Ganache Installation issues

npm i ganache -g –Getting following error, please help me how to resolve this issue?

npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup   [
npm WARN cleanup     'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ganache\\node_modules',
npm WARN cleanup     [Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rmdir 'C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\keccak'] {
npm WARN cleanup       errno: -4082,
npm WARN cleanup       code: 'EBUSY',
npm WARN cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup       path: 'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ganache\\node_modules\\keccak'
npm WARN cleanup     }
npm WARN cleanup   ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\leveldown
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "-m" switch.
npm ERR!   builder.cc
npm ERR! C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\leveldown\deps\leveldb\port-libuv\port_uv.h(42,10): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'uv.h': No such file or directory [C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\leveldown\deps\leveldb\leveldb.vcxproj]
npm ERR!   snappy-sinksource.cc
npm ERR!   snappy-stubs-internal.cc
npm ERR!   snappy.cc
npm ERR!   win_delay_load_hook.cc
npm ERR!   snappy.vcxproj -> C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\leveldown\build\Release\\snappy.lib
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.14.2 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.4 found at "C:\Users\varun\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS using VS2022 (17.1.32407.343) found at:
npm ERR! gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Users\varun\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ganache\\node_modules\\leveldown\\build\\config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\16.14.2\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\16.14.2',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\varun\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\16.14.2\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ganache\\node_modules\\leveldown',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\ganache\\node_modules\\leveldown\\build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build/binding.sln',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22000
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\varun\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\varun\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ganache\node_modules\leveldown
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.0.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\varun\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-04-17T13_50_24_999Z-debug-0.log

[SeanLuis]

With the version of node 14 it works perfectly. I had the same problem with version 16 of node on MacOS. On Windows I tried and it works perfectly with version 16 of node and npm 8, you just have to install the version of python 3.9 and Visual Studio Community Edition 2019, the latter only the development tools for desktop and Node.js.

[kevinweaver]

@ccornici, agreed. Thanks for surfacing this, we’ll make sure to fix it!