npm install error - MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component “VCBuild.exe”

Question

I\'m trying to use the

npm install steam

but I am getting an error saying

I\'m not sure how to fix this and I have gotten

Answer 1

i know this is old, i actually just had the same issue. i was able to solve it by running npm install -g node-gyp and fixed! npm

Answer 2

I tried the above suggested npm install --global --production windows-build-tools but found that the installation was always hanging forever.

I managed to fix the problem by installing Node.js 8 instead of Node.js 10.

Answer 3

The problems here are to do with the npm node-gyp module

I found the solutions offered on the build page for that project effective.

node-gyp page on github

There's a fully automatic way and a manual way.

Answer 4

Just to add to the above answer, anyone finding an issue of the installers taking forever, I found my issue was python, I uninstalled both my versions 3 and versions 2.

The re-ran the command in PowerShell terminal as the admin and it installed almost straight away.

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools 

Answer 5

1)install "lite server" and then try below command :
npm run lite

Answer 6

Try this from cmd line as Administrator

optional part, if you need to use a proxy:

set HTTP_PROXY=http://login:password@your-proxy-host:your-proxy-port
set HTTPS_PROXY=http://login:password@your-proxy-host:your-proxy-port

run this:

npm install -g --production windows-build-tools

No need for Visual Studio. This has what you need.

References:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows-build-tools