How can I solve error gypgyp ERR!ERR! find VSfind VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config?

Question

I want to run this project : https://github.com/adonis-china/adonis-adminify

When I run npm install, there exist error :

> [email protected] install C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3 > node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build  node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(403): https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v3.1.13/node-v64-win32-x64.tar.gz node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v64 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(undefined): https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v3.1.13/node-v64-win32-x64.tar.gz node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for [email protected] and [email protected] (node-v64 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) gyp ERR! gypfind VS  gyp ERR!ERR!  find VSfind VS  msvs_version not set from command line or npm config gypgyp  ERR!ERR!  find VSfind VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config  VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt gyp gypERR! ERR!  find VSfind VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt gyp checking VS2019 (16.2.29230.47) found at:  gypERR!  find VSERR! checking VS2019 (16.2.29230.47) found at: gyp  find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional" ERR!gyp find VS ERR! "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional"  gypfind VS ERR! - "Visual Studio C++ core features" missing gyp  ERR!find VS  - "Visual Studio C++ core features" missing find VSgyp could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use  gypERR!  ERR!find VS  could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015 gyp gyp ERR!ERR!  find VSfind VS looking for Visual Studio 2015  - not found gyp gyp ERR!ERR!  find VSfind VS - not found  not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8 gyp ERR!gyp  ERR!find VS find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8  gyp gypERR!  ERR!find VS  gypfind VS  ************************************************************** gypERR!  ERR!find VS find VS **************************************************************  You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio gypgyp ERR!  ERR!find VS find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio  including the "Desktop development with C++" workload. gypgyp  ERR!ERR! find VS find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.  For more information consult the documentation at: gyp ERR!gyp find VS  For more information consult the documentation at: ERR!gyp  ERR! find VSfind VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows  https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows gyp gyp ERR!ERR! find VS  ************************************************************** find VSgyp **************************************************************  gypERR! find VS ERR! find VS gyp gypERR!  ERR!configure error  configure errorgyp  ERR! stackgyp Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use  gypERR!  stackERR! Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use  stackgyp      at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47) ERR!gyp stack      at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47) ERR! gypstack      at findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16) gypERR!  ERR!stack      at findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16) stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:344:14) gypgyp ERR! stack     at findVisualStudio2015 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14)  gypERR!  ERR! stackstack     at regSearchKeys (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:365:16)      at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:344:14) gyp gypERR!  ERR!stack stack     at regGetValue (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7)      at findVisualStudio2015 (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14) gypgyp  ERR!ERR!  stackstack     at C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16 gyp     at regSearchKeys (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:365:16)  gyp ERR! ERR!stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:301:5)  gypstack      at regGetValue (C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7) ERR! gypstack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)  gypERR! ERR!  stack     at C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16 stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16) gyp gypERR! ERR!  System Windows_NT 10.0.17134 stackgyp     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:301:5)  ERR!gyp  commandERR! "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\Chelsea\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\laragon\\www\\adonis-admin\\node_modules\\sqlite3\\lib\\binding\\node-v64-win32-x64\\node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=C:\\laragon\\www\\adonis-admin\\node_modules\\sqlite3\\lib\\binding\\node-v64-win32-x64" "--python=C:\\Users\\Chelsea\\.windows-build-tools\\python27\\python.exe"  gypstack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13)  gypERR!  ERR!cwd C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3  gypstack ERR!     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16)  node -v v10.15.0 gypgyp  ERR!ERR!  Systemnode-gyp -v Windows_NT 10.0.17134  v5.0.3 gypgyp  ERR!ERR! command  "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\Chelsea\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\laragon\\www\\adonis-admin\\node_modules\\sqlite3\\lib\\binding\\node-v64-win32-x64\\node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=C:\\laragon\\www\\adonis-admin\\node_modules\\sqlite3\\lib\\binding\\node-v64-win32-x64" "--python=C:\\Users\\Chelsea\\.windows-build-tools\\python27\\python.exe" not okgyp  ERR! cwd C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3 gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.3 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v64-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v64-win32-x64 --python=C:\Users\Chelsea\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe' (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:182:13) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:962:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:251:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.17134 node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\laragon\\www\\adonis-admin\\node_modules\\sqlite3\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3 node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.38 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v64-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=C:\laragon\www\adonis-admin\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v64-win32-x64 --python=C:\Users\Chelsea\.windows-build-tools\python27\python.exe' (1) npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules\fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR!     C:\Users\Chelsea\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-09-10T22_53_41_072Z-debug.log 

How can I solve the error?

Answer 1

TL;DR

Use the Visual Studio Installer to get the Desktop development with C++ workload in one of the Visual Studio versions you have installed in your machine:

Reason/Details

Reading through the log, the main error is due to this:

msvs_version not set from command line or npm config

After this one you find a few of these:

"Visual Studio C++ core features" missing

And later:

You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.

For more information consult the documentation at:

VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows

Finally:

Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use

So to solve the problem, you just need to get "Desktop development with C++" workload.

If you have a Visual Studio version installed

1. open Visual Studio Installer (Win + search for it)
2. on the list displayed with all Visual Studio Installations you have in your PC, press the Modify button of one of them (preferably the latest version)
3. on the Workloads grid/list select the checkbox with Desktop development with C++
4. Press one of the Install buttons

gyp will then find that version and use it:

gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.1 found at "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe"

gyp info find VS using VS2019 (16.4.29709.97) found at:

gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\

With NO Visual Studio installed

Disclaimer: I did not test any of these solutions.

Alternative 1

As Hamid Jolany's answer suggests, on an admin shell, simply install the build tools package globally (node-gyp README):

npm i -g windows-build-tools 

Alternative 2

Ragavan's idea/answer for avoiding installing Visual Studio has some logic:

1. verify if you have VS build tools by running npm config get msvs_version (if you have, skip to step 4 and attempt setting the environment variables)
2. if not installed, get the VS build tools latest version exe and install it (Ragavan's idea was with or Microsoft Build Tools 2015)
3. run npm config set msvs_version 2019 --global (or npm config set msvs_version 2015 --global according to Ragavan's idea)
4. (optional? I have VS installed and do not have this variable declared) set the VCTargetsPathenvironment variable (Win + search for var) to the appropriate path (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Portable\v5.0) or through Run as Admin terminal, as in Ragavan's idea with the 2015 Build Tools:

• set VCTargetsPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140"
• or in Powershell: $env:VCTargetsPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140

Side notes:

• a previous error might be resolved by installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019;
• you might also want to restart after installing any of the above

Answer 2

Install all the required tools and configurations using Microsoft's windows-build-tools using npm install --global windows-build-tools from an elevated PowerShell or CMD.exe (run as Administrator).

Full Guidance in GitHub