Cannot install Canvas on windows

[Ataye]

node-gyp issues compiling Canvas:

npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.4.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@20.9.0 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.0 found at 
npm ERR! gyp info find VS using VS2022 (17.7.34221.43) found at:

npm ERR! Traceback (most recent call last):
npm ERR!   File "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
npm ERR!     import gyp  # noqa: E402
npm ERR!     ^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR!   File "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
npm ERR!     import gyp.input
npm ERR!   File "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 19, in <module>
npm ERR!     from distutils.version import StrictVersion
npm ERR! ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:325:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22621
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=D:\\DEVL\\Code\\WEB\app\\hashlips_art_engine\\node_modules\\canvas\\build\\Release\\canvas.node" "--module_name=canvas" "--module_path=D:\\DEVL\\Code\\WEB\\app\\hashlips_art_engine\\node_modules\\canvas\\build\\Release" "--napi_vrsion=9" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v115"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd D:\DEVL\Code\WEB\app\hashlips_art_engine\node_modules\canvas
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.9.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! build error

[Ataye]

I ran npm install canvas@2.11.2 first and it is happy now.