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bnoordhuis / node-buffertools

working with node.js buffers made easy
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Unable to install the library on windows: Can't find Python executable "python" #73

Closed vizmi closed 9 years ago

vizmi commented 9 years ago

I am unable to install the generator. Install fails with the following error message:

C:\Users...\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\generator-redux\node_modules\buffertools>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 ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable. gyp ERR! stack at failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:116:14) gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:71:11 gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15) 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"

As far as I understand PYTHON is not a usual requirement for javascript projects. Also it was not mentioned among the project dependencies.

vizmi commented 9 years ago

Stuck with redux generator due to the same: https://github.com/banderson/generator-redux/issues/29

bnoordhuis commented 9 years ago

Python 2.7 is a requirement for node-gyp, the build tool for node.js addon-ons. I'll close this because there is nothing node-buffertools can do here.