Not able to install DevTools Terminal on Window 7

[anup4khandelwal]

When I install devtools-terminal by following command
npm install -g devtools-terminal

I get below error.

C:\Users\Anup\node_modules\devtools-terminal\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules
\socket.io-client\node_modules\ws>node "C:\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-
bin....\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Thanks,
Anup

[vnabet]

You have to install python.

[gelus]

Does the version matter?

I'm windows 7 as well and have just had a go with 3.3 and 2.7.
Both produced errors.

[konstantinos-tsatsarounos]

Same! Both python versions, windows 7!

[kozie]

Installed Python 3.3.3, added it to PATH so i could run the command python from CMD and that also works but i still get the same error as before while running npm install -g devtools-terminal.

EDIT
It seems installing Python 2.7.x did the trick.. But now i'm getting the VCBuild.exe error.. sigh -_-'

[gelus]

I've been getting an error at the same place as anup. after a fair bit of Googling I was directed to https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp#installation and recommend to install MS visual studio, as well as a 64 bit sdk. That was all and well but proved relatively fruitless.

The command line did instruct me to tell the author that "this" (see below) fails on my system:

I hope this is helpful. Thanks

[petethepig]

Disclaimer: I'm not a big Windows guru, so this maybe not the best approach.

I managed to install devtools-terminal on Windows 7 x64. What I did:

• Installed node.js 32bit version
• Installed python 2.7
• Installed Visual Studio 2010 Express
• npm install -g devtools-terminal

[petethepig]

Also, since these compiler errors are being produced by pty.js library, I suggest everyone who's having problems with installing pty.js on Windows to report issues directly to pty.js maintainers: https://github.com/chjj/pty.js/issues

[meiriko]

Hi gelus

I ran into similar problems on Win7 x64 (mongoose in my case). After digging for quite a while I found that your sdk has to be set properly first. To do this, open a command prompt and navigate to:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin
(or the sdk you have installed).
Then type SetEnv.cmd /? (or .\SetEnv.cmd).
This will enable you to set the environment properly (I chose /X64 /Release). Next, from within the same cmd prompt, navigate to the directory you want to install node modules in and type your command (for example, npm install mongoose). You might still get warnings (yellow text) yet the errors should be gone.