node-gyp: Error running npm-install

Today, I started getting errors when running npm install for my web application. I seem to have traced it to npm-gyp. Here is what I get when I try to install it:

$ npm install node-gyp@3.6.1

> microtime@2.1.3 install C:\Development\node_modules\microtime
> node-gyp rebuild


C:\Development\node_modules\microtime>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\n                                                                                                       pm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "" rebuild )
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 16, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 545, in script_main
    return main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 538, in main
    return gyp_main(args)
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 514, in gyp_main
    options.duplicate_basename_check)
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 98, in Load
    generator.CalculateVariables(default_variables, params)
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\generator\msvs.py", line 1900, in CalculateVariables
    generator_flags.get('msvs_version', 'auto'))
  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\MSVSVersion.py", line 434, in SelectVisualStudioVersion
    versions = _DetectVisualStudioVersions(version_map[version], 'e' in version)
KeyError: '2017'
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:305:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\me\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "re                                                                                                       build"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Development\node_modules\microtime
gyp ERR! node -v v7.4.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
Advaxis.Norm.Web@0.0.0 C:\Development\Advaxis\Advaxis.norm\Advaxis.Norm.web
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/common@2.4.10
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/compiler@2.4.10
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY @angular/core@2.4.10
+-- node-gyp@3.6.1
+-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY rxjs@5.4.0
`-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY zone.js@0.7.8

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.1: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN angular2-toaster@3.0.1 requires a peer of @angular/common@^4.0.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN angular2-toaster@3.0.1 requires a peer of @angular/compiler@^4.0.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN angular2-toaster@3.0.1 requires a peer of @angular/core@^4.0.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN angular2-universal@2.1.0-rc.1 requires a peer of rxjs@~5.0.0-beta.12 but none was installed.
npm WARN angular2-universal@2.1.0-rc.1 requires a peer of zone.js@~0.6.21 but none was installed.
npm WARN angular2-universal-polyfills@2.1.0-rc.1 requires a peer of zone.js@~0.6.21 but none was installed.
npm WARN Advaxis.Norm.Web@0.0.0 No description
npm WARN Advaxis.Norm.Web@0.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN Advaxis.Norm.Web@0.0.0 No license field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: microtime@2.1.3 (node_modules\microtime):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: microtime@2.1.3 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 15
Comments: 44 (10 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

win: run PS with `-NoProfile` PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/pull/1292 Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1195#issuecomment-329574067 Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordh... — committed to nodejs/node-gyp by refack 7 years ago

Most upvoted comments

+149

mercurjl on May 11, 2017

I’m using windows, after the steps described here https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation, the error was gone

+38

skkonstantin on May 11, 2017

@skkonstantin Which steps did you follow? I ran npm install --global --production windows-build-tools and still have the issue.

+18

im1dermike on May 11, 2017

First make sure you see

gyp ERR! node -v v7.10.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.1
gyp ERR! not ok

In the error output.

If you do: look at #1179

Else: do the npm upgrade dance - https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node npm install npm@latest -g

+10

refack on May 13, 2017

@ukphillips That is where I actually started with this. The microtime author seems to think it’s a node-gyp issue. This has been a huge time waste for my team too. https://github.com/wadey/node-microtime/issues/49

+10

im1dermike on May 11, 2017

gabrielgomez522 on May 11, 2017

@NitroBAY Thank you!!! npm install -g npm solved!

RodrigoBertotti on Jul 12, 2018

Refack’s solution saved me after I wasted days with this issue. Try to UPDATE NPM (npm install -g npm) that’s crazy how many days I lost because of that. Couldn’t you check that and advice us to do that somewhere (when the package fails maybe and in the readme). Anyway thanks @refack. Everything has broken when I update my OS. I reinstalled everything from node to meteor but also all packages deleted node-gyp, reinstalled node-gyp, every tools required via every possible way and did one thousand other things

ilan-schemoul on May 25, 2018

It looks like someone (the author of pdbdf2?) has fixed it. https://github.com/wadey/node-microtime/issues/49. I just blew out my node_modules folder and ran npm install and it looks like it worked!

im1dermike on May 11, 2017

run this command : meteor npm install --save @babel/runtime All errors will disappear! Magic!!!

filston2006 on Feb 13, 2018

After trying for many days, I found that my problem is that the nodejs aerospike client uses node-gyp for building, and the client depends on libss-dev which was not installed on the box I use (VSTS Linux Build Agent).

I added the repo and installed the package before running the npm install:

add-apt-repository 'deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main'
sudo apt update
sudo apt install g++ libssl1.0.0 libssl-dev

montaro on Mar 9, 2018

@tuespetre FYI, @dahlbyk landed a fix in posh-git and we landed a fix here (but it still needs to get into a release, then be picked-up by npm)

refack on Sep 19, 2017

I did --loglevel=silly and for some reason I did get a ton of those logs but not the ones I was hoping to see from that. Only reason 😛

Well it is called silly 🤷‍♂️ Refs: https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git/pull/484

refack on Sep 14, 2017

Forgot to mention, I’m running npm@4.2.0 and node@7.10.0.

And SelectVisualStudioVersion is same error as KeyError: '2017'.

skynode on May 13, 2017

Be careful, You have to use Python 2.7 (and not 3.7 which is the current latest version).

Seb33300 on Nov 1, 2018

only this option helped https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#option-2

MatviiStelmakh on Oct 18, 2018

heapdump@0.3.9 install C:\Users\Lenovo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\heapdump node-gyp rebuild

C:\Users\Lenovo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\heapdump>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node “C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\…..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” rebuild ) else (node “C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” rebuild ) gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: Can’t find Python executable “python”, you can set the PYTHON env variable. gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.failNoPython (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:483:19) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:508:16) gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29 gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299 gyp ERR! command “C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” “rebuild” gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Lenovo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\heapdump gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2 gyp ERR! not ok npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.3 (node_modules\appium\node_modules\fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.3: wanted {“os”:“darwin”,“arch”:“any”} (current: {“os”:“win32”,“arch”:“ia32”}) npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: heapdump@0.3.9 (node_modules\appium\node_modules\heapdump): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: heapdump@0.3.9 install: node-gyp rebuild npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

appium@1.8.0 updated 1 package in 32.944s

C:\Users\Lenovo>np

Maheshg232 on May 1, 2018

Has this been resolved? if it has been resolved can you directed to page and location on page or give me direct feedback

versions = _DetectVisualStudioVersions(version_map[version], ‘e’ in version) KeyError: ‘2017’

attached are my logs KeyError2017.pdf

I have tried this with electron-edge-js electron-edge electron 1.7.9

it seems to be with node-gyp. I can node-gyp build at the root at electron-edge-js and electron-edge but when i try under \tools\build.bat release 7.9.0

electron-edge-js supports Electron 1.7.x - Node.js v7.9.0.

electron-edge Supports Electron 1.7.x - Node.js v7.9.0.

My Computer: Win10 VS2015 Python=2.7.9 angularCLI =latest

Environment Vars: GYP_MSVS_VERSION= 2015

paulprendergast on Nov 6, 2017

@refack I did --loglevel=silly and for some reason I did get a ton of those logs but not the ones I was hoping to see from that. Only reason 😛

tuespetre on Sep 14, 2017

For posterity: doing npm install node-gyp@3.6.1 or even npm i -g node-gyp@3.6.1 Is not sufficient, since when triggering the build of native addons via npm i, npm will use it’s own version of node-gyp, so if you want to use Visual Studio 2017, you’ll need to update npm to a version >= 4.5.0

refack on May 11, 2017

It looks like someone (the author of pdbdf2?) has fixed it. wadey/node-microtime#49. I just blew out my node_modules folder and ran npm install and it looks like it worked!

So a native module was added to the dependencies, and now it’s been removed again. FWIW it sounds like you can’t install any native modules, so the issue is still there.

gibfahn on May 11, 2017

@im1dermike , I did the same thing, with administrator root . i think this error came after OS update

skkonstantin on May 11, 2017