Cannot install via NPM on Windows machine.

[Amirali-Amirifar]

Describe the bug Upon installation using npm install zeromq throws error code 3221225477 and halts the installation. Although installation works as normal on an ubuntu machine.

Logs

81 info run zeromq@6.0.4 install { code: 3221225477, signal: null }
82 verbose stack Error: command failed
82 verbose stack     at promiseSpawn (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:22:22)
82 verbose stack     at spawnWithShell (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:124:10)
82 verbose stack     at promiseSpawn (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:12:12)
82 verbose stack     at runScriptPkg (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\run-script\lib\run-script-pkg.js:77:13)
82 verbose stack     at runScript (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\run-script\lib\run-script.js:9:12)
82 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\rebuild.js:329:17
82 verbose stack     at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:67:22)
82 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:84:9
82 verbose stack     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
82 verbose stack     at callLimit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:35:69)
83 verbose pkgid zeromq@6.0.4
84 error code 3221225477
85 error path C:\[__PATH__]\node_modules\zeromq
86 error command failed
87 error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c cross-env npm_config_build_from_source=true aminya-node-gyp-build
88 silly unfinished npm timer reify 1726584768029
89 silly unfinished npm timer reify:build 1726584769098
90 silly unfinished npm timer build 1726584769098
91 silly unfinished npm timer build:deps 1726584769099
92 silly unfinished npm timer build:run:install 1726584769116
93 silly unfinished npm timer build:run:install:node_modules/zeromq 1726584769117

95 verbose os Windows_NT 10.0.22000
96 verbose node v20.17.0
97 verbose npm  v10.8.2

Tried increase node access permissions.

• OS: Windows 11 64bit
• ZeroMQ.js version: latest

[aminya]

This sounds like a missing DLL issue. Do you have Visual C++ redistributable installed?

[Amirali-Amirifar]

Solved the issue, thank you.