Hi, just blindly following the "Start Developing" NodeJS instructions, I encountered an error - looks like Python should perhaps be listed as a pre-req for developing on Windows 10?
C:\maidsafe\safe_examples\safe_app_electron_quick_start> npm install @maidsafe/safe-node-app --save
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module relies on Node.js's internals and will break at some point. Do not use it, and update to [email protected].
> [email protected] install C:\maidsafe\safe_examples\safe_app_electron_quick_start\node_modules\ref
> node-gyp rebuild
C:\maidsafe\safe_examples\safe_app_electron_quick_start\node_modules\ref> if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) else (node "C:\Users\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.failNoPython (C:\Users\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:483:19)
gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (C:\Users\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:508:16)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:284:29
gyp ERR! stack at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:152:21)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\lis\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\maidsafe\safe_examples\safe_app_electron_quick_start\node_modules\ref
gyp ERR! node -v v8.11.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] 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\lis\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-04-26T11_20_57_652Z-debug.log
When I installed Python 2.7.14 - the above error disappeared. Perhaps also worth listing the minimum versions for each pre-req?