errors when installing on windows

[OmegaRogue]

When i run npm i -g espruino i get the errors:

gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\OmegaRogue\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19041
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\OmegaRogue\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\OmegaRogue\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\espruino\node_modules\winnus
gyp ERR! node -v v13.12.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN rollup-plugin-commonjs@10.1.0 requires a peer of rollup@>=1.12.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: winnus@0.0.6 (node_modules\espruino\node_modules\winnus):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: winnus@0.0.6 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

[gfwilliams]

By the look of it, it's winnus that has failed? You can probably still use it without that if you need.

Does npm install -g windows-build-tools first help?

[OmegaRogue]

By the look of it, it's winnus that has failed? You can probably still use it without that if you need.

Does npm install -g windows-build-tools first help?

i still get the same error, and when i run it, it says no ports found.
I need to use it with Bluetooth for my Banglejs

[ilyapavkin]

Got similar error. Apparently node reference outdated. Fix:
ilyapavkin/winnus@c880fd3
node 12.18.3
vs2019

[gfwilliams]

Thanks! Just pulled in those changes...

[OmegaRogue]

I just tried installing again and it still fails to build winnus

[gfwilliams]

Node.js probably updated again. It seems basically every new Node.js version they introduce some breaking change to the API :(

[OmegaRogue]

Maybe it would help to specify what Version of node and npm this requires to work, then people can just switch to that with nvm when they need to use this

[skittleson]

I solved my problem by using the LTS version NODE. Build tools seem to be included in NODE 17.* which looks like it can cause it to hang. Works on Windows 10 and 11. Also, add --no-ble param when sending a file via espruino command line