LINK : fatal error LNK1181:cannot open input file 'C:\OpenSSL-Win64\lib\libeay32.lib'

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I have windows 7 - 64 bit with Visual studio 2013 ultimate. I am running npm install command and getting below errors:

npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using [email protected]
npm info using [email protected]
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 10:01:07 AM
npm http request GET http://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 10:01:09 AM
npm http request GET http://registry.npmjs.org/ursa
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/ursa
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~preinstall: [email protected]
npm info linkStuff [email protected]
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]

> [email protected] install C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa
> node-gyp rebuild


C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "" rebuild )
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.EXE
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\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=2013',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\sudhir_kumar05\\mockingbird\\node_modules\\ursa\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\sudhir_kumar05\\.node-gyp\\5.10.0\\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\\sudhir_kumar05\\.node-gyp\\5.10.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\sudhir_kumar05\\mockingbird\\node_modules\\ursa',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\sudhir_kumar05\\mockingbird\\node_modules\\ursa\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\msbuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args   '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64' ]
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
  ursaNative.cc
..\src\ursaNative.cc(157): warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'ssize_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(172): warning C4244: 'argument' : conversion from 'ssize_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(378): warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(379): warning C4267: 'initializing' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(686): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(734): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(779): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(826): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(945): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsigned int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
..\src\ursaNative.cc(1003): warning C4267: 'argument' : conversion from 'size_t' to 'unsigned int', possible loss of data [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
  win_delay_load_hook.c
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'C:\OpenSSL-Win64\lib\libeay32.lib' [C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa\build\ursaNative.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\msbuild.exe` 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:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:100:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:185:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:204:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\sudhir_kumar05\mockingbird\node_modules\ursa
gyp ERR! node -v v5.10.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.3.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~install: Failed to exec install script
npm WARN install:[email protected] [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN install:[email protected] Exit status 1
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~preinstall: [email protected]
npm info linkStuff [email protected]
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~install: [email protected]
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~postinstall: [email protected]
npm info lifecycle [email protected]~prepublish: [email protected]
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: [email protected]
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of kerberos@~0.0 but none was installed.
npm info ok

I tried running same project in IntelliJ ultimate trial version but getting same error.

Answer 1

I've had the same trouble and the answer is to read the documentation.

OpenSSL (normal, not light) in the same bitness as your Node.js installation. OpenSSL must be installed in the a specific install directory (C:\OpenSSL-Win32 or C:\OpenSSL-Win64) If you get Error: The specified module could not be found., copy libeay32.dll from the OpenSSL bin directory to this module's bin directory, or to Windows\System32.

One problem with this - you need 1.0.2 (got here). Version 1.1.0 has no libea32.dll.

And successively I've faced following problems installing ursa:

• node-gyp. Think it was not a real problem, but rebuilt was successful after this
• compiler. I had VS2010express and again error, but now when installing ursa MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe Tried out some recipes but only after VS2013express installation I've gor success and another error
• SSL. Use Open-SSL 64 1.0.2

Answer 2

For Windows installing OpenSSL Version 1.1.0k, the libs were renamed from the libeay32.lib to libcrypto.dll. So the simple solution to this is to make an symbolic link using mklink in Windows. Tested on Windows 10 with Node Version 10.13.0.

Start CMD as Administrator

cd /d C:\OpenSSL-Win64\lib
mklink libeay32.lib libcrypto.lib

Output should match:

symbolic link created for libcrypto32.lib <<===>> libcrypto.lib

I have done that and was building with no further issues with x509.

Source: https://github.com/Southern/node-x509/issues/49#issuecomment-514265447