Install fails on Win 7 x64 with VS2010 & VS2013 (or just VS2013)

[nickbuller]

Hi,

When VS2013 is installed you get the following error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib' [C:\Source\POC\ExpressApp1\node_modules\contextify\build\contextify.vcxproj]

I've identified a way to fix (well works for me) this looks to be that GYP is not generating correct project options for VS2013. To resolve you just: -

1. npm set rollback false
2. npm install contextify (which will fail)
3. open up node_modules\contextify\build\binding.sln with VS2013 (this will upgrade the project from VS2010 -> VS2013)
4. cd node_modules\contextify
5. node-gyp build
6. npm install contextify

Then you can npm install your modules that are defendant on contextify.

Hope this helps.

Nick

[nickbuller]

Also...
7. copy contextify.node from .\contextify\build\Release to contextify\build.
2.1 cd contextify && node-gyp configure

[koistya]

👍 Waiting for a fix..

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets(64,5): error MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio 2010 (Platform Toolset = 'v100') cannot be found. To build using the v100 build tools, please install Visual Studio 2010 build tools. Alternatively, you may upgrade to the current Visual Studio tools by selecting the Project menu or right-click the solution, and then selecting "Upgrade Solution...". [node_modules\contextify\build\contextify.vcxproj]

[koistya]

@kkoopa, @brianmcd is there a way I can help fixing it? I could upgrade .vcxproj..

[brianmcd]

I don't have any experience with node + windows, but I don't think there's anything to fix in Contextify. If there's an issue, it seems like this would be a node-gyp issue.

[koistya]

There is no .vcxproj file in node-gyp project as well. @brianmcd, I'm wondering where it could come from..

[brianmcd]

My best guess is that gyp generates that file.

[koistya]

I was able to install contextify on Windows 8.x by using these steps:

• Install and use Node.js x86 instead of x64
• Install Visual Studio 2010 Express + SP1
• Run call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat" in Node.js console, before installing contextify

[Srokap]

@koistya Thanks a lot for your solution. It helped me on Windows 8.1 x64 to switch to x86 version of node. Builds don't crash anymore. In my case it was actually ws library as a dependency of socket.io, but the same error.

[alex6o]

@koistya the solution works great! thx!