node-gyp refuses to run make

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npm error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm error gyp info using node-gyp@10.3.1
npm error gyp info using node@23.5.0 | win32 | x64
npm error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.9 found at "E:/msys64/ucrt64/bin/python3.exe"
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
npm error gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
npm error gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer, try re-running with '--loglevel silly' for more details.
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS Failure details: undefined
npm error gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer, try re-running with '--loglevel silly' for more details.
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS Failure details: undefined
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2017 as it is only supported up to Node.js 21
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2015 as it is only supported up to Node.js 18
npm error gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm error gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
npm error gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
npm error gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
npm error gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
npm error gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm error gyp ERR! find VS
npm error gyp ERR! configure error
npm error gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
npm error gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (E:\msys64\home\topkek\git\node-ffi-napi\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:118:11)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio (E:\msys64\home\topkek\git\node-ffi-napi\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:17)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at async createBuildDir (E:\msys64\home\topkek\git\node-ffi-napi\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:112:18)
npm error gyp ERR! stack at async run (E:\msys64\home\topkek\git\node-ffi-napi\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js:81:18)
npm error gyp ERR! System MINGW32_NT-10.0 10.0.22631
npm error gyp ERR! command "E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\bin\\node.exe" "E:\\msys64\\home\\topkek\\git\\node-ffi-napi\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm error gyp ERR! cwd E:\msys64\home\topkek\git\node-ffi-napi\node_modules\@makeomatic\ref-napi
npm error gyp ERR! node -v v23.5.0
npm error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.3.1
npm error gyp ERR! not ok
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\topkek\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2025-04-02T18_07_14_935Z-debug-0.log

I am not using visual studio, I do have a c, c++ toolchain, which is gcc... the original node-ffi-napi used the system node-gyp which can be patched to support the system compiler..

[Kreijstal]

it might be hard to believe but it looks like this

opkek@win11 UCRT64 ~/git/ref-napi
# npm i
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated rimraf@2.7.1: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated rimraf@2.7.1: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm warn deprecated transformers@2.1.0: Deprecated, use jstransformer
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.1.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated constantinople@3.0.2: Please update to at least constantinople 3.1.1
npm warn deprecated debug@3.2.6: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
npm warn deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm warn deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm warn deprecated fstream@1.0.12: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated jade@1.11.0: Jade has been renamed to pug, please install the latest version of pug instead of jade

> ref-napi@3.0.3 install
> node-gyp-build

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
gyp info using node@23.5.0 | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.9 found at "E:/msys64/ucrt64/bin/python3.exe"

gyp info spawn E:/msys64/ucrt64/bin/python3.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-f',
gyp info spawn args 'make',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\home\\topkek\\git\\ref-napi\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\libnode.dll.a',
gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=E:\\msys64\\home\\topkek\\git\\ref-napi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args 'build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory '/home/topkek/git/ref-napi/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/binding/src/binding.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/binding/src/win_delay_load_hook.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/node_modules/node-addon-api/nothing.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/src/win_delay_load_hook.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/node_modules/node-addon-api/nothing.a
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/binding.node
  COPY Release/binding.node
  COPY Release/nothing.a
make: Leaving directory '/home/topkek/git/ref-napi/build'
gyp info ok 

added 506 packages, and audited 507 packages in 36s

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18 vulnerabilities (2 low, 6 moderate, 3 high, 7 critical)

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you can run gcc without visual studio!

[Kreijstal]

this version still works for me https://github.com/btsimonh/node-ffi-napi

(it is a slightly patched version)

Evidence:

topkek@win11 UCRT64 ~/git/nodeffinapi2
# npm install --target_platform=mingw

> ffi-napi@4.0.3 install
> node-gyp-build

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@11.0.0
gyp info using node@23.5.0 | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.9 found at "E:/msys64/ucrt64/bin/python3.exe"

gyp info spawn E:/msys64/ucrt64/bin/python3.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-f',
gyp info spawn args 'make',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\home\\topkek\\git\\nodeffinapi2\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=E:\\msys64\\ucrt64\\lib\\libnode.dll.a',
gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=E:\\msys64\\home\\topkek\\git\\nodeffinapi2',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args 'build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn make
gyp info spawn args [ 'BUILDTYPE=Release', '-C', 'build' ]
make: Entering directory '/home/topkek/git/nodeffinapi2/build'
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/prep_cif.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/types.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/raw_api.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.o
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c: In function 'ffi_java_raw_call':
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:317:3: warning: 'ffi_java_raw_to_ptrarray' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  317 |   ffi_java_raw_to_ptrarray (cif, raw, avalue);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:76:1: note: declared here
   76 | ffi_java_raw_to_ptrarray (ffi_cif *cif, ffi_java_raw *raw, void **args)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c: In function 'ffi_java_translate_args':
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:328:3: warning: 'ffi_java_raw_size' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  328 |   ffi_java_raw *raw = (ffi_java_raw*)alloca (ffi_java_raw_size (cif));
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:45:1: note: declared here
   45 | ffi_java_raw_size (ffi_cif *cif)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:331:3: warning: 'ffi_java_ptrarray_to_raw' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  331 |   ffi_java_ptrarray_to_raw (cif, avalue, raw);
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:157:1: note: declared here
  157 | ffi_java_ptrarray_to_raw (ffi_cif *cif, void **args, ffi_java_raw *raw)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c: In function 'ffi_prep_java_raw_closure':
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:369:3: warning: 'ffi_prep_java_raw_closure_loc' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  369 |   return ffi_prep_java_raw_closure_loc (cl, cif, fun, user_data, cl);
      |   ^~~~~~
../deps/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c:337:1: note: declared here
  337 | ffi_prep_java_raw_closure_loc (ffi_java_raw_closure* cl,
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/closures.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/ffiw64.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/deps/libffi/src/x86/win64.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi/src/win_delay_load_hook.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/deps/libffi/libffi.a
  COPY Release/libffi.a
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/ffi.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/callback_info.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/threaded_callback_invokation.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/win32-dlfcn.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings/src/win_delay_load_hook.o
  CC(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/node_modules/node-addon-api/nothing.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nothing/src/win_delay_load_hook.o
  AR(target) Release/obj.target/node_modules/node-addon-api/nothing.a
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/ffi_bindings.node
  COPY Release/ffi_bindings.node
  COPY Release/nothing.a
make: Leaving directory '/home/topkek/git/nodeffinapi2/build'
gyp info ok

up to date, audited 402 packages in 18s

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19 vulnerabilities (2 low, 3 moderate, 8 high, 6 critical)

To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

To address all issues possible (including breaking changes), run:
  npm audit fix --force

Some issues need review, and may require choosing
a different dependency.

Run `npm audit` for details.