Error installing serialport on node.js - node.js

Question

I am running windows 10 with node 4.2.2. I am trying to set up to work with my arduino but i keep running into issues installing serialport. Nothing I can find is helping. These are the errors I get when i run npm install serialport
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10240
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "serialport" "-g"
npm ERR! node v4.2.2
npm ERR! npm v2.14.7
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! serialport#2.0.2 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the serialport#2.0.2 install script 'node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the serialport 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 their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls serialport
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! c:\Users\john\Desktop\node-ardx\node_modules\johnny-five\npm-debug.log

Answer 1

Make sure you have Python 2.7 installed. If you do, it may be an issue with the C++ compiler.
Install Microsoft Build Tools 2015 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159)
Then, on the cmd line change the default compiler to VS2015 :
$ npm config set msvs_version 2015
And to be extra sure :
$ set VCTargetsPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140
If you now try to install serialport you'll get a couple of yellow warnings but installs without any issue.
Cheers!