node-gyp: Error in build npm install node-sass

I’m getting the following error message when trying to run my application’s npm install, which uses the node-sass module which in turn uses node-gyp,

> node-sass@4.12.0 postinstall C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [
gyp verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
gyp verb cli   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js',
gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library='
gyp verb cli ]
gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
gyp info using node@13.0.1 | win32 | x64
gyp verb command rebuild []
gyp verb command clean []
gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
gyp verb command configure []
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "C:\Users\Cliente\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` succeeded C:\Users\Cliente\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe C:\Users\Cliente\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe
gyp verb check python version `C:\Users\Cliente\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe -c "import sys; print "2.7.16
gyp verb check python version .%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];"` returned: %j
gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 13.0.1
gyp verb command install [ '13.0.1' ]
gyp verb install input version string "13.0.1"
gyp verb install installing version: 13.0.1
gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
gyp verb install version is already installed, need to check "installVersion"
gyp verb got "installVersion" 9
gyp verb needs "installVersion" 9
gyp verb install version is good
gyp verb get node dir target node version installed: 13.0.1
gyp verb build dir attempting to create "build" dir: C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass\build
gyp verb build dir "build" dir needed to be created? C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass\build
gyp verb find vs2017 Found installation at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.MSBuild.Base
gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.18362
gyp verb find vs2017   - Using this installation with Windows 10 SDK
gyp verb find vs2017 using installation: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
gyp verb build/config.gypi creating config file
gyp verb build/config.gypi writing out config file: C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass\build\config.gypi
gyp verb config.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass\config.gypi
gyp verb common.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass\common.gypi
gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing "msvs"
gyp info spawn C:\Users\Cliente\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
gyp info spawn args   '-G',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=2015',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-sass\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\.node-gyp\\13.0.1\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\Cliente\\.node-gyp\\13.0.1',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\Users\\Cliente\\.node-gyp\\13.0.1\\<(target_arch)\\node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-sass',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-sass\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp verb command build []
gyp verb build type Release
gyp verb architecture x64
gyp verb node dev dir C:\Users\Cliente\.node-gyp\13.0.1
gyp verb found first Solution file build/binding.sln
gyp verb using MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:264:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:456:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\Cliente\\source\\repos\\Integracao\\Organiza.Portal.Web\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Cliente\source\repos\Integracao\Organiza.Portal.Web\node_modules\node-sass
gyp ERR! node -v v13.0.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.
gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
gyp ERR!     <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues>
Build failed with error code: 7

About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Reactions: 8
  • Comments: 31 (5 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

node-sass has min requirements on the node version itself. see here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-sass

This is breaking my continuous integration pipeline.

I fixed this problem adding to the build phase a command line task forcing to install a specific version of node.

npm install -g node@8.12.0

what are you supposed to install?

yarn add node-sass worked.

what’s weird is that i already tried “npm install node-sass” and “npm install -g node-sass” and it didnt work.

Node-sass is deprecated so it would be safer to migrate to an alternative. https://sass-lang.com/blog/libsass-is-deprecated

same here. It doesn’t seem to work with node 13