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Attempting to install the bignum Node.js package using NPM, but I'm not having much luck. I'm using Windows 7 and running the command line as administrator. Have updated NPM to the latest version, using Python 3.4 and c:\Python34 is in my PATH (also tried Python 2.6 with similar results). Also tried the workarounds noted in this article: npm install returning error. Even tried an older version of bignum (0.8.0). Still, each time I try to install, I see the following:

> [email protected] install C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\bignum > node-gyp configure build C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\bignum>node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_m odules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" config ure build gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn ENOENT gyp ERR! stack at errnoException (child_process.js:980:11) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:771: 34) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601 gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modu les\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "build" gyp ERR! cwd C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\bignum gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.24 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v1.0.2 gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601 npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs \\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bignum" npm ERR! node v0.10.24 npm ERR! npm v2.1.2 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp configure build` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the bignum package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! node-gyp configure build npm ERR! You can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls bignum npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm-debug.log

Is there something I haven't done or am doing wrong, or is it with the package?

Kind regards,

Ryan

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  • are you installing it locally or globally ? Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 13:34
  • Installing it on my local development machine. Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 13:35
  • I mean, try 'npm -g install bignum' Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 13:36
  • Yea, getting the same error with -g :( Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 13:39
  • try changing your Path to direct executable and not to the directory, PYTHON=%PYTHONPATH%\python.exe , this worked for two guys having the same issue. Commented Oct 14, 2014 at 13:51

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I had a similar problem (Error: spawn C:\Python34 ENOENT) trying to download socket.io

npm install -g socket.io

I added an environment variable to point to the Python executable

set PYTHONPATH=C:\Python34 set PYTHON=%PYTHONPATH%\python.exe

This resulted in the error message "Error: Python executable "C:\Python34\python.exe" is v3.4.3, which is not supported by gyp".

I then downloaded an older version of Python - 2.7.10 - and changed the environment variables to point to this older version

set PYTHONPATH=C:\Python27 set PYTHON=%PYTHONPATH%\python.exe

That solved my problem.

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