Install fails in Windows

[mc2]

Hope this helps:

> [email protected] install C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding
> node-gyp rebuild
C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild ) 
Warning: Missing input files:
C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\..\..\..\vendor\icu\iculslocs.cc
C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\..\..\..\vendor\icu\no-op.cc
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
  csdetect.cpp
  csmatch.cpp
  csr2022.cpp
  csrecog.cpp
  csrmbcs.cpp
  csrsbcs.cpp
  csrucode.cpp
  csrutf8.cpp
c:\users\m\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\vendor\icu\common\unicode/uclean.h(152): warning C4229: anachronism used: modifiers on data are ignored (compiling source file ..\..\..\vendor\icu\i18n\csdetect.cpp) [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\icui18n.vcxproj]
  inputext.cpp
  ucln_in.cpp
  ucsdet.cpp
  win_delay_load_hook.cc
c:\users\m\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\vendor\icu\common\unicode/uclean.h(152): warning C4229: anachronism used: modifiers on data are ignored (compiling source file ..\..\..\vendor\icu\i18n\ucln_in.cpp) [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\icui18n.vcxproj]
  icui18n.vcxproj -> C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\Release\\icui18n.lib
  cmemory.cpp
  uarrsort.cpp
  ucln_cmn.cpp
  uenum.cpp
  umutex.cpp
  uobject.cpp
  utypes.cpp
  win_delay_load_hook.cc
c:\users\m\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\vendor\icu\common\unicode/uclean.h(152): warning C4229: anachronism used: modifiers on data are ignored (compiling source file ..\..\..\vendor\icu\common\ucln_cmn.cpp) [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\icuucx.vcxproj]
c:\users\m\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\vendor\icu\common\unicode/uclean.h(152): warning C4229: anachronism used: modifiers on data are ignored (compiling source file ..\..\..\vendor\icu\common\cmemory.cpp) [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\icuucx.vcxproj]
c:\users\m\appdata\roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\vendor\icu\common\unicode/uclean.h(152): warning C4229: anachronism used: modifiers on data are ignored (compiling source file ..\..\..\vendor\icu\common\umutex.cpp) [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\vendor\icu\icuucx.vcxproj]
  icuucx.vcxproj -> C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\Release\\icuucx.lib
  icuWrapper.cpp
  win_delay_load_hook.cc
     Creating library C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\Release\icuWrapper.lib and object C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\Release\icuWrapper.exp
icui18n.lib(csmatch.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ucnv_open_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
icui18n.lib(csmatch.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ucnv_toUChars_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
icui18n.lib(csmatch.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ucnv_close_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
icuucx.lib(uenum.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol u_UCharsToChars_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
icuucx.lib(uenum.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol u_charsToUChars_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
icuucx.lib(ucln_cmn.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol utrace_cleanup_59 [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]
C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\Release\icuWrapper.node : fatal error LNK1120: 6 unresolved externals [C:\Users\m\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\detect-character-encoding\build\icuWrapper.vcxproj]

[sonicdoe]

Thanks. As mentioned in the readme, I’m aware that detect-character-encoding doesn’t currently work on Windows. I’ll keep this issue open but I probably won’t have the time to address it anytime soon.