Problems with NPM and node-gyp on Windows

Question

I have some problems with npm packages on my Windows workstation ... I have a set of NPM dependencies in the package.json file:

 "devDependencies": {
     "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx": "^ 6.2.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^ 6.1.18",
     "babel-preset-react": "^ 6.1.18",
     "grunt": "^ 0.4.5",
     "grunt-babel": "^ 6.0.0",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "^ 0.11.2",
     "grunt-contrib-jasmine": "^ 0.9.2",
     "grunt-contrib-sass": "^ 0.9.2",
     "grunt-contrib-watch": "^ 0.6.1",
     "grunt-exec": "^ 0.4.6",
     "grunt-template-jasmine-requirejs": "^ 0.2.3",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^ 0.2.2",
     "karma-firefox-launcher": "^ 0.1.7",
     "karma-requirejs": "^ 0.2.2",
     "requirejs": "^ 2.1.22",
     "grunt-contrib-jshint": "^ 0.11.3",
     "grunt-karma": "^ 0.12.1",
     "karma": "^ 0.13.15",
     "karma-jasmine": "^ 0.3.6",
     "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "^ 0.2.1"
   }

And when I try to run npm install , I get a strange error related to the node-gyp , and something like \msbuild.exe .

Here is the error:

 c: \ Users \ dmytro.medvid \ sites \ evolution \ node_modules \ utf-8-validate> if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node ​​"c: \ Program Files \ nodejs \ node_modules \ npm \ bin \ node-gyp
 -bin \\ .. \ .. \ node_modules \ node-gyp \ bin \ node-gyp.js "rebuild) else (node ​​rebuild)
 Building the projects in this solution one at a time.  To enable parallel build, please add the "/ m" switch.
 c: \ Users \ dmytro.medvid \ sites \ evolution \ node_modules \ utf-8-validate \ build \ validation.vcxproj (20.3): error MSB4019: The imported project "c: \ Microsoft.Cpp.Default.
 props "was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
 gyp ERR!  build error
 gyp ERR!  stack Error: `C: \ windows \ Microsoft.NET \ Framework \ v4.0.30319 \ msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
 gyp ERR!  stack at ChildProcess.onExit (c: \ Program Files \ nodejs \ node_modules \ npm \ node_modules \ node-gyp \ lib \ build.js: 270: 23)
 gyp ERR!  stack at emitTwo (events.js: 87: 13)
 gyp ERR!  stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js: 172: 7)
 gyp ERR!  stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal / child_process.js: 200: 12)
 gyp ERR!  System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
 gyp ERR!  command "c: \\ Program Files \\ nodejs \\ node.exe" "c: \\ Program Files \\ nodejs \\ node_modules \\ npm \\ node_modules \\ node-gyp \\ bin \\ node-gyp. js "" rebuild "
 gyp ERR!  cwd c: \ Users \ dmytro.medvid \ sites \ evolution \ node_modules \ utf-8-validate
 gyp ERR!  node -v v5.1.0
 gyp ERR!  node-gyp -v v3.0.3
 gyp ERR!  not ok
 npm WARN install: utf-8-validate@1.2.1 utf-8-validate@1.2.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
 npm WARN install: utf-8-validate@1.2.1 Exit status 1
 npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON evolution@1.0.0 No repository field.

Can someone help figure out the problem? I am not an experienced Windows user, but for now I have to work with Windows :(

UPDATED: Here is the error log that I update every time with new NPM errors.

System Information: 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprice Operating System

Node version: v5.1.0

NPM Version: v3.3.12

Python Version: v2.7.1

I also installed Microsoft Visual C ++ build tools (see below). Version 14.0

Answer 1

You need the Microsoft Visual C ++ build tools that are packaged in Visual Studio. However, they are now available as a standalone download. After installing these tools and rebooting the computer, you should install packages that use node -gyp under the hood.

Answer 2

Enter this code on the admin command line:

 npm install --global --production windows-build-tools 

And then press enter.

Answer 3

I created a problem on github for node -gyp . And also here is the dispute of a similar problem. Failing this did not help me, but perhaps it could be useful for someone else.