node-gyp configure got "gyp ERR! find VS"

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Seact picture Seact · Aug 18, 2019 · Viewed 19.2k times · Source

I am trying to start about node c/c++ add-on. the node-gyp command got error

I have installed vs2019, my command is

node-gyp configure --msvs_version=2019

the verbose output is

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 2.7.15 found at "C:\Users\seact\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe"
gyp ERR! find VS 
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2019
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - found in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0"
gyp ERR! find VS - could not find MSBuild in registry for this version
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS valid versions for msvs_version:
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at findVisualStudio2013 (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:344:14)       
gyp ERR! stack     at findVisualStudio2015 (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at regSearchKeys (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:377:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at regGetValue (D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at D:\Program Files\node-win-x64\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:301:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
gyp ERR! command "D:\\Program Files\\node-win-x64\\node.exe" "D:\\Program Files\\node-win-x64\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--msvs_version=2019"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\Projects\learn_node_ext
gyp ERR! node -v v10.16.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.3
gyp ERR! not ok

Answer

Ghaith Al-Rawi picture Ghaith Al-Rawi · Aug 8, 2020

You dont have to install Visual Studio, justt install the windows build tools:

  1. run CMD as Admin
  2. run npm install --g --production windows-build-tools

This should fix that

[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/31D1U.png

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