can't install node ?

[yyjguo]

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$>./configure --prefix=/c/Users/Administrator/.nvm/versions/node/v4.8.4 <
/usr/bin/env: ‘python’: No such file or directory
nvm: install v4.8.4 failed!

[ljharb]

Do you have python installed? You can't compile node without it.

[ljharb]

What does nvm debug say? It would really help if you filled out the issue template; that's why it's there.

[yyjguo]

thanks, maybe i should install python firstly @ljharb

[yyjguo]

i have installed python2.7.13, then executed nvm install 5.10.0 .

tips:

bash: make: command not found
nvm: install v5.10.0 failed!

nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.33.2
$SHELL: /usr/bin/bash
$HOME: /c/Users/Administrator
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
shell version: 'GNU bash, version 4.3.42(5)-release (i686-pc-msys)'
uname -a: 'MINGW32_NT-6.1 2.5.0(0.295/5/3) 2016-03-31 18:26 i686 Msys'
curl: /mingw32/bin/curl, curl 7.47.1 (i686-w64-mingw32) libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 libssh2/1.7.0 librtmp/2.3
wget: not found
git: /mingw32/bin/git, git version 2.8.1.windows.1
nvm current: none
which node: which: no node in ($HOME/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:$HOME/bin:/c/Python27:/c/Python27/Scripts:/c/sybase/RPL-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/Shared/Sybase Central 4.3:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/lib3p:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/bin:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
which iojs: which: no iojs in ($HOME/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:$HOME/bin:/c/Python27:/c/Python27/Scripts:/c/sybase/RPL-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/Shared/Sybase Central 4.3:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/lib3p:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/bin:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
which npm: which: no npm in ($HOME/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw32/bin:/usr/bin:$HOME/bin:/c/Python27:/c/Python27/Scripts:/c/sybase/RPL-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/Shared/Sybase Central 4.3:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/lib3p:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/OCS-12_5/bin:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/dll:/c/sybase/ASE-12_5/bin:/c/Windows/system32:/c/Windows:/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl)
npm config get prefix: bash: npm: command not found
npm root -g: bash: npm: command not found

[ljharb]

If make can't be found, it seems like you might be missing a lot of things.

It seems like you might be in BashOnWindows on Windows 10 - if nvm isn't working for you out of the box, you'll need to file an issue with Microsoft.

Have you tried installing node 8? node 5 and 7 are both EOL; so I'd only expect 4, 6, and 8 to work on WSL.

[mjvid]

@zhengjingfa I'm facing the same issue. May i know if you found a fix for this ?

[yyjguo]

@mjvid i just install node.exe for win

[ljharb]

That just means you're not using nvm at all, which isn't a solution :-/

[yyjguo]

i install nvm-windows, it can work. @mjvid

[ljharb]

On Windows, nvm requires BashOnWindows; nvm-windows works in normal Windows.

I'm going to close this, but I'm happy to keep working through it to get nvm working.

[chenyangguang]

@ljharb , so which version of python needs to install on windows?

[ljharb]

@chenyangguang node's own install script governs that; i think python 2.7. If you've run into trouble, would you mind filing a new issue?

[chenyangguang]

@ljharb , i had installed the node5.8 to fix my version of node.js problem .(through i have install node8.9.3 and npm 5.5, the nvm can't not install node.5.8 ). Anyway it works now.