Node-sass: Visual Studio 2019 Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT

[saper]

Does anyone have a workaround for this? When I run yarn and it tries to compile node-sass, it throws an error. I know this is due to the deprecated node-gyp trying to use VS2019 to compile. I've installed the windows build tools for VS2017 and VS2015 but how do I get it to look there?

gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:264:19) gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:456:16) gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362 gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\ProjAngular\\SupervisionServices\\node_modules\\devextreme-cli\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library=" gyp ERR! cwd C:\ProjAngular\SupervisionServices\node_modules\devextreme-cli\node_modules\node-sass gyp ERR! node -v v12.13.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0 gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.

_Originally posted by @nhustak in https://github.com/sass/node-sass/issues/2851#issuecomment-601220369_

[yuri-karadzhov]

I'm using sass instead it is the only reliable way for VSCode as it prebuilds packages and do not recompile them as you're changing node version.

[jvretamero]

@saper, I was facing a similar problem right now. I saw that node-sass try to download a pre-compiled binary from Github respecting the supported node version.

In my case, I was trying to install [email protected] (which supports node version 10) and my node version is 12. What I did was to manually download the .node file from the latest release (which supports my node version) and put it at npm-cache\node-sass\4.9.3.

After this I was able to npm install without problems. But I think that downgrading your node could solve this problem as well.

[saper]

Thanks @jvretamero - in your case you need to figure out which part of your project keeps node-sass version low (for example by requiring ^4.9). Sometimes one has to find the project and ask them to update the dependency, like I did here for Pinafore:

https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/pull/1625

If there is no matching binary, your system will fall back into compilation - and it might run into this issue we have here.

[nhustak]

This is has been going on for months. Apparently it's never going to be fixed. Node-Sass is locked to a super old version of node-gyp. I'm trying to figure out how to remove node-sass from my Angular build - I'll never use it again.

[joaocgreis]

As things currently stand, this workaround might work: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1753#issuecomment-496024604 . Or it might not, it's completely unsupported.

@saper please consider removing the requirement for an explicit version of node-gyp. If I understand correctly, the problem with using new versions of node-gyp is that support for Node.js < 6 was dropped. Anyone willing to use an ancient version of Node.js with known vulnerabilities should also be willing to use an old version of node-sass, and versions of Node.js < 10 should not be recommended anywhere. There are frequent issues on the node-gyp issue tracker about this (example), but nothing can be done there since new versions already fix the problem.

[bamajap]

As things currently stand, this workaround might work: nodejs/node-gyp#1753 (comment) . Or it might not, it's completely unsupported.

It worked for me to get around the node-gyp build errors re: MSBuild. Used the following npm config to get a good build with VS2019 Pro installed locally.

npm config set msvs_version 2017
npm config set msbuild_path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"

[liudonghua123]

I have the similar issue, I got the following errors.

gyp verb command build []
gyp verb download using dist-url https://npm.taobao.org/dist
gyp verb build type Release
gyp verb architecture x64
gyp verb node dev dir C:\Users\Liu.D.H\.node-gyp\14.8.0
gyp verb found first Solution file build/binding.sln
gyp verb using MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:268:19)
gyp ERR! stack     at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:468:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19041
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "D:\\code\\graphql\\vue-graphql-node\\client\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
gyp ERR! cwd D:\code\graphql\vue-graphql-node\client\node_modules\node-sass
gyp ERR! node -v v14.8.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.
gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
gyp ERR!     <https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues>

In my computer, The path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe does not exist, the correct path for it is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe.

Maybe an update of node-gyp could fix this path issue.

[josteink]

When installing Visual Studio 2017 C++ Build Tools v141 using Visual Studio Installer, I was able to make this install, even when running latest Visual Studio, with no additional configuration required.

[kunalverma94]

As things currently stand, this workaround might work: nodejs/node-gyp#1753 (comment) . Or it might not, it's completely unsupported.

It worked for me to get around the node-gyp build errors re: MSBuild. Used the following npm config to get a good build with VS2019 Pro installed locally.

npm config set msvs_version 2017
npm config set msbuild_path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"

You Sir , Are a goooooood man ,You saved me afte i wasted 6+hours to fix this issue,I wish i had found your post earlier

[kmkrish007]

gyp verb using MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args 'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:269:19)
gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:465:16)
gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363

facing the same issue.

[OmriYaHoo]

I'm trying to create a new VueJS project and when I add the node-sass (and only in that case) I also get this error.
This is my full logs of the issue:

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/build.js
npm ERR! Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-gyp\binnode-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp verb cli [
npm ERR! gyp verb cli 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli 'F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli 'rebuild',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--verbose',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_ext=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_cflags=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_ldflags=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli '--libsass_library='
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild []
npm ERR! gyp verb command clean []
npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
npm ERR! gyp verb command configure []
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at getNotFoundError (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:194:21)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed python2 Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at getNotFoundError (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at E (F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_moduleswhichwhich.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:194:21) {
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed code: 'ENOENT'
npm ERR! gyp verb which failed }
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb which succeeded python C:\Python27\python.EXE
npm ERR! gyp verb check python version C:\Python27\python.EXE -c "import sys; print "2.7.18 npm ERR! gyp verb check python version .%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];" returned: %j
npm ERR! gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 15.6.0
npm ERR! gyp verb command install [ '15.6.0' ]
npm ERR! gyp verb install input version string "15.6.0"
npm ERR! gyp verb install installing version: 15.6.0
npm ERR! gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
npm ERR! gyp verb install version is already installed, need to check "installVersion"
npm ERR! gyp verb got "installVersion" 9
npm ERR! gyp verb needs "installVersion" 9
npm ERR! gyp verb install version is good
npm ERR! gyp verb get node dir target node version installed: 15.6.0
npm ERR! gyp verb build dir attempting to create "build" dir: F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass\build
npm ERR! gyp verb build dir "build" dir needed to be created? F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass\build
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 Found installation at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.18362
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.MSBuild.Base
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 - Using this installation with Windows 10 SDK
npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 using installation: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
npm ERR! gyp verb build/config.gypi creating config file
npm ERR! gyp verb build/config.gypi writing out config file: F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass\build\config.gypi
npm ERR! gyp verb config.gypi checking for gypi file: F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass\config.gypi
npm ERR! gyp verb common.gypi checking for gypi file: F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass\common.gypi
npm ERR! gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing "msvs"
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.EXE
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'msvs',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-G',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'msvs_version=2015',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-sass\build\config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-gyp\addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\OmriYaHoo\.node-gyp\15.6.0\include\node\common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\Users\OmriYaHoo\.node-gyp\15.6.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\Users\OmriYaHoo\.node-gyp\15.6.0\<(target_arch)\node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-sass',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-sass\build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp verb command build []
npm ERR! gyp verb build type Release
npm ERR! gyp verb architecture x64
npm ERR! gyp verb node dev dir C:\Users\OmriYaHoo.node-gyp15.6.0
npm ERR! gyp verb found first Solution file build/binding.sln
npm ERR! gyp verb using MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build/binding.sln',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/nologo',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:277:19)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19042
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd F:\SoftwareProjects\synagogue-vuetify\node_modulesnode-sass
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v15.6.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! This is a bug in node-gyp.
npm ERR! gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues
npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 7

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\OmriYaHoo\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-01-21T19_30_56_518Z-debug.log

My machine has a brand new installation of Windows 10 20H2 build 19042.746 with all the build tools of Visual Studio 2019 installer installed.
Other Versions:
python: 2.7.18
node: 15.6.0
vue-cli: 4.5.10

The version of node-sass that is trying to be installed is 4.12.0