nodegui installation: missing file "@nodegui\qode\binaries\node.lib"

[RuStrannik]

Bug description:
Clean installation fails with message:
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'E:\gui_test\node_modules\@nodegui\qode\binaries\node.lib' [E:\gui_test\node_modules\@nodegui\nodegui\build\nodegui_core.vcxproj]

To Reproduce:

1. enter command npm install @nodegui/nodegui
2. Wait 20 minutes
3. See error

NOTE: I've checked @nodegui\qode folder and there is actually no such subfolder as binaries at all. I suspect, this might be caused by some npm option, that prevented creation of this folder.

Expected behavior:
Successful installation.

Desktop:

• OS: Win7x64
• NodeGUI version: latest (0.40)
• only VS Build Tools 2019 installed (with lates Windows SDK), MSVS not present

Additional info:
Upon manually creating @nodegui\qode\binaries subfolder and filling it with related content from qode release, compilation and installation finish successfully and everything works properly.

[OneYellowLemon]

I am able to reproduce this, placing the @nodegui\qode\binaries subfolder and manually filling it does work.

[croian]

Note for others trying the manual fix: I had to drop the files in after I start the install (and before the file is looked for during install, of course), because the install process moves folders/files around, including the needed ones.

Edit: But then, I run into this issue once I try to actually run some basic hello-world code:

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1183
  return process.dlopen(module, path.toNamespacedPath(filename));
                 ^

Error: The specified module could not be found.
\\?\D:\dev\sandbox\nodegui-hello-world\node_modules\@nodegui\nodegui\build\Release\nodegui_core.node

[OneYellowLemon]

Can you send the hello world code you used? I had no issues pop up after moving it in for me...

[sedwards2009]

The recent 0.45.4 release now downloads a prebuilt binary and doesn't compile the C++ code during install. Can you please try again with this new version?

[sedwards2009]

I got no response. If there is still a problem then a new issue can be opened.