Windows-build-tools: install python2.7 even though already installed.

[ndraiman]

Package installs python2.7 under %UserProfile%/.windows-build-tools even though python2.7 is already installed and added to PATH.

[Mottie]

I noticed the same problem, but I have python 3.6.1 installed.

[ghost]

Also, this installs 2.7.11 when the latest 2.7 is 2.7.12

[someja]

is there a flag to close python install

[alexdevero]

The same here. I had Python 2.7.14 installed on my computer before installing build tools. Now, I have two versions - Python 2.7.14 installed by me and Python 2.7.13 installed by build tools. Is there a way to skip Python while installing build tools?

[diegovgsilva95]

+1
Need to add a flag to skip installing Python and/or inform where it's located on machine (e.g npm install -g windows-build-tools python=C:\Portable\python27\python.exe ). It could either "clone" files on that directory, make a symlink or configure gyp to use that python instead of %USERPROFILE%.windows-build-tools\python27.

[MrFoxPro]

+1

[felixrieseberg]

This is now fixed!