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I did this word for word and everything went perfect. However, Git Bash creates a linux-like environment in which MM runs very Thank you for this guide.Ĭan you help me with one very small problem? You must absolutely use the Git Bash terminal window because the Windows CMD window does not recognize bash or sh. I have not tested this but I’ve been assured that MM will indeed work on Windows 10, following the instructions above.

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Who woulda thought? Edit! Windows 10 users! Now I’m doing some simple coding and creating

My son mentioned the Raspberry Pi in passing one day. This walkthrough is a way for me to say thank you to those people that helped My belt (7 published, 2 about to be released and 1 that will NEVER be released) and a good friend Him for help on my very first module and he was more than willing. I will call him, “Broffessor” for the sake of this walkthrough. Very generous and kind users on this forum that helped me. When I discovered MagicMirror (January 2017) I knew less than you. Your Clock, Calendar, Compliments and Newsfeed modules are now operational!

Type npm start and press the Enter key.

Now that you’re in the ~/MagicMirror directory of your terminal: If you need to open a new one then do so now and type cd MagicMirror to enter the MagicMirror directory. If your Git Bash terminal window is still open (I never told you to close it) we can continue. Had enough? Lets run that MagicMirror, NOW! This is where you’ll add your entries for other modules to your mirror. The config.js file that you just created is your working config file. Windows may ask about changing the file type.

Rename the “COPY” you just pasted to config.js.

Right click somewhere else in that same window and choose Paste.

This way is just easier, especially for beginners.įrom your desktop, navigate to your MagicMirror folder. We’re not going to use the terminal to do this. Here we create your working config.js file. Minimize your terminal window or move it out of the way. You’ll notice “fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories).

If there is a “Windows Security Alert” window concerning “Electron” click the Allow access button. There it is! Click on the File menu and click Exit. You won’t see your mouse cursor until you move it all the way to the top of the screen into the This drops down a menu bar at the top of your screen. You WILL get a “Please create a config file.” message When that’s done, we continue, still in the ~/MagicMirror directory. You may see npm WARN for a few items but these are NOT errors and don’t affect anything.

It will take some time to complete depending on your PC. This will install the dependencies for MagicMirror. Type npm install and press the Enter key. Now you’re in the ~/MagicMirror directory. Type cd MagicMirror and press the Enter key. Remember we installed Git? Click Start/All Programs/Git/Git Bash.

Open and new terminal and type git clone and one space, then paste the url you just copied.

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Click on the green Code button on the right and copy the url ( ).

Go to to get the MagicMirror software.

Other than that, this walkthrough assumes the defaults for Git installation. The default allows you to use Git commands from the Windows Command Windows then choose that in the Components section of the installer. Again, you can use the defaults but if you want to use TrueType fonts in your terminal You may have noticed that npm was also installed. The default installation is what you want. Node-v6.11.0-x86.msi file because I’m running 32-bit Windows 7. Go to and download the Windows Installer. Even this old laptop makes a decent MM dev machine. Worthless really, but it runs Magic Mirror like a champ, as it is far more robust than a Pi of any kind.

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I just finished a fresh install of Windows 7 on a Compaq Presario CQ57 laptop with 3.5GB of RAM and 32-bit OS.

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