Error - Installing mariasql package using npm - node.js

Question

I am trying to connect Node.js with MariaDB. Its throwing error while installing the mariasql package using npm.

 npm install mariasql

Error

TRACKER : error TRK0005: Failed to locate: "CL.exe". The system cannot find the file specified. [C:\Users\xyz\Desktop\rtrt\am2\node_modules\mariasql\build\deps\libmariadbclient\zlib\zlib.vcxproj]

Note:

Windows 7

Node.js - 0.10.24

Answer 1

You will need Visual C++ (not sure which version) to download and build this module. Infact, for most npm modules which aren't pure JS modules, it is recommended to use a linux machine for development and deployment, since most of those modules are written to be built on linux build tools, and work as expected in the linux environment.