npm install fails

[viperguynaz]

Running on:

• Windows 10
• node 8.12.0
• npm 5.8.5

I have run npm install -g create-flex-plugin and create-flex-plugin plugin-test and cd plugin-test. When I run npm install I get a ton of errors all similar to 'xxx': is not a member of 'v8':

Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
bufferutil.cc
win_delay_load_hook.cc
c:\projects\flex\plugin-test\node_modules\twilio-client\node_modules\nan\nan.h(213): error C2039: 'ThrowException': is
not a member of 'v8' (compiling source file ..\src\bufferutil.cc) [C:\projects\flex\plugin-test\node_modules\twilio-cli
ent\node_modules\ws\build\bufferutil.vcxproj]
c:\users\dirwin.node-gyp\8.12.0\include\node\node.h(101): note: see declaration of 'v8' (compiling source file ..\sr
c\bufferutil.cc)
c:\projects\flex\plugin-test\node_modules\twilio-client\node_modules\nan\nan.h(213): error C2039: 'New': is not a membe
r of 'v8::String' (compiling source file ..\src\bufferutil.cc) [C:\projects\flex\plugin-test\node_modules\twilio-client
\node_modules\ws\build\bufferutil.vcxproj]
c:\users\dirwin.node-gyp\8.12.0\include\node\v8.h(2503): note: see declaration of 'v8::String' (compiling source fil
e ..\src\bufferutil.cc)

If I try to run npm start it fails because there is no file index.html in the public folder.

[viperguynaz]

Figured out the npm start issue - on Windows, it needs to be run with administrative privileges to copy the index.html file. Still having the npm install issue.

[dkundel]

Hi @viperguynaz,

Thanks for flagging these two issues. I'll look into changing the behavior of the npm start command from symlinking to copying the file over.

On the other issue this seems to be an issue with some native module dependencies. @madisabel can your team please investigate this? This seems to be an issue with some dependencies on Windows.

Cheers,
Dominik