RaspberryPi

Install lts Nodejs

https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-nodejs/

# check default lts version
apt show nodejs

sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
NODE_MAJOR=22 # lts version https://nodejs.org/en
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
sudo apt update
# verify lts
apt show nodejs # should show new version

# install 
sudo apt install nodejs

# verify version
node -v

Installing Additional Development Tools

sudo apt install build-essential

MagicMirror

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#manual-installation

Installation

git clone https://github.com/MagicMirrorOrg/MagicMirror
cd MagicMirror/
npm run install-mm
cp config/config.js.sample config/config.js
npm run start

Update

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/upgrade-guide.html

Note: Backup config.js

git pull && npm run install-mm

Autostart

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/configuration/autostart.html

Install PM2

sudo npm install -g pm2
pm2 startup

Setup magic mirror startup script

cd ~
nano mm.sh

Add following

cd ./MagicMirror
DISPLAY=:0 npm start

add execution permissions

chmod +x mm.sh

Start the script

pm2 start mm.sh --watch

Save PM2

pm2 save

Autologin as pi desktop

sudo raspi-config

Choose option: 1 System Options Choose option: S5 Boot / Auto Login Choose option: B4 Desktop Autologin automatically logged in as user Select Finish, and reboot the Raspberry Pi.

Update PI

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install rpi-update
sudo rpi-update
sudo apt-get autoremove -y
sudo apt-get clean
sudo reboot

Hide mouse

sudo sed -i -- "s/#xserver-command=X/xserver-command=X -nocursor/" /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Keep the lights on

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

[Seat:*]
# don't sleep the screen
xserver-command=X -s 0 dpms

Stop swap

sudo service dphys-swapfile stop

Setting up status overview when logging in

nano ~/.bashrc

Append

# Locale settings to avoid warnings
export LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8

# MOTD 
let upSeconds="$(/usr/bin/cut -d. -f1 /proc/uptime)"
let secs=$((${upSeconds}%60))
let mins=$((${upSeconds}/60%60))
let hours=$((${upSeconds}/3600%24))
let days=$((${upSeconds}/86400))
UPTIME=`printf "%d days, %02dh%02dm%02ds" "$days" "$hours" "$mins" "$secs"`

# get the load averages 
read one five fifteen rest < /proc/loadavg

DISK_USAGE=$(df -h / | grep -E '/' | awk '{print $3" used of "$2}')

echo "$(tput setaf 2)
   .~~.   .~~.    $(date +"%A, %e %B %Y, %r")
  '. \ ' ' / .'   $(uname -srmo)$(tput setaf 1)
   .~ .~~~..~.
  : .~.'~'.~. :   Uptime.............: ${UPTIME}
 ~ (   ) (   ) ~  Memory.............: $(awk '/MemFree/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo)kB (Free) / $(awk '/MemTotal/ {print $2}' /proc/meminfo)kB (Total)
( : '~'.~.'~' : ) Load Averages......: ${one}, ${five}, ${fifteen} (1, 5, 15 min)
 ~ .~ (   ) ~. ~  Running Processes..: $(ps ax | wc -l | tr -d " ")
  (  : '~' :  )   IP Addresses.......: $(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
   '~ .~~~. ~'    Free Disk Space SD.: ${DISK_USAGE}
       '~'        CPU Temperature....: $(vcgencmd measure_temp | cut -c "6-9") C
          
$(tput sgr0)"

Set Wallpaper

Copy wallpaper via ssh

scp wallpaper.jpg [email protected]:~

Set wallpaper

sudo apt-get install feh
DISPLAY=:0 feh --bg-scale ~/wallpaper.jpg

Troubleshooting

-bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_US.UTF-8)

sudo nano /etc/environment

then add

LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
LC_ALL=en_GB.UTF-8

Auto login not working

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=340632

sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

comment out incorrect values, e.g.:

user-session=LXDE-pi-x
autologin-session=LXDE-pi-x

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