Windows 8.1 node-gyp rebuild failure

[Tackyshot]

Hey there, I was trying to install poop for one of my projects on my windows machine. However It always fails with "Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'. "

Is there any suggestions you would be able to offer me for a solution?

the guys on the 'poop' repo directed me here for a possible solution.

[Tackyshot]

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[bnoordhuis]

Sorry, I must have missed the GH notification. What do you see in npm-debug.log?

[randomsock]

Same here but installing guvnor on RHEL 6.5, Node 0.12.2.

Relevant extract from npm-debug.log:

110388 verbose about to build /usr/local/lib/node_modules/guvnor
110389 verbose unlock done using /root/.npm/_locks/guvnor-6357ef0c558a7d72.lock for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/guvnor
110390 verbose stack Error: [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
110390 verbose stack Exit status 1
110390 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:213:16)
110390 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
110390 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:14:12)
110390 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
110390 verbose stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
110390 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1087:5)
110391 verbose pkgid [email protected]
110392 verbose cwd /usr/local
110393 error Linux 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64
110394 error argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "guvnor" "--unsafe-perm"
110395 error node v0.12.2
110396 error npm  v2.7.4
110397 error code ELIFECYCLE
110398 error [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
110398 error Exit status 1
110399 error Failed at the [email protected] install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
110399 error This is most likely a problem with the heapdump package,
110399 error not with npm itself.
110399 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
110399 error     node-gyp rebuild
110399 error You can get their info via:
110399 error     npm owner ls heapdump
110399 error There is likely additional logging output above.
110400 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Hmmm, bizarrely the exact same build works fine on my CentOS 6.5

[bnoordhuis]

npm is being unhelpful here, it hides the actual error. What happens when you run node-gyp rebuild manually?

[randomsock]

AAAARRRGGGH! I'm an idiot 😞 Sorry, I've been staring at so many logs today I missed the one-liner earlier on that said g++ not found (first builds on a new machine) - installed that and of course it runs through fine.

However, a possible good thing out of this: I too have had to try developing Node on Windows before (:weary:), and perhaps the most painful part is building anything native, or a dependency that is. So I'm wondering @Tackyshot if your MSBuild environment is setup correctly? It won't be by default, unless you're already an MSVC++ developer maybe. Have you been able to successfully build anything else native, like a db driver?

[Tackyshot]

@randomsock I am not a MSVC++ Developer, though i did download and install visual studio with the hope of solving the issue (no luck). Anyways, here is the error i recieved when running 'node-gyp rebuild':

gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\work\personal\chipper) while trying to load
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1074
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Users\\Username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\
gyp ERR! cwd D:\work\personal\chipper
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.2
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok

[randomsock]

binding.gyp should be in the root dir of that module, so that error suggests you're not in the right working dir (...\chipper?) when running node-gyp rebuild. I don't know your setup but it might be ...\chipper\node_modules\heapdump. Can you check that and post the results again?

[MadLittleMods]

👍

[rainabba]

While C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp had 3.0.3, C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp had 2.0.2.

I emptied the older folder and copied over the contents of the newer. Seems that npm isn't dealing well with the fact that there's the system node_modules AND user account node_modules THEN the actual project.

[MadLittleMods]

@bnoordhuis Has this been fixed? I don't see any new commits.

[bnoordhuis]

@MadLittleMods It's not an issue with node-heapdump but with people's local build environment.