Cannot install on Windows 7 x64

[takempf]

I've tried everything I can to install node-canvas on my Windows machine, but I've hit a brick wall here. Any idea what my issue is?

C:\Users\Timothy\Repos\tandem.io-drawing\node_modules\canvas>node-gyp build
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info spawn C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'build/binding.sln',
gyp info spawn args   '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
gyp info spawn args   '/property:TargetExt=.node',
gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64' ]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.Cpp.InvalidPlatform.Targets(23,7): error MSB8007: The Platf
orm for project 'canvas.vcxproj' is invalid.  Platform='x64'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to
build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Platform that doesn't exist for this project.
 [C:\Users\Timothy\Repos\tandem.io-drawing\node_modules\canvas\build\canvas.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\Timothy\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:236:2
3)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:96:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process._handle.onexit (child_process.js:678:10)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Users\\Timothy\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "build"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Timothy\Repos\tandem.io-drawing\node_modules\canvas
gyp ERR! node -v v0.8.11
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.7.1
gyp ERR! not ok```

[corysimmons]

Yeah this is a known issue that's not going to be solved because Node64 (on Windows) is fubar.

Here's how to install it on 32 bit https://github.com./LearnBoost/node-canvas/wiki/Installation---Windows

[TooTallNate]

@corysimmons 64-bit node works just fine for me.

@Fauntleroy You need to have the 64-bit Windows SDK installed. You also need to make sure to use 64-bit versions of the dependent DLL files.

[corysimmons]

node canvas for windows is hella hard.

[tj]

everything is hard on windows ;) you opt-into it

[corysimmons]

@visionmedia Too poor for Mac and I have to do a lot of production stuff with Photoshop/Illustrator/After Effects, etc.

I've installed several flavors of Visual Studio (including C++ 2010), ran through the Windows Installation for cairo (the GTK+ all-in-ones for 32 and 64) and node-gyp on 32-bit and 64-bit nodejs, and have even gotten as far as installing node-canvas (on the 32-bit run), but keep end up getting errors when I try to run nib linear-gradient-image to get those pretty data uri gradients.

I'm getting a "has-canvas" error. Is there any way to easily test if I have node-canvas via command line? Or do I have to get into all that test makefile crap?

Btw, TJ, do you manage all these things yourself? If so, you're contributing an ungodly amount of stuff. How old are you?

@TooTallNate Here's the error I get when try to run it on 64-bit nodejs/GTK

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.Cpp.InvalidPlatform.Targets(23,7): error MSB8007: The Platform for pro
ject 'canvas.vcxproj' is invalid.  Platform='x64'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project withou
t a solution file, and have specified a non-default Platform that doesn't exist for this project. [C:\Users\cory\AppData\Roami
ng\npm\node_modules\canvas\build\canvas.vcxproj]

[TooTallNate]

@corysimmons You need the 64-bit Windows SDK http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displayLang=en&id=8279.

Also, TJ isn't a real person. It's a cyborg.

[corysimmons]

@TooTallNate I already tried downloading installing the SDK before posting. Sorry I forgot to mention it.

[JingLiNaomi]

I have the same issue on my Windows 7 64bit. Tried everything I can find but still failed. Now I have to use my 32 bit windows virtual machine.

[Aldaviva]

I was able to resolve this issue by installing the 32-bit Windows MSI build of Node.js and uninstalling the 64-bit version. I'm running Windows 7 x64.

[joelclark]

confirmed, 32-bit nodejs install fixed for me as well

[andig]

Fixed for me by switching VC2010 to VC2012, both Express.

[relu-xz]

Hey guys, I've posted a solution for this.

[LinusU]

Please see the posted solution, or the updated wiki-page...