Installation Hangs after "Successfully installed Python 2.7" and no log file for visual studio build tools

[jashang87]

I run the "npm install --global --production windows-build-tool" and installation got stuck after "Successfully installed Python 2.7" (almost 2 hours)

And no log file for studio build tools in ".windows-build-tools" folder

It installed some programs related to Visual Studio (control panel screenshot below)

Any idea how to fix this? Thanks

[terebentina]

I am experiencing the same thing.
Windows 10
nodejs 10.11.0

[jashang87]

Hi @terebentina , I figured that everything is installed as required (Python and VS 2017) but the CMD script/installer got stuck and can't get the feedback from VS installer.
So after installer installed the VS 2017 components (as shown in screenshot in my initial post, will take some time to install everything), I opened the task manager and killed "node.exe" processes (two of those processes were running) and then I closed the CMD window, opened a new CMD window and went to next step (in my case, installed node-gyp) and everything worked fine on second attempt (it didn't work first time, I uninstalled everything and followed the process again as I mentioned above).

[aifodu]

You may want to take a look at this post:
#152 (comment)

[gian1200]

I faced a similar issue. As a workaround I installed the 4.0.0 version npm install --global --production windows-build-tools@4.0.0 and then run the original one npm install -g --production windows-build-tools, and it completed

[deepakjha14]

I am stuck with the same issue, cant get over "Python 2.7.10 already installed, not installing again" and stays there for the next ice age like a zen monk :( any help will be appreciated, dont know what to do. Tried what @gain1200 had suggested but no luck.

[harmandeep-singh]

I faced a similar issue. As a workaround I installed the 4.0.0 version npm install --global --production windows-build-tools@4.0.0 and then run the original one npm install -g --production windows-build-tools, and it completed

Thank you :) @gian1200

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools

You may see this error below : (Just reboot the system , and run the above in window power shell as admin)
2019-10-02T04:22:16 : Error : It looks like you're installing or modifying another product right now.
Please wait until all other operations are finished and try again.

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[peraltafederico]

Hi everyone! I found the solution to this problem with this steps:

1. Uninstall Python 2.7
2. Install this version of Python
3. Run npm install --global windows-build-tools

Let me know if it works!

[jonab12]

@peraltafederico Thank you this worked for me!

[bkelley13]

I thought it was stuck too, but it just took about 4 minutes to get past that.

[ryanbottema]

Hi everyone! I found the solution to this problem with this steps:

Uninstall Python 2.7
Install this version of Python
Run npm install --global windows-build-tools

This works, but a note to Python3 users; make sure your 'python' path to python2 takes precedence over python3.

[cSarcasme]

ty @peraltafederico for your solution stuck now for one hour and you find the solution thank s a lot