[Solved] can't start pimatic, error during first start (sqlite3 installation)

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@Jey-Kasi said:

npm

looks like npm isn’t installed, What’s the output of

which npm

I ran this line below and sown it install
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
then ran
npm install pimatic --prefix pimatic-app --production
still got an error message -> bash: npm: command not found

@Jey-Kasi you didn’t provide the output of which npm can you please provide this?

I re-install RASPBIAN and did an update and upgrade. It seems to be working now and my last line I ran
$ sudo pi service pimatic start
reply: Started

My question is I have no clue if it is working or not. I typed my Rpi IP on the browser and got a response page can’t be displayed… is there something else I’m missing ?

@Jey-Kasi Did you copy config.json to pimatic root folder? what port did you setup in your config.json? What do you see in the logs?

Copy config.json… i ran this line
cd pimatic-app
cp ./node_modules/pimatic/config_default.json ./config.json

I’m not following you on port setup… How can I check that ?

This is my log files

21:07:39.701 2015-03-02 Monday
21:07:51.968 [pimatic] info: Starting pimatic version 0.8.52
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error: Startup error: Error: Parse error on line 11:
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:>…atic-mysensor"] { “plugin”: “
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:>----------------------^
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:>Expecting ‘EOF’, ‘}’, ‘,’, ‘]’, got '{'
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parseError (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:55:11)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:132:22)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:417:53)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/index.js:88:28)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Framework._loadConfig (/home/pi/pimatic-app/framework.coffee:96:24)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at new Framework (/home/pi/pimatic-app/framework.coffee:54:8)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at /home/pi/pimatic-app/startup.coffee:48:21
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:24:31)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Function.Promise.attempt.Promise.try (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/method.js:31:24)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.module.exports.startup (/home/pi/pimatic-app/startup.coffee:47:10)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at run (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:15:24)
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at /home/pi/pimatic-app/daemon.coffee:87:9
21:07:54.943 [pimatic] error:> at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
21:07:54.982 [pimatic] info: exiting…
21:28:47.038 2015-03-02 Monday
21:28:58.907 [pimatic] info: Starting pimatic version 0.8.52
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error: Startup error: Error: Parse error on line 11:
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:>…atic-mysensor”] { “plugin”: “
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:>----------------------^
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:>Expecting ‘EOF’, ‘}’, ‘,’, ‘]’, got '{'
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parseError (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:55:11)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:132:22)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:417:53)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/index.js:88:28)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Framework._loadConfig (/framework.coffee:96:24)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at new Framework (/framework.coffee:54:8)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at /startup.coffee:48:21
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:24:31)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Function.Promise.attempt.Promise.try (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/method.js:31:24)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.module.exports.startup (/startup.coffee:47:10)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at run (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:15:24)
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at /daemon.coffee:87:9
21:29:01.950 [pimatic] error:> at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
21:29:01.966 [pimatic] info: exiting…
21:41:23.004 2015-03-02 Monday
21:41:56.372 [pimatic] info: Starting pimatic version 0.8.52
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error: Startup error: Error: Parse error on line 11:
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:>…atic-mysensor”] { “plugin”: “
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:>----------------------^
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:>Expecting ‘EOF’, ‘}’, ‘,’, ‘]’, got '{'
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parseError (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:55:11)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:132:22)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:417:53)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/index.js:88:28)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Framework._loadConfig (/framework.coffee:96:24)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at new Framework (/framework.coffee:54:8)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at /startup.coffee:48:21
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:24:31)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Function.Promise.attempt.Promise.try (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/method.js:31:24)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.module.exports.startup (/startup.coffee:47:10)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at run (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:15:24)
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at /daemon.coffee:87:9
21:42:03.171 [pimatic] error:> at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
21:42:03.208 [pimatic] info: exiting…
21:42:55.111 2015-03-02 Monday
21:43:07.174 [pimatic] info: Starting pimatic version 0.8.52
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error: Startup error: Error: Parse error on line 11:
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:>…atic-mysensor”] { “plugin”: "
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:>----------------------^
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:>Expecting ‘EOF’, ‘}’, ‘,’, ‘]’, got '{'
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parseError (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:55:11)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:132:22)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/node_modules/jsonlint/lib/jsonlint.js:417:53)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.exports.parse (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/cjson/index.js:88:28)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Framework._loadConfig (/framework.coffee:96:24)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at new Framework (/framework.coffee:54:8)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at /startup.coffee:48:21
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at tryCatcher (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/util.js:24:31)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Function.Promise.attempt.Promise.try (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/node_modules/bluebird/js/main/method.js:31:24)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.module.exports.startup (/startup.coffee:47:10)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at run (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js:15:24)
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at /daemon.coffee:87:9
21:43:10.350 [pimatic] error:> at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
21:43:10.366 [pimatic] info: exiting…

@Jey-Kasi said:

Parse error on line 11

seems like you have a typo in line 11 of your config.json, Can you show use the file? The port is there as well but this is not your issue here.

I did not add or change the config.json file because I wanted to see if pimatic works. This is what I have

{
"//": “Please only change this file when pimatic is NOT running else pimatic will overwrite your changes.”,
“settings”: {
“httpServer”: {
“enabled”: true,
“port”: 80
},
“database”: {
}
},
“plugins”: [
{
“plugin”: “cron”
},
{
“plugin”: “mobile-frontend”
}
],
“devices”: [

],
“rules”: [

],
“pages”: [
{
“id”: “favourite”,
“name”: “Favourites”,
“devices”: []
}
],
“groups”: [

],
“users”: [
{
“username”: “admin”,
“password”: “”,
“role”: “admin”
}
],
“roles”: [
{
“name”: “admin”,
“permissions”: {
“pages”: “write”,
“rules”: “write”,
“variables”: “write”,
“messages”: “write”,
“events”: “write”,
“devices”: “write”,
“groups”: “write”,
“plugins”: “write”,
“updates”: “write”,
“controlDevices”: true,
“restart”: true
}
}
]
}

the config is valid. there’s no error.
BUT - did you set an admin password?
Thats absolutely neccesary

use admin as password to test, or anything else but fill in some valid password!
then it should work.

@Jey-Kasi said:

“database”: {
}
},

you need to add a password for admin or it won’t start (from my experience)

the second bracket at database closes the settings section.

@sweetpi both ideas not working, get npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

I hade to install sqlite manually:
sudo npm install sqlite3@3.0.1

Probably will be solved in pimatic 0.9? Where there is no longer the need for the old node.js 0.10.24 (which, I think, makes it impossible to install the newest sqlite)