node-sass installation issue on windows 10

Question

I have installed node js latest version(8.8.1) and npm latest version(5.5.1) and when i try to install node-sass i get this:

npm install -g node-sass

C:\Users\Giannis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node-sass -> C:\Users\Giannis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-sass\bin\node-sass

node-sass@4.5.3 install C:\Users\Giannis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-sass node scripts/install.js

'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! node-sass@4.5.3 install: node scripts/install.js npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the node-sass@4.5.3 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\Giannis\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2017-10-26T11_57_10_751Z-debug.log

I have set the system variable C:\Program Files\nodejs\

Thanks

Do you have [node-gyp](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows) installed ? [doc](https://github.com/sass/node-sass#install) — Gabriel Bleu, Oct 26 '17 at 12:24
@GabrielBleu I get almost the same error when i try to install node-gyp... — Giannis Savvidis, Oct 26 '17 at 19:39
Sometimes for global packages, running as administrator helps. — Gabriel Bleu, Oct 27 '17 at 07:03
@GabrielBleu I have run it as admin. same error... both in node-gyp and node-sass NPM version : 5.3.0 Node version: v8.8.1 Node Platform: win32 Node architecture:x64 — Giannis Savvidis, Oct 27 '17 at 11:44
yes, one thing i noticed just now is when i open the windows cmd as administrator i can install it while with gitbash i cannot — Giannis Savvidis, Oct 27 '17 at 12:17
Try restarting you gitbash terminal for the env variable to take affect. — Gabriel Bleu, Oct 27 '17 at 12:26
@GabrielBleu once i install it with windows cmd then i can work with my gitbash. But for example if I download a project from github and then type npm install to install its dependencies then again gitbash does not work(with node-sass) so i have to do it again with the cmd. So any idea what is wrong with my gitbash? — Giannis Savvidis, Oct 27 '17 at 14:13
Check your PATH, maybe add a .bashrc see : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10681101/git-bash-doesnt-see-my-path — Gabriel Bleu, Oct 27 '17 at 15:09
I fixed this on my machine and wrote about it in a [Github discussion](https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1960#issuecomment-800962390) — vsync, Mar 17 '21 at 12:04

Gabriel Bleu · Answer 1 · 2019-05-03T07:27:56.363

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node-sass requires node-gyp https://github.com/sass/node-sass#install

node-gyp requires windows-build-tools https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows

Install all the required tools and configurations using Microsoft's windows-build-tools using npm install --global --production windows-build-tools from an elevated PowerShell or CMD.exe (run as Administrator).

edited May 03 '19 at 07:27

answered Oct 27 '17 at 14:43

Gabriel Bleu

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I found it. I had to remove cygwin from enviroment variables. Thanks – Giannis Savvidis Oct 27 '17 at 15:27
Thank you for your valuable answer, I found this helpful. @GabrielBleu – Iswar Jun 26 '18 at 06:56
Is there any way to use node-sass without the build tools on windows? I don't have administrator access to my machine so can't get windows-build-tools installed. – Ryan Oct 12 '19 at 01:09
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`windows-build-tools` doesn't work any more apparently. installation is stuck and many others complain the same on the github issues page :/ – vsync Dec 12 '20 at 22:24
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Any updates on this? ```windows-build-tools``` doesn't work anymore. Thought I found the answer but then stuck again. – Gokul Krishna Feb 01 '21 at 16:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '21 at 21:43

Using the npm install --global --production windows-build-tools on an Elevated prompt works for me. The installer got stuck on visual studio build tools, but they were already installed on my system. So i ctrl +c the npm install process and run it once again. This time a messages shows up that the build tools are already installed and the installation will be skipped and continued with python configuration.

Finally the node-sass installation completed successfully.

BTW node-sass usage is deprecated and will be removed. The suggestion is to start using sass.

node-sass installation issue on windows 10

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