How to Fix Truffle GYP Error In Windows [Problem Fixed]

Guide to Fix Truffle GYP Error in Windows PC:

So, Do you want to fix Truffle GYP Error in your Windows PC? Then, you are at the right place. In this article, you are going to find a complete installation guide to fix the truffle GYP error which causing in-between installation of truffle packages using command line.

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\@trufflesuite\bigint-buffer
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.14.2 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.4 found at "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/node-v16.14.2-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/node-v16.14.2-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/SHASUMS256.txt
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-x64/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-x86/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-arm64/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/SHASUMS256.txt
npm ERR! gyp http 404 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-arm64/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-x86/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.2/win-x64/node.lib
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
npm ERR! 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 ERR! gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - not found
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:122:47)   
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:75:16
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:363:14)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:71:14
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:384:16
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:406:5)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22598
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\truffle\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\@trufflesuite\bigint-buffer
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-05-14T18_56_00_430Z-debug-0.log

Without any further ado, Let’s get started.

How to Fix GYP Error in Windows PC?

To fix the GYP Error in your Windows computer, Follow the below solutions.

Solution 1:

Install latest Python version in your PC and set the PATH in System Environment Variables and try to install the truffle package again using the below command.

npm install -g truffle

To run, Enter the below command:

npx truffle init

Solution 2:

If the above solution doesn’t work for you, Try entering the following command and install the package.

npm install -g truffle@5.4.29

And, to run enter the following command:

npx truffle init

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