Error compiling bcrypt - node.js

Question

I'm trying to install bycrpt via npm install using Windows 7 Ultimate x64. This is my install log:

D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_modules\bcrypt>node "C:\Program File s\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node -gyp.js" rebuild npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/1.2.6 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/coffee-script npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cssom npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/0.2.1 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/1.2.8 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.1.0 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.3 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/0.1.0 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mime/1.2.6 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/crc/0.2.0 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pause/0.0.1 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bytes/0.1.0 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable/1.0.11 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/0.5.1 npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.1.5 C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(29 7,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry.   TargetFrameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version nu mber. [D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_modules\bcrypt\build\bcrypt_ lib.vcxproj]   blowfish.cc   bcrypt.cc   bcrypt_node.cc ..\src\bcrypt.cc(232): warning C4267: '=' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsign ed char', possible loss of data [D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_mo dules\bcrypt\build\bcrypt_lib.vcxproj] c:\users\timd\.node-gyp\0.8.18\deps\uv\include\ares.h(49): fatal error C1083: C annot open include file: 'winsock2.h': No such file or directory [D:\Dropbox\Pr ojekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_modules\bcrypt\build\bcrypt_lib.vcxproj] gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.e xe` 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:255:23) gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17) gyp ERR! stack     at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" gyp ERR! cwd D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_modules\bcrypt gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.18 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.8.2 gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild` npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the bcrypt package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR!     npm owner ls bcrypt npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.  npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" npm ERR! cwd D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI npm ERR! node -v v0.8.18 npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/crc/0.2.0 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/qs/0.5.1 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pause/0.0.1 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bson/0.1.5 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable/1.0.11 npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bytes/0.1.0  > [email protected] install D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\node_modules\mongoos e\node_modules\mongodb\node_modules\bson > node install.js || (exit 0)  ================================================================================  =                                                                              =  =  Attempting to build bson c++ extension                                      =  =   Windows: no build will be attempted as binaries are prepackaged            =  =   Unix: on failure the package will still install without the C++ extension  =  =                                                                              =  ================================================================================  npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR!     D:\Dropbox\Projekte\RZ\Finance-Man-GUI\npm-debug.log npm ERR! not ok code 0 

I've already installed Python < v2.7 and .NET Framework SDK 2.0. I also downloaded a package called win7sdkx64.exe which was what i think the sdk for Visual Studio. I liked all of the dependencies in my Path as following:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;E:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_38\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Heroku\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\ruby-1.9.2\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\git\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\git\cmd;E:\Program Files (x86)\Heroku\bin;C:\mongodb-win32-x86_64-2.2.2\bin;E:\xampp\mysql\bin;E:\xampp\apache\bin;E:\Python27;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcpackages;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit\;E:\Program Files (x86)\openssl-0.9.8k_X64\bin 

but i still get these errors. What can i try next? Install Visual Studio completly?

Answer 1

Ditch the bcrypt module and use a native JavaScript library instead. bcrypt-nodejs requires no compilation and provides almost the same functionality as the compiled bcrypt.