So I am trying to compile gyp and it wants to call VCBuild.exe apparently...
MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe". To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visua
l Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it
is installed elsewhere. [C:\...\node_module
s\browser-sync\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\node_modules\ws\no
de_modules\utf-8-validate\build\binding.sln]So I install the .Net framework using this but when I go to the cmd line I get...
'VCBuild.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.so what am I missing what do I need to get VCBuild without Visual Studio?
94 Answers
npm install -g windows-build-tools
ran in an administration window:
7Starting installation... Launched installers, now waiting for them to finish. This will likely take some time - please be patient! Waiting for installers... -Successfully installed Python 2.7 Waiting for installers... /Successfully installed Visual Studio Build Tools.
(This answer comes from comments above from @s.meijer. But I think it deserves to be an answer by its own.)
Run choco install vcbuildtools will install vcbuild that satisfies npm build needs on Windows.
I'm just posting this in case it saves anyone some time.
I tried all the answers I could find regarding this issue and they didn't work, ie:
// running powershell as administrator
npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
choco install vcbuildtoolsThe only thing that made "VCBuild.exe" errors go away was installing:
NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) The installation was a bit weird, I ran the .exe file and nothing seemed to happen but, judging by the fact that the install error messages went away, apparently it worked and was installed.
Looks like the answer was staring me in the face... You can't :-(
I found the steps to compile on the node-gyp Readme.md
It does in fact require VS2015 for Windows which sucks because
