Unable to install via npm on Windows

[cortfr]

Here is the error message "npm install weak" gives me on windows.

npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1 Error: weak@0.1.1 preinstall: `node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1 `cmd "/c" "node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\exec.js:49:20)
npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:70:17)
npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1     at maybeExit (child_process.js:359:16)
npm ERR! error installing weak@0.1.1     at Process.onexit (child_process.js:395:5)
npm ERR! weak@0.1.1 preinstall: `node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the weak@0.1.1 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the weak package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls weak
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "weak"
npm ERR! cwd c:\tmp\npmhooktest
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.4
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-alpha-6
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! message weak@0.1.1 preinstall: `node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! message `cmd "/c" "node-waf clean || true; node-waf configure build"` failed with 1

[TooTallNate]

Thanks for the report.

The node-waf stuff needs to be replaced with a gyp script I believe. A pre-compiled Windows binary would be even better (do you have the dev tools setup on your Windows install)? I'll be looking into what's the best/preferred way to take care of this.

[Marak]

I'm pretty sure I'll need this soon...

Related Issue: https://github.com/hookio/hook.io/issues/139

[TooTallNate]

@cortfr @Marak Do you guys wanna try out 3261f1c? I'll publish v0.1.2 on npm once I get confirmation of it working on another Windows install.

[Marak]

I don't have windows, but I'll see what I can do.

Thanks!

[TooTallNate]

Ok v0.1.3 is published on npm. Though I think it may only work with Windows 7 machines at the moment. I'm gonna need to try compiling on XP to get that one to work I think.

[TooTallNate]

Nevermind, v0.1.3 works fine for me on XP. Closing once again. @Marak you can tell your hook.io users to upgrade if this was the holdup point :)

[Marak]

@TooTallNate - I'm getting reports that hook.io is now working on windows again!

https://github.com/hookio/hook.io/issues/139

I've got to update the package and do some more testing locally. Will let you know if there are anymore issues.

Thanks!