Trouble with fresh installation

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@michbeck100
Sorry, was messing the the version numbers in my previous post.
I am not sure from which directory I have to run the commands like

$ rm -r node_modules
$ npm install pimatic@test
$ npm install pimatic-mobile-frontend@test

All from /pimatic-app?

Also a fresh install with this test version will not start: /usr/bin/env: ‘node\r’: not found.

@jbs yes, you run all the commands from the pimatic-app directory.

@michbeck100 OK. I feel like a noob now, but: got these warnings during the installation. Not sure if they are relevant, so I post them all.

npm install pimatic@test :

npm install pimatic@test :

And after rm node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js the command cp /pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js gives error like file or folder does not exists. Is /pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js another location then node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js ? After rm node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js I can not find a ppm.js anywhere.

@jbs You need a working installation of pimatic to copy the ppm.js from. The file from the test version that is installed with npm install pimatic@test is not working.

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs You need a working installation of pimatic to copy the ppm.js from. The file from the test version that is installed with npm install pimatic@test is not working.

OK, but what if I do not have a working installation (A clean install like https://pimatic.teamemo.com/Guide/Getting-Started does not work on a clean
Raspbian Stretch install atm) ? How to perform a clean install of this test version?

@jbs By working I mean a former installation, sorry about that. So you can just use the release version 0.9.43 that gets installed with npm install pimatic. But you should use a different installation directory, of course .

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs By working I mean a former installation, sorry about that. So you can just use the release version 0.9.43 that gets installed with npm install pimatic. But you should use a different installation directory, of course .

Thanks. Just did that but still the error that /usr/bin/env: ‘node\r’: does not found/not exists. Any clue what to do now?

@jbs What does ls -la node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js say? Is ppm.js executable?
And how did you install node? Using nvm?

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs What does ls -la node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js say? Is ppm.js executable?

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi pi 2253 dec 27 15:46 node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js

Installed node folowing this guide (Pi 2 Mode B or Pi 3 Model B ): https://pimatic.teamemo.com/Guide/Getting-Started

Is there anybody who did install the test version successfully using my instructions? I’ve seen this error before, but I can’t remember what the problem was.

@jbs how do you start pimatic?

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

Is there anybody who did install the test version successfully using my instructions? I’ve seen this error before, but I can’t remember what the problem was.

@jbs how do you start pimatic?

sudo node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js

@jbs Then try sudo /usr/bin/env node --version.

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs Then try sudo /usr/bin/env node --version.

FYI this is what happen when I try to start the (just reinstalled in another directory) older pimatic and the reason why I try to run the new test version:

@jbs Are you sure that you are using the ppm.js from version 0.9.43? If yes, then I don’t know what’s the problem.

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs Are you sure that you are using the ppm.js from version 0.9.43? If yes, then I don’t know what’s the problem.

Yes, just performed a clean install in the directory pimatic-app-old:

Copied the file using cp pimatic-app-old/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/ppm.js

@jbs Ok, last chance would be to install the test version directly from GitHub:

npm install pimatic/pimatic

instead of

npm install pimatic@test

I think that you don’t have to copy the ppm.js file now. But you still have to follow the other steps. For the mobile-frontend you can also install from GitHub:

npm install pimatic/pimatic-mobile-frontend#v0.9.x

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs Ok, last chance would be to install the test version directly from GitHub:

npm install pimatic/pimatic

instead of

npm install pimatic@test

I think that you don’t have to copy the ppm.js file now. But you still have to follow the other steps. For the mobile-frontend you can also install from GitHub:

npm install pimatic/pimatic-mobile-frontend#v0.9.x

Yes, installed the test version now
No need to copy ppm.js file.

But, when I try to login, the login page refresh but I am not logged in, the same as 0.9.43.
Chrome tells me

socket.io.js:3 WebSocket connection to 'ws://192.168.1.140/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=websocket&sid=59sWA5HSThhHnxQ0AAAM' failed: WebSocket is closed before the connection is established.

@jbs Anything in the pimatic logs? Did you clear your browser cache?

@michbeck100 said in Trouble with fresh installation:

@jbs Anything in the pimatic logs? Did you clear your browser cache?

Just tried in a incognito mode but no luck. Also entering a wrong password will refresh the login page. Nothing in the log about this:

16:45:59.219 2018-12-27 Thursday
16:46:04.607 [pimatic] info: Starting pimatic version 0.9.44
16:46:04.617 [pimatic] info: Node.js version 4.6.2
16:46:04.619 [pimatic] info: OpenSSL version 1.0.2j
16:46:06.658 [pimatic, ppm] info: 2.15.12
16:46:06.700 [pimatic] info: Loading plugin: "pimatic-cron" (0.8.8)
16:46:07.154 [pimatic] info: Loading plugin: "pimatic-mobile-frontend" (0.9.13-a)
16:46:07.853 [pimatic-cron] info: the time is: Thu Dec 27 2018 16:46:07 GMT+0100 (CET)
16:46:08.320 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: packing static assets
16:46:08.658 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: packing static assets finished
16:46:08.665 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: rendering html
16:46:16.203 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: rendering html finished
16:46:16.254 [pimatic] info: Listening for HTTP-request on port 80...
16:46:19.153 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: rendering theme: graphite/water
16:46:21.939 [pimatic-mobile-frontend] info: rendering theme finished

@jbs Did you use the test version of the frontend from ppm or the GitHub version?