robotjs won't install from npm (Windows)

TJDemigod commented 4 years ago

After trying multiple versions of node and reading/troubleshooting for the last day from all the feedback given to others ie: install dependencies/node-gyp/robotjs, follow steps in the readme etc etc nothing seems to fix it. I am following the learn code by gaming tutorial linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw11Lb8ov88 and am following the steps if you need to know the order in which things were done.

Expected Behavior

install robotjs with 0 errors.

Current Behavior

PS C:\Users\tjdra\Desktop\Project> npm i robotjs

robotjs@0.6.0 install C:\Users\tjdra\Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild

prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=12.16.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=win32)

C:\Users\tjdra\Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\....\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch. robotjs.cc win_delay_load_hook.cc cl : Command line error D8027: cannot execute 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\bin\HostX64\x64\c1xx.dll' [C:\Users\tjdra \Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj] cl : Command line error D8027: cannot execute 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726\bin\HostX64\x64\c1xx.dll' [C:\Users\tjdra \Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj] cl : Command line error D8040: error creating or communicating with child process [C:\Users\tjdra\Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs\build\robotjs.vcxproj] gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:311:20) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362 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\tjdra\Desktop\Project\node_modules\robotjs gyp ERR! node -v v12.16.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5 gyp ERR! not ok npm WARN project@1.0.0 No description npm WARN project@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! robotjs@0.6.0 install: prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the robotjs@0.6.0 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\tjdra\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-08-12T08_03_18_566Z-debug.log

Possible Solution

Tried all possible solutions I could find.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

npm install robotjs
Steps are listed in link if complete list of steps are needed.

Context

Trying to get this running so I can progress with the tutorial and learn something new.

Your Environment

RobotJS version: 0.6.0
Node.js version: 12.16.1 (have tried also earlier 12.x.x and latest)
npm version: 6.13.4
Operating System: Windows 10

MoonEgret commented 4 years ago

On my computer(win10 x64) 1.nodejs: v12.18.3 (earlier than 11.x.x can’t prebuild-install) 2.node-gyp: v7.0.0 (make sure you have installed [Visual Studio Build Tools] and [Python v2.7.x]) 3.electron: v6.0.7 (earlier than 3.1.13 can‘t work) before i uninstall my [Visual Studio 2015],robotjs can‘t be rebuild command 1.npm install -g node-gyp 2.npm install robotjs (nodejs will use its own node-gyp@5.1.0 to prebuild, i guess) 3.cd .\node_modules\robotjs\ 4.node-gyp rebuild --target=6.0.7 --arch=x64 --target_platform=darwin --dist-url=https://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/atom-shell step 4 is necessary.[your node-gyp.js] rebuild --target=[electron version] --arch=[ia32|x64] --target_platform=darwin --dist-url=[Download header tarball from custom URL] --target version should be --dist-url electron-builder will rebuild robotjs if not set

   "nodeGypRebuild": false,
    "buildDependenciesFromSource": false,
    "npmRebuild": false,

TJDemigod commented 4 years ago

Thank you for the information. I installed build tools via Visual Studio as before it was via the additional tools for Node install and installed electron. After doing it this way there were no more errors.

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