Installation error on Windows: zeromq@5.1.0 install

[pepicello]

Description:

Installation fails on windows, either via Atom GUI or cmd (apm). I noticed that the same error happens when running:

npm install zeromq

Steps to Reproduce:

apm install hydrogen --python [path-to-python2]

Versions:

OS Version: Windows 7 64bit
Atom Version: 1.38.2
Electron Version: 2.0.18
Node Version: 8.9.3
Hydrogen Version: 2.9.0 (latest)

Logs:

9678 verbose stack Error: zeromq@5.1.0 install: `node scripts/prebuild-install.js || (node scripts/preinstall.js && node-gyp rebuild)`
9678 verbose stack Exit status 1
9678 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.36.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:304:16)
9678 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
9678 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:214:7)
9678 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.36.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
9678 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
9678 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
9678 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:925:16)
9678 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:209:5)
9679 verbose pkgid zeromq@5.1.0
9680 verbose cwd C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-119315-20252-tmh3rj.1qhh
9681 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601
9682 verbose argv "C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.36.0\\resources\\app\\apm\\bin\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.36.0\\resources\\app\\apm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "--globalconfig" "C:\\Users\\[user]\\.atom\\.apm\\.apmrc" "--userconfig" "C:\\Users\\[user]\\.atom\\.apmrc" "install" "https://www.atom.io/api/packages/hydrogen/versions/2.9.0/tarball" "--runtime=electron" "--target=2.0.18" "--dist-url=https://atom.io/download/electron" "--arch=x64" "--global-style" "--msvs_version=2015"
9683 verbose node v8.9.3
9684 verbose npm  v6.2.0
9685 error code ELIFECYCLE
9686 error errno 1
9687 error zeromq@5.1.0 install: `node scripts/prebuild-install.js || (node scripts/preinstall.js && node-gyp rebuild)`
9687 error Exit status 1
9688 error Failed at the zeromq@5.1.0 install script.
9688 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
9689 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Thank you!

[aviatesk]

Could you give me what apm --version says on your machine ?

[pepicello]

apm 2.1.7
npm 6.2.0
node 8.9.3 x64
atom 1.38.2
python
git
visual studio 2015

[aviatesk]

Seems fine. Can you try to reinstall with python 3 ?

[wadethestealth]

Python 2 has so known issues with hydrogen you can search all our issues to see info about it. Also just note that 2.10.2 is the latest version of hydrogen.

[pepicello]

I use Python 3 but I am using Python 2 for the installation as I otherwise get the same issues as in #1431. Regarding the version, I get the same results with 2.10.2.

I cannot seem to specify a specific version in apm, sadly, as this feature is still WIP (PR: atom/apm#773), but I remember having managed to install Hydrogen 2.6.0 (using Python 2) on the same system. This error happens either when updating, or on a fresh install.

[wadethestealth]

Just a quick question. When you launch atom are you able to run any hydrogen commands and get the red bug as described in our troubleshooting guide?

[pepicello]

On the working version of Atom + Hydrogen 2.6.0, Hydrogen works just fine, but if I run the update via GUI, I get this:

With error message:

> zeromq@5.1.0 install C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq\node_modules\Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq
> node scripts/prebuild-install.js || (node scripts/preinstall.js && node-gyp rebuild)


prebuild-install WARN install self signed certificate in certificate chain

Downloading libzmq for Windows
Download finished

C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq\node_modules\Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.38.2\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.38.2\resources\app\apm\bin\\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) 

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gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
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gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "C:\Python27\python.exe" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: C:\Python27\python.exe
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gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "C:\Python27\python.exe", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
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gyp ERR! node -v v8.9.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok 
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq\package.json'
npm WARN react-rangeslider@2.2.0 requires a peer of react@^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN vega-themes@2.3.0 requires a peer of vega@* but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN vega-lite@2.7.0 requires a peer of vega@^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq No description
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npm WARN apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq No README data
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11961-17348-jxs4ir.j0zq No license field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! zeromq@5.1.0 install: `node scripts/prebuild-install.js || (node scripts/preinstall.js && node-gyp rebuild)`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the zeromq@5.1.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

[wadethestealth]

I recommend reading nodejs/node-gyp#1337 and nodejs/node-gyp#1268. They both seem to have work arounds for now. Seems like gyp needs to update from Python 2.7 but seems like they don't want/care to.

Also where they reference things like npm config you can use apm config to fix your issue

[pepicello]

Most workarounds in those issues involve the use of Python 2. I seem to successfully do that in my case (original log in the first post), and I still get that error.

I have found a similar issue: #1352, but the solution does not work for me (I do not have that key in the registry).

I think the problem runs deeper than this, as the log looks almost identical to others I have found around other node packages:

• npm fails install node v6.11.0 centos 6 zeromq/zeromq.js#177
• installing hydrogen via apm failed zeromq/zeromq.js#245
• npm run install:all errors wavebox/waveboxapp#454
• I got an error when i npm install in nodegit on windows10,please help me ! nodegit/nodegit#1471

It looks like it is some issue due to the compiler/visual studio. Since that is something I cannot change from my side, I might give up with updating Hydrogen. Thank you for your help, anyway.

[wadethestealth]

If you don't have that key you should set it. That why the error is showing up because it can't find the key

[wadethestealth]

In any case you could always download the files from the repo and install. There are plenty of ways to upgrade

[wadethestealth]

gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "C:\Python27\python.exe" in the PATH
Error: Can't find Python executable "C:\Python27\python.exe", you can set the PYTHON env variable.

Even in your error it says you should set python env variable. Can you show me you python env variable from sys env variables?

[n-riesco]

@pepicello The log in this comment reports node-gyp fails because C:\Python27\python.exe doens't exist. Is that so?

Would it be an option for you to install Python 2 in C:\Python27\python.exe?

---

You my be affected by atom/apm#818 . See atom/apm#179 (comment) for a fix (as this is for windows, you may need to use where instead of which and I guess atom instead of vim 😝 ).

[pepicello]

Sorry for the confusion, the two issues mixed up! To clarify: I cannot choose the python version when trying to install via GUI. Since I use Python 3, the error from the GUI is related to not finding Python 2. But I am not attached to the GUI installation, so I tried to install from CLI, using apm, setting the python executable in apm, which I described in the first comment: #1689 (comment). Here is a longer log of the same issue. For some reason, the console output showed more error than the log, so here is the console output:

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gyp sill build/config.gypi      tmp: 'C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\Temp',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      umask: '0000',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      unicode: '',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      unsafe_perm: 'true',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      update_notifier: 'true',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      usage: '',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      user: '',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      userconfig: 'C:\\Users\\[user]\\.atom\\.apmrc',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      user_agent: 'npm/6.2.0 node/v8.9.3 win32 x64',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      version: '',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      versions: '',
gyp sill build/config.gypi      viewer: 'browser' } }
gyp verb build/config.gypi writing out config file: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-di
r-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\node_modules\Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq\build\config.gypi
gyp verb config.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11963
-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\node_modules\Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq\config.gypi
gyp verb common.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11963
-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\node_modules\Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq\common.gypi
gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing "msvs"
gyp info spawn C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\py2\python.EXE
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.38.2\\resources\\app\\apm\\node
_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
gyp info spawn args   '-G',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=auto',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v5
7x\\node_modules\\Hydrogen\\node_modules\\zeromq\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.38.2\\resources\\app\\apm\\node
_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\[user]\\.atom\\.node-gyp\\.node-gyp\\iojs-2.0.18\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\[user]\\.atom\\.node-gyp\\.node-gyp\\iojs-2.0.18',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.38.2\\resources\
\app\\apm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=iojs.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\apm-install-dir-119
63-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\\node_modules\\Hydrogen\\node_modules\\zeromq',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v5
7x\\node_modules\\Hydrogen\\node_modules\\zeromq\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp verb command build []
gyp verb build type Release
gyp verb architecture x64
gyp verb node dev dir C:\Users\[user]\.atom\.node-gyp\.node-gyp\iojs-2.0.18
gyp verb found first Solution file build/binding.sln
gyp verb could not find "msbuild.exe" in PATH - finding location in registry
gyp verb "Release" dir needed to be created? C:\Users\[user]\.atom\.node-gyp\.node-gyp\iojs-2.0.18\Re
lease
gyp verb copying "iojs.lib" for x64 C:\Users\[user]\.atom\.node-gyp\.node-gyp\iojs-2.0.18\Release\ioj
s.lib
gyp info spawn C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args   '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64' ]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed with exit c
ode: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.38.2\resources\ap
p\apm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:276:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.38.2\\resources\\app\\apm\\bin\\node
.exe" "C:\\Users\\[user]\\AppData\\Local\\atom\\app-1.38.2\\resources\\app\\apm\\node_modules\\node-g
yp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\node_modules\
Hydrogen\node_modules\zeromq
gyp ERR! node -v v8.9.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Temp\apm-insta
ll-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x\package.json'
npm WARN react-rangeslider@2.2.0 requires a peer of react@^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0 but none is installed.
You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN vega-lite@2.7.0 requires a peer of vega@^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must in
stall peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN vega-themes@2.3.0 requires a peer of vega@* but none is installed. You must install peer de
pendencies yourself.
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x No description
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x No repository field.
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x No README data
npm WARN apm-install-dir-11963-6488-1jhv6l9.v57x No license field.

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! zeromq@5.1.0 install: `node scripts/prebuild-install.js || (node scripts/preinstall.js && n
ode-gyp rebuild)`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the zeromq@5.1.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

As you can see, Python 2 is picked up, but the installation still fails.
Among the extra interesting lines in this log, this one seems to indicates a compiler error:

gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed with exit c
ode: 1

[n-riesco]

OK, it looks like node-gyp@3.4.0 is now choking on your installation of VS build tools.

The usual recommendation is to install npm install --global --production windows-build-tools (though, this hasn't always worked for me).

[pepicello]

OK, it looks like node-gyp@3.4.0 is now choking on your installation of VS build tools.

The usual recommendation is to install npm install --global --production windows-build-tools (though, this hasn't always worked for me).

This did not work, but I have eventually fixed it by re-installing VS and VS C++ Build Tools, after reading nodejs/node-gyp#671. Thanks anyway for the help!