Error: Cannot find module 'xml2json'

[RGKrish183]

When run my project package, i have getting above title error, after i trying to install that packages using

npm install xml2json

but, i have getting below error only, can you pls give me suggestions or idea to get out from this issue...

D:\xampp\htdocs\podio>npm install xml2json

> node-expat@2.3.16 install D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\node_modules\node-expat
> node-gyp rebuild


D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\node_modules\node-expat>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp
 (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_mo
dules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "" rebuild )
Warning: Missing input files:
D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\node_modules\node-expat\build\deps\libexpat\..\..\..\deps\
libexpat\version.c
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build,
please add the "/m" switch.
MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe".
 To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visua
l Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it
is installed elsewhere.  [D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\node_modules\node-expat\build\b
inding.sln]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe
` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\
npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_proces
s.js:219:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodej
s\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\node_modules\node-expat
gyp ERR! node -v v6.11.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.3.9600
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\
node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "xml2json"
npm ERR! node v6.11.5
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! node-expat@2.3.16 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-expat@2.3.16 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the node-expat 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 information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs node-expat
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls node-expat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     D:\xampp\htdocs\podio\npm-debug.log

[manojchandrashekar]

From your error message:

To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visua
l Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it
is installed elsewhere.

Did you try those?

[UncleGus]

I have solved this. If you notice this part of the command else (node "" rebuild ) what I think is happening is that it is incorrectly evaluating if not defined npm_config_node_gyp as false and trying to run nothing instead of node-gyp. What you need to do is define your npm_config_node_gyp variable. You can do this like so:
export npm_config_node_gyp=<PATH_TO_NODE_GYP_PACKAGE_FOLDER> remember that Windows will need double backslashes. For me, it looked like this:
export npm_config_node_gyp=C:\\Users\\781990\\AppData\\Roaming\\nvm\\v6.11.0\\node_modules\\node-gyp

[c4milo]

Thanks @UncleGus for letting us know!

[UncleGus]

There is another step after my fix. When executing my code, the expat bindings were missing. To fix it, add the bin folder and node-gyp executable to the npm_config_node_gyp variable and run node-gyp rebuild in the node_modules\node-expat folder. e.g.
export npm_config_node_gyp=C:\\Users\\781990\\AppData\\Roaming\\nvm\\v6.11.0\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js
cd node_modules\node-expat
node-gyp rebuild