npm install now ..... throwing error

Hello,

I am in a big stuff, I am not getting why now package is not installing on my windows machine.

I installed node version of 0.6.18.

and tried to install now package but got following error on command terminal

C:\Users\user>npm install now npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/now npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/now npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-proxy npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-proxy npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/socket.io

node-proxy@0.6.0 install C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\no de_modules\node-proxy node-gyp configure build

ws@0.4.23 install C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modu les\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\ws node install.js

[ws v0.4.23] Attempting to compile blazing fast native extensions. info downloading: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.18/node.lib info downloading: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.18/x64/node.lib spawn python [ 'C:\Users\user.node-gyp\0.6.18\tools\gyp_addon', 'binding.gyp', '-IC:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules\no de-proxy\build\config.gypi', '-f', 'msvs', '-G', 'msvs_version=2010' ] spawn C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe [ 'build/binding .sln', '/clp:Verbosity=minimal', '/nologo', '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=Win32' ] Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch. C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets (42,5): error MSB8020: The builds tools for Visual Studio 2010 (Platform Toolse t = 'v100') cannot be found. To build using the v100 build tools, either click the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then select "Update VC++ Proj ects...". Install Visual Studio 2010 to build using the Visual Studio 2010 buil d tools. [C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules\node- proxy\build\nodeproxy.vcxproj] ERR! Error: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe failed w ith exit code: 1 at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_module s\node-gyp\lib\build.js:209:23) at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) at maybeExit (child_process.js:362:16) at Process.onexit (child_process.js:398:5) ERR! not ok [ws v0.4.23] Native code compile failed (but the module will still work): [ws v0.4.23] The native extensions are faster, but not required. [ws v0.4.23] On Windows, native extensions require Visual Studio and Python. [ws v0.4.23] On Unix, native extensions require Python, make and a C++ compiler.

[ws v0.4.23] Start npm with --ws:verbose to show compilation output (if any).

npm ERR! node-proxy@0.6.0 install: node-gyp configure build npm ERR! cmd "/c" "node-gyp configure build" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the node-proxy@0.6.0 install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-proxy package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-gyp configure build npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls node-proxy npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nod ejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "now" npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\user npm ERR! node -v v0.6.18 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.21 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! message node-proxy@0.6.0 install: node-gyp configure build npm ERR! message cmd "/c" "node-gyp configure build" failed with 1 npm ERR! errno {} npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\user\npm-debug.log npm not ok

I checked in log also : C:\Users\user\npm-debug.log

info install socket.io-client@0.9.11 info postinstall socket.io-client@0.9.11 verbose about to build C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules\socket.io info build C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules\socket.io verbose from cache C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules\socket.io\package.json verbose linkStuff [ true, verbose linkStuff 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules', verbose linkStuff false, verbose linkStuff 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\node_modules' ] info linkStuff socket.io@0.9.11 verbose linkBins socket.io@0.9.11 verbose linkMans socket.io@0.9.11 verbose rebuildBundles socket.io@0.9.11 verbose rebuildBundles [ 'policyfile', 'redis', 'socket.io-client' ] info install socket.io@0.9.11 info postinstall socket.io@0.9.11 verbose about to build C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now info unbuild C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now verbose from cache C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\now\package.json info preuninstall now@0.8.1 info uninstall now@0.8.1 verbose unbuild now@0.8.1 [ true, verbose unbuild now@0.8.1 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules', verbose unbuild now@0.8.1 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules' ] info postuninstall now@0.8.1 ERR! node-proxy@0.6.0 install: node-gyp configure build ERR! cmd "/c" "node-gyp configure build" failed with 1 ERR! ERR! Failed at the node-proxy@0.6.0 install script. ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-proxy package, ERR! not with npm itself. ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: ERR! node-gyp configure build ERR! You can get their info via: ERR! npm owner ls node-proxy ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "now" ERR! cwd C:\Users\user ERR! node -v v0.6.18 ERR! npm -v 1.1.21 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE ERR! message node-proxy@0.6.0 install: node-gyp configure build ERR! message cmd "/c" "node-gyp configure build" failed with 1 ERR! errno {} verbose exit [ 1, true ]

but couldn't trace that what is the issue.

I tried by below link also but still same issue, couldn't access now module

http://blog.nowjs.com/running-nowjs-natively-on-windows

Please help me, I need to install it on windows server 2008 R2 standard. Is It possible to install now package on this machine.

Thanks and Regards, Lavina

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