How do I build 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit system using npm?

Question

I\'m developing an application that I plan to distribute using node-webkit, which only has 32-bit binaries on Windows. My OS is Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, so npm is building 64-

Answer 1

Add a file in your project root called .npmrc Windows explorer doesn't allow creation of a file name starting with a dot, but this can be done on windows command line like this:

type NUL > .npmrc

Then add the following line to the file:

npm_config_arch=ia32

You may also want to put this line in there to force VS build version, since some packages want to use non-installed versions. Replace 2013 with your version of Visual Studio if different (2012, etc):

msvs_version=2013