not installing in Win 7

Should node-serialport work in Windows? npm installation in Windows 7 fails. Here is my npm-debug info:

info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.exe', verbose cli 'C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.4 verbose config file C:\Users\Administrator.npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\etc\npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server 755 verbose caching C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\socket.io\package.json verbose loadDefaults socket.io@0.8.7 verbose caching C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\websocket\package.json verbose loadDefaults websocket@1.0.2 verbose into C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server [ 'serialport' ] verbose cache add serialport verbose cache add [ 'serialport', null ] silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'serialport', [ 'serialport', null ] ] verbose parsed url { pathname: 'serialport', verbose parsed url path: 'serialport', verbose parsed url href: 'serialport' } info addNamed [ 'serialport', '' ] verbose addNamed [ null, '' ] verbose GET serialport verbose raw, before any munging serialport verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:12:50 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport 755 verbose GET serialport/0.6.3 verbose raw, before any munging serialport/0.6.3 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport/0.6.3' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/0.6.3 verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:12:50 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport/0.6.3 from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3 755 verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8r-v83.6.6.8-win32-ia32-6.1.7601', verbose bin dist { shasum: '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28', verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz' } ] verbose caching C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 silly resolved [ { name: 'serialport', silly resolved version: '0.6.3', silly resolved description: 'Welcome your robotic javascript overlords. Better yet, program them!', silly resolved author: { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'voodootikigod@gmail.com' }, silly resolved main: './serialport', silly resolved repository: silly resolved { type: 'git', silly resolved url: 'git://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport.git' }, silly resolved scripts: { install: 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' }, silly resolved engines: { node: '0.6' }, silly resolved _id: 'serialport@0.6.3', silly resolved contributors: silly resolved [ { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'chris@iterativedesigns.com' }, silly resolved { name: 'Esa-Matti Suuronen', email: 'esa-matti@suuronen.org' }, silly resolved { name: 'Nathan Rajlich', email: 'nathan@tootallnate.net' }, silly resolved { name: 'Rick Waldron', email: 'waldron.rick@gmail.com' }, silly resolved { email: 'w1nk' } ], silly resolved dependencies: {}, silly resolved devDependencies: {}, silly resolved _engineSupported: true, silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.0-alpha-6', silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.4', silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true } ] info into C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server serialport@0.6.3 info installOne serialport@0.6.3 info unbuild C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules_serialport.npm' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules_serialport.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\nodemodulesserialport.npm\package verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport verbose renamed [ 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\nodemodules\serialport.npm\package', verbose renamed 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport' ] verbose caching C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 info preinstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose from cache C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose into C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport [] silly resolved [] verbose about to build C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport info build C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose linkStuff [ false, verbose linkStuff false, verbose linkStuff false, verbose linkStuff 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules' ] info linkStuff serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkBins serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkMans serialport@0.6.3 verbose rebuildBundles serialport@0.6.3 info install serialport@0.6.3 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true silly exec cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" silly spawning [ 'cmd', silly spawning [ '/c', silly spawning 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' ], silly spawning 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport' ] info serialport@0.6.3 Failed to exec install script ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5) info unbuild C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules\serialport\package.json info preuninstall serialport@0.6.3 info uninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 [ true, verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules', verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server\node_modules' ] info postuninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose installOne cb serialport@0.6.3 ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, ERR! not with npm itself. ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! You can get their info via: ERR! npm owner ls serialport ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601 ERR! command "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Arduino-JS\server ERR! node -v v0.6.4 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I am having the same issue, but I am using win-nodeJS (nodeJS 0.6.5) I reccomend win-nodeJS package very much it comes coupled with npm as well http://code.google.com/p/nodejs-win/

cmd display :

npm ERR! prefix directory not found npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming \npm' npm ERR! Report this entire log at: npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Foxy npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! path C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roamin g\npm' npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\Foxy\npm-debug.log npm not ok

C:\Users\Foxy>npm install serialport npm ERR! prefix directory not found npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming \npm' npm ERR! Report this entire log at: npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Foxy npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! path C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roamin g\npm' npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\Foxy\npm-debug.log npm not ok

LOG : info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe', verbose cli 'C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.5 verbose config file C:\Users\Foxy.npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files\NodeJS\etc\npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc ERR! prefix directory not found ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm' ERR! Report this entire log at: ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues ERR! or email it to: ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd C:\Users\Foxy ERR! node -v v0.6.5 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! path C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm ERR! code ENOENT ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm' verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Possible Solutions I am trying :

1) I am running Take ownership on programs, windows, and user dir, all sub dirs and files ->if this does not fix the issue then it is more than likely not a permissions issue

2) I will manually create the npm dir in the roaming dir. ->if this does not fix the issue, there is a hole in the space time continuum, and I would expect a new error

1) Did not fix the issue Ran Take ownership on programs, windows, and user dir, all sub dirs and files

2) Fixed initial issue and resulted in new issue I will manually create the npm dir in the roaming dir.

New issue details :

CMD display :

serialport@0.6.3 install C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_nati ve.node ../

The system cannot find the path specified. npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.no de ../ npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node- waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (C:\P rogram Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:7 0:17) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:35 9:16) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process. js:395:5) npm ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure buil d;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Relea se/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/seri alport_native.node ../ npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Foxy npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf config ure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp bui ld/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\Foxy\npm-debug.log npm not ok

LOG File :

info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe', verbose cli 'C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.5 verbose config file C:\Users\Foxy.npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files\NodeJS\etc\npmrc verbose config file C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy 755 verbose into C:\Users\Foxy [ 'serialport' ] verbose cache add serialport verbose cache add [ 'serialport', null ] silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'serialport', [ 'serialport', null ] ] verbose parsed url { pathname: 'serialport', verbose parsed url path: 'serialport', verbose parsed url href: 'serialport' } info addNamed [ 'serialport', '' ] verbose addNamed [ null, '' ] verbose GET serialport verbose raw, before any munging serialport verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport silly get cb [ 200, silly get cb { vary: 'Accept', silly get cb server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:15:18 GMT', silly get cb 'content-type': 'application/json', silly get cb 'content-length': '16938' } ] verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache' verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport 755 verbose GET serialport/0.6.3 verbose raw, before any munging serialport/0.6.3 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport/0.6.3' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/0.6.3 silly get cb [ 200, silly get cb { vary: 'Accept', silly get cb server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:15:19 GMT', silly get cb 'content-type': 'application/json', silly get cb 'content-length': '1171' } ] verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3 755 verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8r-v83.6.6.11-win32-ia32-6.1.7600', verbose bin dist { shasum: '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28', verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz' } ] verbose addRemoteTarball [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz', verbose addRemoteTarball '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28' ] verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516' verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798 755 info fetch https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz verbose fetch to C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\tmp.tgz verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798 755 silly updated sha bytes 10240 info shasum 4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28 info shasum C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\tmp.tgz verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798package.npm' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798package.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798package.npm\package verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package verbose renamed [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package.npm\package', verbose renamed 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package' ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 verbose tarball contents [ 'package', 'tmp.tgz' ] verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package\package.json verbose pack C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz silly makeList C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package silly dir, dirLen [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package', silly dir, dirLen 92 ] verbose tarball C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz verbose parent C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323022519516\1323022519516-0.2998147797770798\package verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm\package verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package verbose renamed [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.npm\package', verbose renamed 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package' ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 silly updated sha bytes 7949 info shasum f2e69ab8bd737a0347c49fd247a2845f38c52b00 info shasum C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose chmod C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz 644 silly skipping chown for windows C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz silly resolved [ { name: 'serialport', silly resolved version: '0.6.3', silly resolved description: 'Welcome your robotic javascript overlords. Better yet, program them!', silly resolved author: { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'voodootikigod@gmail.com' }, silly resolved main: './serialport', silly resolved repository: silly resolved { type: 'git', silly resolved url: 'git://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport.git' }, silly resolved scripts: { install: 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' }, silly resolved engines: { node: '0.6' }, silly resolved _id: 'serialport@0.6.3', silly resolved contributors: silly resolved [ { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'chris@iterativedesigns.com' }, silly resolved { name: 'Esa-Matti Suuronen', email: 'esa-matti@suuronen.org' }, silly resolved { name: 'Nathan Rajlich', email: 'nathan@tootallnate.net' }, silly resolved { name: 'Rick Waldron', email: 'waldron.rick@gmail.com' }, silly resolved { email: 'w1nk' } ], silly resolved dependencies: {}, silly resolved devDependencies: {}, silly resolved _engineSupported: true, silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.0-alpha-6', silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.5', silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true, silly resolved dist: { shasum: 'f2e69ab8bd737a0347c49fd247a2845f38c52b00' } } ] info into C:\Users\Foxy serialport@0.6.3 info installOne serialport@0.6.3 info unbuild C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules' verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules_serialport.npm' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules_serialport.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed C:\Users\Foxy\nodemodulesserialport.npm\package verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport verbose renamed [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\nodemodules\serialport.npm\package', verbose renamed 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport' ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 info preinstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose into C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport [] silly resolved [] verbose about to build C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport info build C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose linkStuff [ false, false, false, 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules' ] info linkStuff serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkBins serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkMans serialport@0.6.3 verbose rebuildBundles serialport@0.6.3 info install serialport@0.6.3 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true silly exec cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" silly spawning [ 'cmd', silly spawning [ '/c', silly spawning 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' ], silly spawning 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport' ] info serialport@0.6.3 Failed to exec install script ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5) info unbuild C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules\serialport\package.json info preuninstall serialport@0.6.3 info uninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 [ true, verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules', verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'C:\Users\Foxy\node_modules' ] info postuninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose installOne cb serialport@0.6.3 ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, ERR! not with npm itself. ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! You can get their info via: ERR! npm owner ls serialport ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd C:\Users\Foxy ERR! node -v v0.6.5 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I will try the following solutions :

1) This error seems to be cause by not being in the correct directory path therefore I will attempt to npm from the nodeJS installation dir. ->if this does not fix the issue, I would expect a new issue to arise.

1) This solution worked, but created a new error This error seems to be cause by not being in the correct directory path therefore I will attempt to npm from the nodeJS installation dir.

CMD display :

npm WARN mongodb@0.9.6-23 package.json: bugs['web'] should probably be bugs['url ']

serialport@0.6.3 install c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_nati ve.node ../

The system cannot find the path specified. npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.no de ../ npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node- waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (c:\P rogram Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:7 0:17) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:35 9:16) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process. js:395:5) npm ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure buil d;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Relea se/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/seri alport_native.node ../ npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf config ure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp bui ld/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! c:\Program Files\NodeJS\npm-debug.log npm not ok

LOG File :

info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe', verbose cli 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.5 verbose config file C:\Users\Foxy.npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\etc\npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc verbose mkdir done: c:\Program Files\NodeJS 755 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\connect\package.json verbose loadDefaults connect@1.7.2 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\connect-mongodb\package.json verbose loadDefaults connect-mongodb@1.0.0 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\express\package.json verbose loadDefaults express@2.5.0 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\express-csrf\package.json verbose loadDefaults express-csrf@0.3.3 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\hashish\package.json verbose loadDefaults hashish@0.0.4 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\mime\package.json verbose loadDefaults mime@1.2.4 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\mkdirp\package.json verbose loadDefaults mkdirp@0.0.7 WARN mongodb@0.9.6-23 package.json: bugs['web'] should probably be bugs['url'] verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\mongodb\package.json verbose loadDefaults mongodb@0.9.6-23 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\mysql\package.json verbose loadDefaults mysql@0.9.4 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\policyfile\package.json verbose loadDefaults policyfile@0.0.4 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\qs\package.json verbose loadDefaults qs@0.3.1 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\redis\package.json verbose loadDefaults redis@0.6.6 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\socket.io\package.json verbose loadDefaults socket.io@0.8.2 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\socket.io-client\package.json verbose loadDefaults socket.io-client@0.8.2 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\traverse\package.json verbose loadDefaults traverse@0.5.1 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\uglify-js\package.json verbose loadDefaults uglify-js@1.0.6 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\websocket-client\package.json verbose loadDefaults websocket-client@1.0.0 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\xmlhttprequest\package.json verbose loadDefaults xmlhttprequest@1.2.2 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\package.json verbose loadDefaults npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 verbose into c:\Program Files\NodeJS [ 'serialport' ] verbose cache add serialport verbose cache add [ 'serialport', null ] silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'serialport', [ 'serialport', null ] ] verbose parsed url { pathname: 'serialport', verbose parsed url path: 'serialport', verbose parsed url href: 'serialport' } info addNamed [ 'serialport', '' ] verbose addNamed [ null, '' ] verbose GET serialport verbose raw, before any munging serialport verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:23:58 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport 755 verbose GET serialport/0.6.3 verbose raw, before any munging serialport/0.6.3 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport/0.6.3' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/0.6.3 verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:23:59 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport/0.6.3 from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3 755 verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8r-v83.6.6.11-win32-ia32-6.1.7600', verbose bin dist { shasum: '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28', verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz' } ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 silly resolved [ { name: 'serialport', silly resolved version: '0.6.3', silly resolved description: 'Welcome your robotic javascript overlords. Better yet, program them!', silly resolved author: { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'voodootikigod@gmail.com' }, silly resolved main: './serialport', silly resolved repository: silly resolved { type: 'git', silly resolved url: 'git://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport.git' }, silly resolved scripts: { install: 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' }, silly resolved engines: { node: '0.6' }, silly resolved _id: 'serialport@0.6.3', silly resolved contributors: silly resolved [ { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'chris@iterativedesigns.com' }, silly resolved { name: 'Esa-Matti Suuronen', email: 'esa-matti@suuronen.org' }, silly resolved { name: 'Nathan Rajlich', email: 'nathan@tootallnate.net' }, silly resolved { name: 'Rick Waldron', email: 'waldron.rick@gmail.com' }, silly resolved { email: 'w1nk' } ], silly resolved dependencies: {}, silly resolved devDependencies: {}, silly resolved _engineSupported: true, silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.0-alpha-6', silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.5', silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true } ] info into c:\Program Files\NodeJS serialport@0.6.3 info installOne serialport@0.6.3 info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm' verbose mkdir done: c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodulesserialport.npm\package verbose rm'ed c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose renamed [ 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodules\serialport.npm\package', verbose renamed 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport' ] verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 info preinstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose into c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport [] silly resolved [] verbose about to build c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport info build c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose linkStuff [ false, false, false, 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules' ] info linkStuff serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkBins serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkMans serialport@0.6.3 verbose rebuildBundles serialport@0.6.3 info install serialport@0.6.3 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true silly exec cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" silly spawning [ 'cmd', silly spawning [ '/c', silly spawning 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' ], silly spawning 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport' ] info serialport@0.6.3 Failed to exec install script ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5) info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json info preuninstall serialport@0.6.3 info uninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 [ true, verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules', verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules' ] info postuninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose installOne cb serialport@0.6.3 ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, ERR! not with npm itself. ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! You can get their info via: ERR! npm owner ls serialport ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS ERR! node -v v0.6.5 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

will attempt the following solutions :

1) Not sure how to proceede from here, so I will just try copy and pasting the package from the npm-cache into my node modules dir

[your user path]\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package to [your nodeJS installation path]\node_modules\serialport -> if this does not work I expect a new error

1) Copy and pasted npm serialport cache to node modules folder 2) Ran test _read and came up with the following error

CMD Display :

c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\tests>node test_read.js

node.js:201 throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick ^ Error: Cannot find module './serialport_native' at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:334:11) at Function._load (module.js:279:25) at Module.require (module.js:357:17) at require (module.js:368:17) at Object. (c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\seria lport.js:11:28) at Module._compile (module.js:432:26) at Object..js (module.js:450:10) at Module.load (module.js:351:31) at Function._load (module.js:310:12) at Module.require (module.js:357:17)

solution attempts : 1) will attempt fresh manual serialport install from git repo ->if this doesn't work I expect it to be a windows pathing issue

2) will attempt to update the pagcage.json file path to work on windows ->if this doesnt work the world has either ended or a new error has occurred

the world has ended

need to build serialport_native and install

I have completely uninstalled the win-nodeJS installation and started from scratch with the actual nodeJS windows msi found at : http://nodejs.org/#download

this seems promising and has led me to the following windows permission error when running npm install serialport

cmd display :

npm ERR! Could not create c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules___serialport.npm

npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: EACCES, permission denied 'c:\ Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm' npm ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodules\ serialport.npm' npm ERR! Report this entire log at: npm ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues npm ERR! or email it to: npm ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! path c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm npm ERR! code EACCES npm ERR! message EACCES, permission denied 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodules serialport.npm' npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! c:\Program Files\NodeJS\npm-debug.log npm not ok

log file :

info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe', verbose cli 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.5 verbose config file C:\Users\Foxy.npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\etc\npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc verbose mkdir done: c:\Program Files\NodeJS 755 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\package.json verbose loadDefaults npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 verbose into c:\Program Files\NodeJS [ 'serialport' ] verbose cache add serialport verbose cache add [ 'serialport', null ] silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'serialport', [ 'serialport', null ] ] verbose parsed url { pathname: 'serialport', verbose parsed url path: 'serialport', verbose parsed url href: 'serialport' } info addNamed [ 'serialport', '' ] verbose addNamed [ null, '' ] verbose GET serialport verbose raw, before any munging serialport verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:46:08 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport 755 verbose GET serialport/0.6.3 verbose raw, before any munging serialport/0.6.3 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport/0.6.3' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/0.6.3 verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:46:09 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport/0.6.3 from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3 755 verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8r-v83.6.6.11-win32-ia32-6.1.7600', verbose bin dist { shasum: '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28', verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz' } ] verbose addRemoteTarball [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz', verbose addRemoteTarball '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28' ] verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816' verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741 755 info fetch 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C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741package.npm\package verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package verbose renamed [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package.npm\package', verbose renamed 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package' ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 verbose tarball contents [ 'package', 'tmp.tgz' ] verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package\package.json verbose pack C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz silly makeList C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package silly dir, dirLen [ 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package', silly dir, dirLen 92 ] verbose tarball C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package.tgz verbose parent C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1323031568816\1323031568816-0.7987778130918741\package verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm' verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3package.npm\package verbose rm'ed 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Better yet, program them!', silly resolved author: { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'voodootikigod@gmail.com' }, silly resolved main: './serialport', silly resolved repository: silly resolved { type: 'git', silly resolved url: 'git://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport.git' }, silly resolved scripts: { install: 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' }, silly resolved engines: { node: '0.6' }, silly resolved _id: 'serialport@0.6.3', silly resolved contributors: silly resolved [ { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'chris@iterativedesigns.com' }, silly resolved { name: 'Esa-Matti Suuronen', email: 'esa-matti@suuronen.org' }, silly resolved { name: 'Nathan Rajlich', email: 'nathan@tootallnate.net' }, silly resolved { name: 'Rick Waldron', email: 'waldron.rick@gmail.com' }, silly resolved { email: 'w1nk' } ], silly resolved dependencies: {}, silly resolved devDependencies: {}, silly resolved _engineSupported: true, silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.0-alpha-6', silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.5', silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true, silly resolved dist: { shasum: '62cff3508d67f0fc117e836a34fbd29aa8ad79a1' } } ] info into c:\Program Files\NodeJS serialport@0.6.3 info installOne serialport@0.6.3 info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modulesserialport.npm' verbose unpack uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport ERR! Could not create c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: EACCES, permission denied 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodulesserialport.npm' info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose installOne cb serialport@0.6.3 ERR! Error: EACCES, permission denied 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodulesserialport.npm' ERR! Report this entire log at: ERR! http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues ERR! or email it to: ERR! npm-@googlegroups.com ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS ERR! node -v v0.6.5 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! path c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm ERR! code EACCES ERR! message EACCES, permission denied 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodulesserialport.npm' verbose exit [ 1, true ]

solutions I will attempt : fix permissions

took ownership but problem persists, I believe this is an npm issue researching

This time I ran the cmd prompt as administrator and got the following errors :

cmd display :

serialport@0.6.3 install c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_nati ve.node ../

The system cannot find the path specified. npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.no de ../ npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node- waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (c:\P rogram Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:7 0:17) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:35 9:16) npm ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process. js:395:5) npm ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure buil d;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Relea se/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/seri alport_native.node ../ npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 npm ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\Nod eJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" npm ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS npm ERR! node -v v0.6.5 npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf config ure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ npm ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp bui ld/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in: npm ERR! c:\Program Files\NodeJS\npm-debug.log npm not ok

log file:

info it worked if it ends with ok verbose cli [ 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe', verbose cli 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js', verbose cli 'install', verbose cli 'serialport' ] info using npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 info using node@v0.6.5 verbose config file C:\Users\Foxy.npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\etc\npmrc verbose config file c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\npmrc verbose mkdir done: c:\Program Files\NodeJS 755 verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\package.json verbose loadDefaults npm@1.1.0-alpha-6 verbose into c:\Program Files\NodeJS [ 'serialport' ] verbose cache add serialport verbose cache add [ 'serialport', null ] silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'serialport', [ 'serialport', null ] ] verbose parsed url { pathname: 'serialport', verbose parsed url path: 'serialport', verbose parsed url href: 'serialport' } info addNamed [ 'serialport', '' ] verbose addNamed [ null, '' ] verbose GET serialport verbose raw, before any munging serialport verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:15:37 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport 755 verbose GET serialport/0.6.3 verbose raw, before any munging serialport/0.6.3 verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './serialport/0.6.3' ] verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/0.6.3 verbose etag "DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE" silly get cb [ 304, silly get cb { server: 'CouchDB/1.1.0 (Erlang OTP/R14B04)', silly get cb etag: '"DM3DFXDG0DTMYOPAYPUUBWEDE"', silly get cb date: 'Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:15:38 GMT', silly get cb 'content-length': '0' } ] verbose etag serialport/0.6.3 from cache verbose mkdir done: C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3 755 verbose bin dist [ '0.6-ares1.7.5-DEV-evundefined-openssl0.9.8r-v83.6.6.11-win32-ia32-6.1.7600', verbose bin dist { shasum: '4ddcbaa239da037ddeb01866b46bb13d46892c28', verbose bin dist tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/serialport/-/serialport-0.6.3.tgz' } ] verbose caching C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 silly resolved [ { name: 'serialport', silly resolved version: '0.6.3', silly resolved description: 'Welcome your robotic javascript overlords. Better yet, program them!', silly resolved author: { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'voodootikigod@gmail.com' }, silly resolved main: './serialport', silly resolved repository: silly resolved { type: 'git', silly resolved url: 'git://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport.git' }, silly resolved scripts: { install: 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' }, silly resolved engines: { node: '0.6' }, silly resolved _id: 'serialport@0.6.3', silly resolved contributors: silly resolved [ { name: 'Chris Williams', email: 'chris@iterativedesigns.com' }, silly resolved { name: 'Esa-Matti Suuronen', email: 'esa-matti@suuronen.org' }, silly resolved { name: 'Nathan Rajlich', email: 'nathan@tootallnate.net' }, silly resolved { name: 'Rick Waldron', email: 'waldron.rick@gmail.com' }, silly resolved { email: 'w1nk' } ], silly resolved dependencies: {}, silly resolved devDependencies: {}, silly resolved _engineSupported: true, silly resolved _npmVersion: '1.1.0-alpha-6', silly resolved _nodeVersion: 'v0.6.5', silly resolved _defaultsLoaded: true } ] info into c:\Program Files\NodeJS serialport@0.6.3 info installOne serialport@0.6.3 info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 info preuninstall serialport@0.6.3 info uninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 [ true, verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules', verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules' ] info postuninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose from cache C:\Users\Foxy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\serialport\0.6.3\package\package.json verbose mkdir (expected) error ENOENT, no such file or directory 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm' verbose mkdir done: c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules_serialport.npm 755 verbose unpack_ uid, gid [ undefined, undefined ] verbose unpackTarget c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport silly gunzTarPerm modes [ '755', '644' ] silly afterUntar undefined verbose gunzed c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodulesserialport.npm\package verbose rm'ed c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose renamed [ 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\nodemodules\serialport.npm\package', verbose renamed 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport' ] verbose caching c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose loadDefaults serialport@0.6.3 info preinstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose into c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport [] silly resolved [] verbose about to build c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport info build c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json verbose linkStuff [ false, false, false, 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules' ] info linkStuff serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkBins serialport@0.6.3 verbose linkMans serialport@0.6.3 verbose rebuildBundles serialport@0.6.3 info install serialport@0.6.3 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true silly exec cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" silly spawning [ 'cmd', silly spawning [ '/c', silly spawning 'cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../' ], silly spawning 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport' ] info serialport@0.6.3 Failed to exec install script ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 Error: serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess. (c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16) ERR! error installing serialport@0.6.3 at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5) info unbuild c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport verbose from cache c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\serialport\package.json info preuninstall serialport@0.6.3 info uninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 [ true, verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules', verbose unbuild serialport@0.6.3 'c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules' ] info postuninstall serialport@0.6.3 verbose installOne cb serialport@0.6.3 ERR! serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 ERR! ERR! Failed at the serialport@0.6.3 install script. ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport package, ERR! not with npm itself. ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: ERR! cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! You can get their info via: ERR! npm owner ls serialport ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. ERR! ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600 ERR! command "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node.exe" "c:\Program Files\NodeJS\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" ERR! cwd c:\Program Files\NodeJS ERR! node -v v0.6.5 ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6 ERR! code ELIFECYCLE ERR! message serialport@0.6.3 install: cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../ ERR! message cmd "/c" "cd serialport_native;node-waf configure build;cp build/Release/serialport_native.node ../" failed with 1 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Posted issue to npm, issue currently unresolvable.

https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/1834#issuecomment-3009100

My suggestion for now until the NodeJS version for windows can compile binaries is to use something like serproxy and socket.io

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software

This is due to issues with the cross compilation within node-waf which is being removed from the build process of node. I am working with the MS team to make node-serialport work on Windows - updates will be posted here.

Any idea as to time frame?

I've created a windows-support branch in my fork here: https://github.com/jaredhanson/node-serialport/tree/windows-support

It's not complete yet, but its getting close. I've implemented a set of uv_com functions which mirror those in uv_fs, but operate on Windows COM ports. I think much of serialport_native can be made to use uv_fs on POSIX and uv_com on Windows. Going that route, fully asynchronous open, close, and write operations will fall out naturally.

Take a look, and feel free to contribute and send feedback.

Can't wait to see more. Is there a document explaining the current issues and expected updates with this branch?

I'm trying to install on Windows7 64bit as admin and escalating the dos window to admin but still getting an error: EPERM, operation not permitted. @jaredhanson, has there been any progress with the MS team?

Guys, I'm looking forward to a fix for this problem. Still can't install on my Windows 7 SP1 64bit system. Thank you for this great system though! It just makes things easy! Thank you very much. Hoping for a quick resolution to this problem!

Put me down for really wishing that a Windows-compatible version existed!

@jaredhanson's branch looks like a good start. The module.gyp file needs to be renamed to binding.gyp for npm/node-gyp, and needs some conditionals for cross-platform support. Feel free to reach out for any help there.

@TooTallNate It's been a bit since I dug into this work, but I agree it'd be nice to get it finished.

I'm short on details at the moment, but I seem to recall that COM ports need special treatment to fully integrate IOCP on Windows. COM port I/O, and this module, would be simple if those flags could make their way into libuv. Now that you're on core, is there any chance of that happening?

I did some preliminary experiments in this direction, I'll dig them up and see if anything is useful.

@jaredhanson You should talk to @piscisaureus regarding the Windows stuff (try IRC).

I ended up writing a simple python program w/ pySerial that pretty much acts as a proxy to the serial port via stdin/stdout. Gets me by for now, and it's cross-platform.

For windows users tinkerproxy-2_0 will be a great way to connect a com port with nodejs.

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Richard Z < reply@reply.github.com

wrote:

I ended up writing a simple python program w/ pySerial that pretty much acts as a proxy to the serial port via stdin/stdout. Gets me by for now, and it's cross-platform.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub:

https://github.com/voodootikigod/node-serialport/issues/24#issuecomment-5682758

Sorry if this is a little spam'y but I've written a module from the ground up with windows in mind https://github.com/joeferner/node-serialport2 It also has been tested on linux and OSX.

We (@joeferner and I) have merged branches and released 1.0.0 - it has windows support.

Still does not seem to install on 64bit windows 7

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.Cpp.InvalidPlatform .Targets(23,7): error MSB8007: The Platform for project 'serialport.vcxproj' is invalid. Platform='x64'. You may be seeing this message because you are tryin g to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\Users\toneDeaf\Documents\GitH ub\nodePhidgetAPI\node_modules\serialport\build\serialport.vcxproj]

serialport / node-serialport

not installing in Win 7 #24