install pain on Windows

[trentm]

npm install bunyan fails on Windows if don't have Python:

C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp>npm install bunyan
npm WARN package.json foo@1.0.0 No README.md file found!
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bunyan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/bunyan
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/bunyan/-/bunyan-0.17.0.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/bunyan/-/bunyan-0.17.0.tgz
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/dtrace-provider/0.2.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mv/0.0.4
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mv/0.0.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mv/-/mv-0.0.4.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/dtrace-provider/0.2.4
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/dtrace-provider/-/dtrace-provider-0.2.4.
tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/mv/-/mv-0.0.4.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/dtrace-provider/-/dtrace-provider-0.2.4.
tgz

> dtrace-provider@0.2.4 install C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp\node_modules\bu
nyan\node_modules\dtrace-provider
> node-gyp rebuild


C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp\node_modules\bunyan\node_modules\dtrace-provide
r>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_mo
dules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYT
HON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack     at failNoPython (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\nod
e_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:113:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node
-gyp\lib\configure.js:82:11
gyp ERR! stack     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:297:15)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu
les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp\node_modules\bunyan\node_modules\d
trace-provider
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.17
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.8.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! dtrace-provider@0.2.4 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "node-gyp rebuild"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the dtrace-provider@0.2.4 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the dtrace-provider package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls dtrace-provider
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod
ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bunyan"
npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.17
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Administrator\trent\tmp\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

The intention of the dep on node-dtrace-provider is to encourage getting it. IMO, it shouldn't fail if Python is missing.

Also reported on another ticket (issue #60) is that Windows install fails if don't have a C compiler (e.g. Visual Studio) installed. Also want to fix that.

[gagle]

Same problem here. I have to manually copy the readme, source, package and mv module in order to execute bunyan correctly.

[matthiasg]

still acts weirdly now i cannot get it compiled in any vs environment .. tried vs2008/vs2010/vs2012

npm install bunyan on windows does this >

node "C:\Program Files (x86)
\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin....\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.Targets(518,5): error MSB8008: Specified platform toolset (v110) is not installed or invalid. Please make sure that a supported PlatformToolset value is
selected. [......node_modules\bunyan\node_modules\dtrace-provider\build\DTracePro
viderStub.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: msbuild failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\buil
d.js:255:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17)
gyp ERR! stack at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "
rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd c:\Development\private\matthiasg\hl7sender\node_modules\bunyan\node_modules\dtrace-provider
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.20
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.8.4
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! dtrace-provider@0.2.7 install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! cmd "/c" "node-gyp rebuild" failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the dtrace-provider@0.2.7 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the dtrace-provider package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls dtrace-provider
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

[trentm]

this shoudl be fixed with commit 6fc941c (to be released as bunyan 1.2.0). Please re-open if not.

[RonWang]

Hi @trentm ,
Our CLI is using the latest version of bunyan as dependency. However for windows users, when they install our CLI they still have this node-gyp Python issue.
Does it mean all windows users have to install windows-build-tools as node-gyp's installation instruction suggests?

[Ranguro]

@trentm This issue is still reproducible with the latest stable version of Bunyan.