npm install fails due to node-gyp errors

• Node Version: v14.1.0
• Platform: Microsoft Windows 10 Home, 10.0.18363 Build 10.0.18363
• Compiler: MSBuild 15.0, using VS 2019 and Python 3
• Module: Any module, in this case robotjs

Verbose output (from npm or node-gyp):

npm --verbose npm info it worked if it ends with ok npm verb cli [ npm verb cli ‘C:\nodejs\node.exe’, npm verb cli ‘C:\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js’, npm verb cli ‘–verbose’ npm verb cli ] npm info using npm@6.14.4 npm info using node@v14.1.0

Usage: npm <command>

where <command> is one of: access, adduser, audit, bin, bugs, c, cache, ci, cit, clean-install, clean-install-test, completion, config, create, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, dist-tag, docs, doctor, edit, explore, fund, get, help, help-search, hook, i, init, install, install-ci-test, install-test, it, link, list, ln, login, logout, ls, org, outdated, owner, pack, ping, prefix, profile, prune, publish, rb, rebuild, repo, restart, root, run, run-script, s, se, search, set, shrinkwrap, star, stars, start, stop, t, team, test, token, tst, un, uninstall, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v, version, view, whoami

npm <command> -h quick help on <command> npm -l display full usage info npm help <term> search for help on <term> npm help npm involved overview

Specify configs in the ini-formatted file: C:\Users\Shubham Bhardwaj.npmrc or on the command line via: npm <command> --key value Config info can be viewed via: npm help config

npm@6.14.4 C:\nvm\v14.1.0\node_modules\npm

Error Description

> robotjs@0.6.0 install C:\nodejs\node_modules\robotjs > prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild

prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=14.1.0 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=win32) gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:268:19) gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:468:16) gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363 gyp ERR! command “C:\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\nodejs\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” “rebuild” gyp ERR! cwd C:\nodejs\node_modules\robotjs gyp ERR! node -v v14.1.0 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v6.1.0 gyp ERR! This is a bug in node-gyp. gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help: gyp ERR! https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 7 npm ERR! robotjs@0.6.0 install: prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! Exit status 7 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the robotjs@0.6.0 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\Shubham Bhardwaj\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-05-03T09_31_41_003Z-debug.log

I tried a lot of solutions, but of no use. Please guide the way forward. I’ve been stuck on this for 2-3 days now.

[jabbar86]

gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.0
gyp info using node@14.9.0 | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.5 found at "C:\Python38\python.exe"
gyp info find VS using VS2019 (16.7.30523.141) found at:
gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools"
gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
gyp info spawn C:\Python38\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-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   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'E:\\Zoop\\zoop-product-v0\\src\\node_modules\\x509\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\14.9.0\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\14.9.0',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\jabba\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\14.9.0\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=E:\\Zoop\\zoop-product-v0\\src\\node_modules\\x509',
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   'E:\\Zoop\\zoop-product-v0\\src\\node_modules\\x509\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
gyp info spawn args [
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'
gyp info spawn args ]
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "-m" switch.
E:\Zoop\zoop-product-v0\src\node_modules\x509\build\x509.vcxproj(21,3): error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found. Confirm that the expression in the Import declaration "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\jabba\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23)gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:314:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:276:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19041
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\jabba\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd E:\Zoop\zoop-product-v0\src\node_modules\x509```

Getting this error 
node : 14.9.0
python : 3.8
visual studio : 2019

UPDATE :

This works for me 😃

npm install -g node-gyp

export npm_config_node_gyp=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js

rm -rf node_modules(if already there)

npm install

[cclauss]

npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0

https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/tree/master/docs#versions-of-node-gyp-that-are-earlier-than-v8xx