gyp ERR! find VS - does not match this Visual Studio Command Prompt

[keerthikumarb]

I am trying to build "Coffee-Editor" example.
Though the backend is built properly, I face issues building the frontend code.

$ yarn client --ignore-engines && yarn client development
$ yarn -s --cwd client --ignore-engines

Below is the error message:

warning Error running install script for optional dependency: "C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\cpu-features: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node buildcheck.js > buildcheck.gypi && node-gyp rebuild
Arguments:
Directory: C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\cpu-features
Output:
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.13.0 found at "C:\Users\MyPC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\python.exe"
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS running in VS Command Prompt, installation path is:
gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7"
gyp ERR! find VS - will only use this version
gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2017 (15.9.35431.46) found at:
gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools"
gyp ERR! find VS - found "Visual Studio C++ core features"
gyp ERR! find VS - found VC++ toolset: v141
gyp ERR! find VS - found Windows SDK: 10.0.17763.0
gyp ERR! find VS - does not match this Visual Studio Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2017 (15.9.35431.46) found at:
gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional"
gyp ERR! find VS - found "Visual Studio C++ core features"
gyp ERR! find VS - found VC++ toolset: v141
gyp ERR! find VS - found Windows SDK: 10.0.17763.0
gyp ERR! find VS - does not match this Visual Studio Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2015 as it is only supported up to Node.js 18
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:122:47)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:75:16
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:380:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:71:14
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2015 (C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:364:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:67:12
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.parseData (C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:237:5)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:143:14
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:414:7)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19045
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Projects\\coffee-editor\\client\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Projects\coffee-editor\client\node_modules\cpu-features
gyp ERR! node -v v20.18.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.1
gyp ERR! not ok"

[msujew]

Hey @keerthikumarb,

It seems like the native build tools required by node-gyp weren't correctly installed in your machine. Can you try uninstalling node and reinstalling it via the msi installer? Make sure to select the option to install the native build tools. Afterwards, rerunning the build process should hopefully work as expected.

By the way, cpufeatures is a dependency of the backend, which is failing to build, not the frontend.