Foundation-sites: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.

[curtisblack2004]

These are the errors I get when trying to install foundation 6 on windows 10 64bit:

I am using:
Ruby 2.2.3
Node.js 5.3.0
Git 2.7.0
NPM 3.3.12 (ran the global command: npm install --global foundation-cli).

If windows users need to install python to path shouldn't that be mentioned somewhere?

c:\wamp\www\utahreia3.1\webroot\utahreianode_modulesbrowser-syncnode_modules\socket.ionode_modules\socket.io-clientnode_modules\engine.io-clientnode_modules\wsnode_modulesbufferutil>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmbin\node-gyp-bin....node_modules\node-gypbin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node rebuild )
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack at failNoPython (C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:401:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:356:11
gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.10586
gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gypbin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd c:\wamp\www\utahreia3.1\webroot\utahreianode_modulesbrowser-syncnode_modules\socket.ionode_modules\socket.io-clientnode_modules\engine.io-clientnode_modules\wsnode_modulesbufferutil
gyp ERR! node -v v5.3.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.2.1
gyp ERR! not ok

[email protected] install c:\wamp\www\utahreia3.1\webroot\utahreianode_modulesbrowser-syncnode_modules\socket.ionode_modules\socket.io-clientnode_modules\engine.io-clientnode_modules\wsnode_modules\utf-8-validate
node-gyp rebuild

c:\wamp\www\utahreia3.1\webroot\utahreianode_modulesbrowser-syncnode_modules\socket.ionode_modules\socket.io-clientnode_modules\engine.io-clientnode_modules\wsnode_modules\utf-8-validate>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmbin\node-gyp-bin....node_modules\node-gypbin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node rebuild )
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack at failNoPython (C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:401:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:356:11
gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:82:15)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.10586
gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\UsersCurtis BlackAppData\Roaming\npmnode_modules\foundation-clinode_modules\npmnode_modules\node-gypbin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd c:\wamp\www\utahreia3.1\webroot\utahreianode_modulesbrowser-syncnode_modules\socket.ionode_modules\socket.io-clientnode_modules\engine.io-clientnode_modules\wsnode_modules\utf-8-validate
gyp ERR! node -v v5.3.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.2.1
gyp ERR! not ok

✓ New project folder created.
✗ Node modules not installed. Try running npm install manually.
✓ Bower components installed.

[zurbchris]

This is a node-gyp issue, it's a command line tool that a ton of node modules use, not just us. You will need Python to take advantage of some of the features we have in the full stack. Check out Node-Gyp's installation guide for Windows and see if that helps.

If you don't want to go through setting this up, you'll have to utilize the CSS-only version of the framework, as Node-Sass (libsass), BrowserSync, and several others all rely on node-gyp, which relies on Python.

Hope that helps you, closing the issue, as it's not a Foundation bug.

[miukki]

i have just updated python -- and problem is gone

[DanielRuf]

For Windows try windows-build-tools with npm install --global --production windows-build-tools