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Possible need for requirement for option 1 Windows #1116
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@OwenBrotherwood I don't have any context to understand your issue. Any information regarding what you were trying to accomplish, steps to reproduce and why this is a bug in node-gyp would be essential to help you. As far as guesswork goes: you need to install the Windows 8 SDK when you install Visual Studio. We are working to support the Windows 10 SDK with Visual Studio 2017, but the work has not landed yet. |
Context;
"I'll be back" Own notes: |
Context: Option 1 installation instructions A COMPLETE new install of windows 10
Gives the dreaded:
I test on the same system with an installation of Visual Studio 15 (Community) and hope, Note:
Edit |
After a long trail, I have found the following:
I will try out option 1 as soon as I have energy to remove VS2015 Community and start again. |
@OwenBrotherwood I believe the issue you have is because you install
@felixrieseberg @A92hm would it be simple to add a message at the end of installation with the exact |
The administrator issue is in scope: I am examining the docs from different sources and in general, there is no one true answer as various repos take different aproaches. I have deceided the only true source for option 1 is to start at MS with http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools and work the stack from there. The following, with usage of https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools is an interesting help for some, but I have removed it from my list of options.
Option2 with Option1, is in scope for analysis of best practise/possible most sucessfull in relation to how many click click installations are needed and the hard disk place required
In general, I allways prefer to install as non-admin, including node and other tools: I come from a unix background that is "you shouldn't need root all the time" |
In general, it may be a requirement to read thru some docs if one's app really depends on problem free native support. My current reading is https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z7kx322x.aspx with focus on not using Visual Studio. As previously indicated: very old man from unix background - if you can't do it from the cmd line it ain't worth doing |
Closing, doesn't seem to be an issue with node-gyp itself. If it's a documentation issue, a pull request would be welcome. |
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-8-1-sdk may be required
option 1 failed for me: I did not analyse failure but went to option 2
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-8-1-sdk is a requirement and could be something to do with option 1 failure.
At some stage, I take a deep breath and repeat the experience : just not today
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