node.js - npm install with error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1

Question

I am try to install modules on Windows 10 using npm 5.6.0. When I enter npm install I get:

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:UsersxiaoomingDesktopapp
ode_modules
ode-gyplibconfigure.js:336:16)
gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299
gyp ERR! command "D:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\xiaooming\Desktop\app\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
gyp ERR! cwd C:UsersxiaoomingDesktopapp
ode_modules
ode-sass
gyp ERR! node -v v8.10.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
Build failed with error code: 1
npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modulesfsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] postinstall 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:UsersxiaoomingAppDataRoaming
pm-cache\_logs2018-03-18T13_02_03_946Z-debug.log

it seems like node-sass install error. the environment is bellow:

python version:2.7.14

npm version: 5.6.0

node version:8.10.0

ruby version:2.3.3p222 (2016-11-21 revision 56859) [i386-mingw32]

system:win10(x64)

node-gyp:3.6.2

and I have installed Microsoft Visual Studio express 2015, the bellow command has executed：

npm config set msvs_version 2015
node-gyp configure --msvs_version=2015
npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

the package.json is:

{
  "name": "kingt4.0app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "an kingt4.0 project.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "test.js"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "finance"
  ],
  "author": "kingdom",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "browser-sync": "^2.11.1",
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.0",
    "gulp-cache": "^0.4.2",
    "gulp-changed": "^1.3.2",
    "gulp-clean-css": "^2.0.2",
    "gulp-file-include": "^0.13.7",
    "gulp-if": "^2.0.0",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^2.4.0",
    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
    "gulp-sass": "^2.2.0",
    "gulp-sourcemaps": "^1.6.0",
    "gulp.spritesmith": "^6.2.1",
    "imagemin-jpegtran": "^4.3.2",
    "imagemin-pngquant": "^4.2.2",
    "merge-stream": "^1.0.0",
    "normalize.css": "^4.0.0",
    "spritesheet-templates": "^10.1.2",
    "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "remodal": "^1.0.7",
    "slick-carousel": "^1.6.0"
  }
}

how to resolve this problem? thanks for help.

Answer 1

If this is a mac machine (OSX) here is what you can do

use terminal

xcode-select --print-path

then remove installed version

sudo rm -r -f /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

and reinstall

xcode-select --install

that should fix the problem

Ref: gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected macOS Catalina