silly lifecycle [email protected]prestart: no script for prestart, continuing
7 info lifecycle [email protected]start: [email protected]
8 verbose lifecycle [email protected]start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle [email protected]start: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
10 verbose lifecycle [email protected]start: CWD: /home/pi/MagicMirror
11 silly lifecycle [email protected]start: Args: [ '-c', 'electron js/electron.js' ]
12 silly lifecycle [email protected]start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
13 info lifecycle [email protected]~start: Failed to exec start script
14 verbose stack Error: [email protected] start: electron js/electron.js
14 verbose stack Exit status 1
14 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:255:16)
14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
14 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
14 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
14 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
15 verbose pkgid [email protected]
16 verbose cwd /home/pi/MagicMirror
17 error Linux 4.4.34-v7+
18 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
19 error node v6.9.2
20 error npm v3.10.9
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error [email protected] start: electron js/electron.js
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the [email protected] start script 'electron js/electron.js'.
23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the magicmirror package,
23 error not with npm itself.
23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
23 error electron js/electron.js
23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
23 error npm bugs magicmirror
23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
23 error npm owner ls magicmirror
23 error There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

PLEASE help me <3!
Greetings from germany

[nicolascoffman]

Not sure of all the error output, but I had similar issues trying to "npm start" from terminal environment. Make sure you've booted the GUI before trying to load electron.

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