can't install grpc

Problem description Installing grpc fails when attempting to install firebase. Also fails with same error when attempting to install grpc before firebase.

Reproduction steps npm i firebase, npm i grpc

Environment Windows 10 64-bits 13.6.0 (also attempted with 12.14.1, getting the same error) nvm gRPC 1.24.2 Additional context node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for grpc@1.24.2 and node@12.14.1 (node-v72 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error unable to verify the first certificate gyp ERR! find Python gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON gyp ERR! find Python checking if “python” can be used gyp ERR! find Python - “python” is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python checking if “python2” can be used gyp ERR! find Python - “python2” is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python checking if “python3” can be used gyp ERR! find Python - “python3” is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python checking if the py launcher can be used to find Python 2 gyp ERR! find Python - “py.exe” is not in PATH or produced an error gyp ERR! find Python checking if Python is C:\Python27\python.exe gyp ERR! find Python - “C:\Python27\python.exe” could not be run gyp ERR! find Python checking if Python is C:\Python37\python.exe gyp ERR! find Python - “C:\Python37\python.exe” could not be run gyp ERR! find Python gyp ERR! find Python ********************************************************** gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python. gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not, gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options: gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python=“C:\Path\To\python.exe” gyp ERR! find Python (accepted by both node-gyp and npm) gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python: gyp ERR! find Python npm config set python “C:\Path\To\python.exe” gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at: gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation gyp ERR! find Python ********************************************************** gyp ERR! find Python gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:307:47) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.runChecks (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:136:21) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:225:16) gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:271:16) gyp ERR! stack at exithandler (child_process.js:302:5) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:314:5) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:223:5) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:270:12) gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:456:16) gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:81:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362 gyp ERR! command “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” “configure” “–fallback-to-build” “–library=static_library” “–module=C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node” “–module_name=grpc_node” “–module_path=C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown” “–napi_version=5” “–node_abi_napi=napi” “–napi_build_version=0” “–node_napi_label=node-v72” gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc gyp ERR! node -v v12.14.1 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5 gyp ERR! not ok node-pre-gyp ERR! build error node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72’ (1) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:223:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16) node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:283:5) node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18362 node-pre-gyp ERR! command “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\bin\node-pre-gyp” “install” “–fallback-to-build” “–library=static_library”
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v12.14.1 node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.14.0 node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok Failed to execute ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --library=statiles\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\firebase\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v72-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=5 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v72’ (1) npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! grpc@1.24.2 install: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.24.2 install script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\b18a0990\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-02-04T01_23_08_692Z-debug.log

[jaequery]

is downgrading to node v10 the official solution? is anyone actually working on solving this issue? this have been going on for several months already iirrc

[ghoshbishakh]

npm install grpc --build-from-source