error with npm install hubot-irc on windows 10 x64

Question

npm install error

I tried to install a hubot adapter hubot-irc for my own bot, but got an error with npm install:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets(366,5): warning MSB8003: Could not fi nd WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry. TargetFrameworkVersion or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid versio n number. [F:\Skitta\Documents\GitHub\mybot-irc\node_modules\hubot-irc\node_modules\irc\node_modules\iconv\build\libico nv.vcxproj] TRACKER : error TRK0005: Failed to locate: "CL.exe". The system cannot find the file specified. [F:\Skitta\Documents\Gi tHub\mybot-irc\node_modules\hubot-irc\node_modules\irc\node_modules\iconv\build\libiconv.vcxproj]```

gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\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:2 69:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1074:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuil d"
gyp ERR! cwd F:\Skitta\Documents\GitHub\mybot-irc\node_modules\hubot-irc\node_modules\irc\node_modules\iconv
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.7
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v2.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing [email protected]

how to fix it?

Answer 1

node-gyp is the likely culprit as it's used to build native dependencies. It's not obvious but it probably needs to be configured. Follow the notes for Windows install and take special note of your version of Windows and the all Windows versions section.