npm install fails on windows

[bobbyg603]

Windows 10
node -v 6.9.2
npm -v 3.10.6

Fails building minidump@0.3.0

npm ERR! minidump@0.3.0 install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the minidump@0.3.0 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the minidump package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs minidump
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls minidump
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\rem0te\Desktop\mini-breakpad-server\npm-debug.log

I was able to get passed this by specifying minidump@0.11.0 in package.json

[tgemes]

Saw the same issue today. It definitely has to do with node-gyp not able to compile minidump. Here's the build log:

if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "" rebuild )
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.3.0
gyp info using node@4.4.5 | win32 | x64
gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.EXE
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\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   '-G',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=2015',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'c:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\mybreakpad\\node_modules\\minidump\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\User\\.node-gyp\\4.4.5\\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\\User\\.node-gyp\\4.4.5',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=c:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\mybreakpad\\node_modules\\minidump',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'c:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\mybreakpad\\node_modules\\minidump\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 16, in <module>
    sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 545, in script_main
    return main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 538, in main
    return gyp_main(args)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 514, in gyp_main
    options.duplicate_basename_check)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 130, in Load
    params['parallel'], params['root_targets'])
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 2795, in Load
    RemoveLinkDependenciesFromNoneTargets(targets)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 1510, in RemoveLinkDependenciesFromNoneTargets
    if targets[t].get('variables', {}).get('link_dependency', 0):
KeyError: 'deps\\breakpad\\breakpad.gyp:minidump_stackwalk#target'
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:305:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.14393
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd c:\Users\User\Documents\mybreakpad\node_modules\minidump
gyp ERR! node -v v4.4.5
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.3.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm info lifecycle minidump@0.3.0~install: Failed to exec install script

Same workaround worked for me too: upgrade minidump to 0.11.0.

[GuitarChen]

if you are win7, you should upgrade mimidump to ^0.9.0. fuck...