Could not start dasher on raspberry pi zero

[timloehrs]

Hey, everytime I try to start dasher on my pi, it gives me the following error:

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.32+ npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "start" npm ERR! node v4.3.0 npm ERR! npm v3.10.8 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! dasher@1.1.1 start: node app.js npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the dasher@1.1.1 start script 'node app.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 dasher package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node app.js npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs dasher npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls dasher npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

my node version is 4.3.0

any suggestions?

[iainmacthai]

Here is the sequence I went through today and finally got mine working after a few weeks of struggle, hope it helps if still needed.

1. Configured SD card with pi bakery with Jessie full and the following "On first boot - enable VLC, + reboot"
2. Powered up PI with SD card and ethernet & usb dongle into PI usb.
3. VNC into PI and ensure SSH is enabled
4. SSH into PI and run the following cmds taken from this post https://blog.miniarray.com/installing-node-js-on-a-raspberry-pi-zero-21a1522db2bb#.15rrxe2d6

cd ~
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.4/node-v4.2.4-linux-armv6l.tar.gz
cd /usr/local
sudo tar xzvf ~/node-v4.2.4-linux-armv6l.tar.gz --strip=1
sudo apt-get remove --purge npm node nodejs
node -v
sudo npm install -g npm

followed by

cd
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
git clone https://github.com/maddox/dasher.git
cd dasher
npm install

then do the configs

sudo nano config/config.json

I already knew my mac address so straight into

sudo npm run start

[Kalfin2000]

THANK YOU! I used this set of commands on my RaspberryPi 2 and it is working beautifully now.