node-gyp error while doing npm install on a project - node.js

Question

Apologies if this is a bit basic, I'm new but I've tried my best to resolve this to no avail and I really need this as part of training for my new job so any help is greatly appreciated.
I'm trying to load the project found on this git repository: https://github.com/taylonr/intro-to-protractor
The first part of installing protractor went without a hitch but when I tried loading the dependencies for the project I ran into issues.
Other info:
Windows 10
Node.js 4.2.3
Python v2.7.1
Visual Studio Community 2015
npm 3.5.2 (when I do npm -v)
node-gyp 3.2.1
What I've tried:
Initially had warnings regarding deprecated packages so updated those
npm config set msvs_version=2015 --global (that seemed to be causing some folks issues)
,
crhistian#crhistian-HP /cygdrive/c/users/crhistian/webstormprojects/intro-to-pro tractor
$ npm install
> v8-debug#0.4.6 preinstall C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protrac tor\node_modules\.staging\v8-debug-641e94fa
>
npm WARN prefer global node-inspector#0.9.2 should be installed with -g
> v8-debug#0.4.6 install C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor \node_modules\v8-debug
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\crhistian\AppData\Roaming\npm\n ode_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" c lean ) else (node clean )
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\crhistian\AppData\Roaming\npm\n ode_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" c onfigure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro- to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\debug. node --module_name=debug --module_path=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro -to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64 --pyt hon=python --msvs_version=2015 ) else (node configure --fallback-to-build --mo dule=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-deb ug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\debug.node --module_name=debug --module _path=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-de bug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64 --python=python --msvs_version=2015 )
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\crhistian\AppData\Roaming\npm\n ode_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" b uild --fallback-to-build --module=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-p rotractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\debug.node --module_name=debug --module_path=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to- protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64 ) else ( node build --fallback-to-build --module=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\int ro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\deb ug.node --module_name=debug --module_path=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\in tro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64 )
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
debug.cc
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(2 63): error C2995: 'v8::Local<T> _NanEnsureLocal(v8::Local<T>)': function templat e has already been defined [C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protrac tor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h (256): note: see declaration of '_NanEnsureLocal'
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 61): error C3083: 'smalloc': the symbol to the left of a '::' must be a type [C: \users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\buil d\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 61): error C2039: 'FreeCallback': is not a member of 'node' [C:\users\crhistian\ webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\Users\crhistian\.node-gyp\4.2.3\include\node\node_object_wrap.h(8): note: s ee declaration of 'node'
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 61): error C2061: syntax error: identifier 'FreeCallback' [C:\users\crhistian\we bstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 65): error C2065: 'callback': undeclared identifier [C:\users\crhistian\webstorm projects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 65): error C2065: 'hint': undeclared identifier [C:\users\crhistian\webstormproj ects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 72): error C2665: 'node::Buffer::New': none of the 4 overloads could convert all the argument types [C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\nod e_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\Users\crhistian\.node-gyp\4.2.3\include\node\node_buffer.h(43): note: could be 'v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> node::Buffer::New(v8::Isolate *,char *,size_t)'
C:\Users\crhistian\.node-gyp\4.2.3\include\node\node_buffer.h(31): note: or 'v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object> node::Buffer::New(v8::Isolate *,v8::Local<v8::St ring>,node::encoding)'
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h (672): note: while trying to match the argument list '(v8::Isolate *, const char *, uint32_t)'
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 76): error C2440: 'return': cannot convert from 'v8::MaybeLocal<v8::Object>' to 'v8::Local<v8::Object>' [C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor \node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h (676): note: No constructor could take the source type, or constructor overload resolution was ambiguous
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 83): error C2039: 'Use': is not a member of 'node::Buffer' [C:\users\crhistian\w ebstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
C:\Users\crhistian\.node-gyp\4.2.3\include\node\node_buffer.h(8): note: see de claration of 'node::Buffer'
C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\nan\nan.h(6 83): error C3861: 'Use': identifier not found [C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojec ts\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe` fail ed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\crhistian\AppData\Roaming\np m\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:276:23)
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_proces s.js:200:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.10586
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\crhistian\\Ap pData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js " "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\users\\crhistian\\webstormprojects \\intro-to-protractor\\node_modules\\v8-debug\\build\\debug\\v0.4.6\\node-v46-wi n32-x64\\debug.node" "--module_name=debug" "--module_path=C:\\users\\crhistian\\ webstormprojects\\intro-to-protractor\\node_modules\\v8-debug\\build\\debug\\v0. 4.6\\node-v46-win32-x64"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_module s\v8-debug
gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.2.1
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'node-gyp.cmd build --fallback- to-build --module=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_m odules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\debug.node --module_name=d ebug --module_path=C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_ modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0.4.6\node-v46-win32-x64' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\crhistian\Webs tormProjects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:8 3:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:818:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/chi ld_process.js:211:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.10586
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\crhi stian\\WebstormProjects\\intro-to-protractor\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\n ode-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\no de_modules\v8-debug
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.3
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.6.18
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute 'node-gyp.cmd build --fallback-to-build --module=C:\users\crhi stian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0. 4.6\node-v46-win32-x64\debug.node --module_name=debug --module_path=C:\users\crh istian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\node_modules\v8-debug\build\debug\v0 .4.6\node-v46-win32-x64' (1)
copperpitch#0.0.1 C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor
├─┬ bower#1.3.12
│ ├─┬ bower-registry-client#0.2.4
│ │ └─┬ request#2.51.0
│ │ └─┬ form-data#0.2.0
│ │ └── async#0.9.2
│ ├─┬ insight#0.4.3
│ │ └── async#0.9.2
│ └─┬ request#2.42.0
│ └─┬ form-data#0.1.4
│ └── async#0.9.2
├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY grunt#~0.4.0
├─┬ karma#0.12.37
│ ├─┬ chokidar#1.4.2
│ │ └─┬ readdirp#2.0.0
│ │ └── minimatch#2.0.10
│ ├─┬ connect#2.30.2
│ │ ├─┬ compression#1.5.2
│ │ │ ├─┬ accepts#1.2.13
│ │ │ │ └── negotiator#0.5.3
│ │ │ └─┬ compressible#2.0.6
│ │ │ └── mime-db#1.20.0
│ │ ├─┬ connect-timeout#1.6.2
│ │ │ ├── debug#2.2.0
│ │ │ └── ms#0.7.1
│ │ ├── cookie#0.1.3
│ │ ├── cookie-signature#1.0.6
│ │ ├─┬ csurf#1.8.3
│ │ │ ├── cookie#0.1.3
│ │ │ └── cookie-signature#1.0.6
│ │ ├─┬ debug#2.2.0
│ │ │ └── ms#0.7.1
│ │ ├─┬ errorhandler#1.4.2
│ │ │ ├─┬ accepts#1.2.13
│ │ │ │ ├─┬ mime-types#2.1.8
│ │ │ │ │ └── mime-db#1.20.0
│ │ │ │ └── negotiator#0.5.3
│ │ │ └── escape-html#1.0.2
│ │ ├─┬ finalhandler#0.4.0
│ │ │ ├─┬ debug#2.2.0
│ │ │ │ └── ms#0.7.1
│ │ │ └── escape-html#1.0.2
│ │ ├── fresh#0.3.0
│ │ ├─┬ method-override#2.3.5
│ │ │ └── methods#1.1.1
│ │ ├── parseurl#1.3.0
│ │ ├── qs#4.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ serve-favicon#2.3.0
│ │ │ ├── fresh#0.3.0
│ │ │ ├── ms#0.7.1
│ │ │ └── parseurl#1.3.0
│ │ ├─┬ serve-index#1.7.2
│ │ │ ├─┬ accepts#1.2.13
│ │ │ │ └── negotiator#0.5.3
│ │ │ ├─┬ debug#2.2.0
│ │ │ │ └── ms#0.7.1
│ │ │ ├── escape-html#1.0.2
│ │ │ ├─┬ mime-types#2.1.8
│ │ │ │ └── mime-db#1.20.0
│ │ │ └── parseurl#1.3.0
│ │ ├─┬ serve-static#1.10.0
│ │ │ ├── escape-html#1.0.2
│ │ │ └─┬ send#0.13.0
│ │ │ ├── mime#1.3.4
│ │ │ └── range-parser#1.0.3
│ │ └─┬ type-is#1.6.10
│ │ └── mime-types#2.1.8
│ ├── mime#1.3.4
│ └── minimatch#2.0.10
├─┬ karma-coverage#0.2.7
│ └─┬ istanbul#0.3.22
│ └─┬ fileset#0.2.1
│ └── minimatch#2.0.10
└─┬ mongoose#3.8.37
└─┬ mquery#1.6.1
└─┬ debug#2.2.0
└── ms#0.7.1
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fseve nts#1.0.6
npm WARN grunt-concurrent#0.5.0 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.0 but none was ins talled.
npm WARN grunt-contrib-csslint#0.2.0 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.0 but none wa s installed.
npm WARN grunt-contrib-cssmin#0.9.0 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.1 but none was installed.
npm WARN grunt-contrib-jshint#0.10.0 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.0 but none wa s installed.
npm WARN grunt-contrib-uglify#0.4.1 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN grunt-contrib-watch#0.6.1 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN grunt-karma#0.8.3 requires a peer of grunt#0.4.x but none was installed .
npm WARN grunt-nodemon#0.2.1 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.1 but none was instal led.
npm WARN grunt-node-inspector#0.1.6 requires a peer of grunt#~0.4.2 but none was installed.
npm WARN copperpitch#0.0.1 No repository field.
npm WARN copperpitch#0.0.1 No license field.
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\crhistian\\AppDa ta\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.2.3
npm ERR! npm v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! v8-debug#0.4.6 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the v8-debug#0.4.6 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fal lback-to-build'.
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 v8-debug package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs v8-debug
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls v8-debug
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\users\crhistian\webstormprojects\intro-to-protractor\npm-debug.l og

Answer 1

In a similar post, someone tried specifying the build tools:
npm install protractor -g --msvs_version=2012
Seemed to do the trick.