npm install error - MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component “VCBuild.exe”

Question

I\'m trying to use the

npm install steam

but I am getting an error saying

I\'m not sure how to fix this and I have gotten

Answer 1

Look at the installation instructions for node-gyp - you can't just npm install node-gyp. I see you've installed Visual C++, but there's more to it.

What version of windows do you have? If I knew that I might be able to tell you which part of the node-gyp instructions you didn't do, but check them out and you should be able to figure it out. I've gone through a bit of pain for this stuff too.