Cannot get it to work in windows

[ghost]

Hi,

I have problem installing the grunt-iconizr plugin in my windows 7 machine. I get error when I try installing via npm install grunt-iconizr --save-dev.

Following is the error I get:

My system configuration is:

Windows 7 64 bit .NET Framework 4 Visual Studio 2010 Grunt 0.4.5

Please help!

[jkphl]

Hi @ssbiswal1987,

thanks for your report. Unfortunately I don't have a Windows installation of Node / Grunt etc. handy, and I never tested it myself, so I won't be able to help you here in the short term. Maybe someone of the other readers can jump in?

Cheers, Joschi

[ghost]

Hi, @jkphl ok. I am hoping to get help from any other readers who are on windows.

//ssb

[tbow]

having a similar issue, can't install Win 7 64bit Cygwin Grunt v0.4.5 Grunt CLI v0.1.13

[Wasiim]

Having similar issue on WIndows 8

• getting the following log message: win32-ia32-v8-3.14 exists;testing

[jkphl]

Hi @ssbiswal1987, @tbow & @Wasiim,

just wanted to let you know that I'm still on this one. As I know in the meantime, this has something to do with the prerequisites for node-gyp (which is a dependency of libxmljs) and can cause quite some troubles under Windows.

I released a new version of svg-sprite a couple of days ago, which is the base of iconizr and had libxmljs as a dependency. In the new version I dropped the need for libxmljs, so I was able to successfully install / test under Windows (8.1, but should be the same under Windows 7). I'll start rewriting iconizr from scratch in the next days, so stay tuned — support for windows should be on it's way.

Besides that, Happy New Year! :)

Cheers, Joschi

[ghost]

@jkphl

Thank you. Eagerly waiting for the release.

Happy new year to you too.

[tbow]

Great news! Looking forward to it!

[Wasiim]

Fantastic..

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[gideonheilbron]

Installing 'Visual C++ 2010 Express' (https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads#d-2010-express) solved the issue for me (the npm install ran without errors after installing), I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but it looks promising!

[jkphl]

@gideonheilbron Thanks for reporting! :+1:

[martiniusDE]

I would love to have a version without the need of installing visual studio, because it requires admin rights... So it would be a GREAT step, if we have the new version for windows (soon) ;-)

Thanks for your amazing work!

[jkphl]

@martiniusDE There's a new generation of grunt-iconizr in the dev branch, with completely revised dependencies and based on the latest generation of svg-sprite. It is, however, still fairly undocumented, unfortunately. If you're interested to work with it, the node-iconizr docs are your best bet so far. I'm doing my best to find the time to finish it ...

[martiniusDE]

oh, great to hear!!! I missed it...

And fast fast fast answer - thanks, I will try it!

[jkphl]

@martiniusDE You're welcome! The new generation is still in "stealth mode" as I just lack the time to finish it ... However, we already use it in production for a couple of months.

[martiniusDE]

So I can install it on windows and I'm able to run the grunt task, but the task always throws an error:

D:\tmp\iconizr>grunt iconizr:test --verbose --debug
Initializing
Command-line options: --verbose, --debug=1

Reading "gruntfile.js" Gruntfile...OK

Registering Gruntfile tasks.
Initializing config...OK

Registering "grunt-iconizr" local Npm module tasks.
Reading D:\tmp\iconizr\node_modules\grunt-iconizr\package.json...OK
Parsing D:\tmp\iconizr\node_modules\grunt-iconizr\package.json...OK
Loading "iconizr.js" tasks...OK
+ iconizr
Loading "gruntfile.js" tasks...OK
>> No tasks were registered or unregistered.

Running tasks: iconizr:test

Running "iconizr:test" (iconizr) task
[D] Task source: D:\tmp\iconizr\node_modules\grunt-iconizr\tasks\iconizr.js
Verifying property iconizr.test exists in config...OK
Files: svg/logo.svg -> output
Options: dest="D:\\tmp\\iconizr\\output"
Reading D:\tmp\iconizr\svg\logo.svg...OK
Fatal error: Unterminated string constant

I already tried another svg-file, but the same error appears. Do you have any idea what is wrong? My gruntfile.js is btw:

module.exports = function(grunt) {
    'use strict';

    grunt.initConfig({
        iconizr: {
            test: {
                src:['svg/*.svg'],
                dest:'output'
            }
        }
    });

    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-iconizr');

};

[jkphl]

@martiniusDE First of all, please make this a new issue as it obviously isn't the same problem as before anymore. Furthermore, your task misses vital components. It needs to look somewhat like this:

    grunt.initConfig({
        iconizr                 : {
            dist                : {
                src             : ['**/*.svg'],
                dest            : 'fileadmin/rws',
                expand          : true,
                cwd             : 'fileadmin/rws/.templates/icons',
                options         : {
                    log         : 'info',
                    icons               : {
                        render      : {
                            scss        : {
                                dest    : '../.templates/sass/noconcat/icon'
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
    });

Please refer to the properties overview for the available options and / or use the svg-sprite kickstarter and modify its results accordingly / manually.