"Error running install script for optional dependency" on Windows

[kaiyoma]

After adding esprint to our project recently, yarn installed node-weak as well, but the post-install script fails on Windows:

yarn install v1.5.1
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
info [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
warning " > [email protected]" has unmet peer dependency "[email protected] || 0.20.x || 0.22.x || ^1.0.0-0".
warning " > [email protected]" has unmet peer dependency "karma@>=0.9".
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
warning Error running install script for optional dependency: "C:\\Users\\<User>\\Work\\<project>\
ode_modules\\weak: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe
Arguments: /d /s /c node-gyp rebuild
Directory: C:\\Users\\<User>\\Work\\<project>\
ode_modules\\weak
Output:
C:\\Users\\<User>\\Work\\<project>\
ode_modules\\weak>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node \"C:\\Program Files\\Node.js\
ode_modules\
pm\\bin\
ode-gyp-bin\\\\..\\..\
ode_modules\
ode-gyp\\bin\
ode-gyp.js\" rebuild )  else (node \"\" rebuild )
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/node-v8.9.0-headers.tar.gz
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/node-v8.9.0-headers.tar.gz
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/win-x86/node.lib
gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/win-x64/node.lib
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/win-x86/node.lib
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/SHASUMS256.txt
gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v8.9.0/win-x64/node.lib
gyp info spawn C:\\Program Files\\Python\\python.EXE
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Node.js\\\
ode_modules\\\
pm\\\
ode_modules\\\
ode-gyp\\\\gyp\\\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
gyp info spawn args   '-G',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=auto',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\Work\\\\<project>\\\
ode_modules\\\\weak\\\\build\\\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Node.js\\\
ode_modules\\\
pm\\\
ode_modules\\\
ode-gyp\\\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\.node-gyp\\\\8.9.0\\\\include\\\
ode\\\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\.node-gyp\\\\8.9.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Node.js\\\
ode_modules\\\
pm\\\
ode_modules\\\
ode-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\.node-gyp\\\\8.9.0\\\\<(target_arch)\\\
ode.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\Work\\\\<project>\\\
ode_modules\\\\weak',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\\\Users\\\\<User>\\\\Work\\\\<project>\\\
ode_modules\\\\weak\\\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
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   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64' ]
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the \"/m\" switch.
MSBUILD : error MSB4132: The tools version \"2.0\" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are \"4.0\".
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:\\Program Files\\Node.js\
ode_modules\
pm\
ode_modules\
ode-gyp\\lib\\build.js:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:214:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:198:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.16299
gyp ERR! command \"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Node.js\\\
ode.exe\" \"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Node.js\\\
ode_modules\\\
pm\\\
ode_modules\\\
ode-gyp\\\\bin\\\
ode-gyp.js\" \"rebuild\"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\\Users\\<User>\\Work\\<project>\
ode_modules\\weak
gyp ERR! node -v v8.9.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok"
info This module is OPTIONAL, you can safely ignore this error
Done in 38.45s.

[kaiyoma]

Seems that windows-build-tools is necessary to build this module. More info:

szwacz/electron-boilerplate#279 (comment)
chjj/pty.js#60 (comment)
https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools