localhost:11235

[dianabald]

Pardon me. I'm new and a novice when it comes to working with GitHub so forgive me for sounding like one. I followed all of the installation instructions for ChalkTalk and when I try and run ChalkTalk in my browser by typing in localhost:11235, I get this message: "localhost refused to connect". Any tips are appreciated.

[KTRosenberg]

Just to make sure for the sake of troubleshooting, did you follow the "run server" step for your OS before visiting localhost:11235 in your browser? If you have Chrome, the run command should open automatically.

[dianabald]

Yes, in the Windows terminal into /chalktalk ... but,

node server/main.js is not in there... I see a "server" folder but not "node server" and in the "server" folder, I see "main.js" and I ran it from there.

The node.js is stored in my Program Files. I took screen shots of everything below.

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I cloned the ChalkTalk file into my Documents folder, could that be a problem?

Or, perhaps the npm install is a problem? I'm not sure I did this properly.

[image: Inline image 4]

Thanks for helping me try and troubleshoot this... I really want to use ChalkTalk.

Best, Diana

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Just to make sure for the sake of troubleshooting, did you follow the "run server" step for your OS before visiting localhost:11235 in your browser? If you have Chrome, the run command should open automatically.

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[KTRosenberg]

The node part is a command. server/main.js is an argument. You should enter the full command node server/main.js from the root of the Chalktalk directory, then (on Windows) go to localhost in your browser. If issues persist, it is possible that you didn't do the npm step in the correct directory. Also, I cannot see your screenshots.

[dianabald]

Thanks. After I got your note, I entered the full command node server/main.js from the root of the Chaltalk directory, and I go this runtime error message:

Windows Script Host Script: C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\main.js Line: 1 Char: 1 Error: Object Expected Code: 800A138F Source: Microsoft JScript runtime error

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Karl Toby Rosenberg < notifications@github.com> wrote:

The node part is a command. server/main.js is an argument. You should enter the full command node server/main.js from the root of the Chalktalk directory, then (on Windows) go to localhost in your browser. If issues persist, it is possible that you didn't do the npm step in the correct directory. Also, I cannot see your screenshots.

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[KTRosenberg]

I assume that you entered npm install after installing node and cding to ./chalktalk/server/ Do you have the latest version of node js for your system?

[dianabald]

Yes to both questions.

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I assume that you did the following command after installing node: cd ./chalktalk/server/ Do you have the latest version of node js installed?

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[KTRosenberg]

hm, I will look into this more closely as soon as possible.

[dianabald]

Ok, thank you Karl.

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hm, I will look into this more closely as soon as possible.

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[KTRosenberg]

I assume that you did the following command after installing node: cd ./chalktalk/server/ Do you have the latest version

[loremIpsum1771]

What is the console output when you enter the command node -v ?

[dianabald]

When I enter the command node -v, I get: v8.9.1

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What is the console output when you enter the command node -v ?

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[dianabald]

Yes, I did enter the command cd ./chalktalk/server/ and yes, I have the latest version.

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[KTRosenberg]

Hmm, maybe you could save the console output showing all of your steps. That might help us figure what is happening.

[dianabald]

Sure, here you go:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.64] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server>node -v v8.9.1

C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server>npm install

bufferutil@1.2.1 install C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\bufferutil node-gyp rebuild

C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\bufferutil>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 PythonFinder.failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:483:19) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:508:16) gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29 gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299 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" gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\bufferutil gyp ERR! node -v v8.9.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2 gyp ERR! not ok

utf-8-validate@1.2.2 install C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\utf-8-validate node-gyp rebuild

C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\utf-8-validate>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 PythonFinder.failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:483:19) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:508:16) gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29 gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299 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" gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server\node_modules\utf-8-validate gyp ERR! node -v v8.9.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2 gyp ERR! not ok npm WARN chalktalk@0.0.1 No description npm WARN chalktalk@0.0.1 No repository field. npm WARN chalktalk@0.0.1 No license field. npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bufferutil@1.2.1 (node_modules\bufferutil): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: bufferutil@1.2.1 install: node-gyp rebuild npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1 npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: utf-8-validate@1.2.2 (node_modules\utf-8-validate): npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: utf-8-validate@1.2.2 install: node-gyp rebuild npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

added 5 packages in 1.905s

C:\Users\DianaBald\Documents\GitHub\chalktalk\server>node main.js HTTP server listening on port 11235

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Hmm, maybe you could save the console output showing all of your steps. That might help us figure what is happening.

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[Kronopath]

From the error message, it looks like you might be missing python. Try making sure you have python installed before running npm install.

You can find the most recent python installers for Windows here: https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/

[KTRosenberg]

Also, if that fails, the following seems to be a discussion of similar issues: https://github.com/nodejs/node-v0.x-archive/issues/4047

[loremIpsum1771]

It looks like you might not have set the path environment variable for python: gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable. Try doing this

[dianabald]

Hi Kronopath, KTRosenberg and loremlpsum1771. I installed Python and set the path environment variable for python and it worked! I'm using Chalktalk!

Thank you!

[loremIpsum1771]

Good work diana!

[KTRosenberg]

@loremIpsum1771 We definitely need to elaborate on the Windows instructions in the wiki then. I think that this issue is common among Windows users.