Cannot install/build robotjs: "gyp: Call to 'node -e "require('nan')"' returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp"

[dotnetdan]

I cannot successfully install/build this package, using Windows 10. I get errors related to 'nan'. I don't know what else I can do, any help would be appreciated.

I have all prerequisites installed and configured for node-gyp as per the documentation :

• VS 2017 build tools installed
• Python 2.7 installed
• npm install -g node-gyp
• npm config set msvs_version 2017
• npm config set python c:/python27 (also tried npm config set python 2.7 as per Microsoft)

I am able to build other packages that require node-gyp, such as sqlite3

Expected Behavior

To use npm install robotjs successfully

Current Behavior

Both commands

npm install robotjs node-gyp rebuild

result in the same error:

Error: Cannot find module 'nan' Require stack:

• C:\Users\dling[eval] at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:880:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:725:27) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18) at [eval]:1:1 at Script.runInThisContext (vm.js:132:18) at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:309:38) at internal/process/execution.js:77:19 at [eval]-wrapper:6:22 at evalScript (internal/process/execution.js:76:60) { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [ 'C:\Users\dling\[eval]' ] } gyp: Call to 'node -e "require('nan')"' returned exit status 1 while in binding.gyp. while trying to load binding.gyp gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\dling\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v14.15.1\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:353:16) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:277:12) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19042 gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\dling\Source\robotjs gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.2.0 gyp ERR! not ok

  Possible Solution

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. npm init
2. npm install robotjs (nan error occurs)
3. node-gyp rebuild (same nan error occurs)

Your Environment

• RobotJS version: 0.6.0
• Node.js version: tried latest versions of 12, 14, and 16
• npm version: 6.14.8
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Python: tried 2.7, 3.8, and 3.9

[dotnetdan]

I finally solved this issue. It was caused by an autorun script for cmd (clink). Using regedit, go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor and change the Autorun key to blank.