On Windows XP/Vista/7, node-gyp requires Python 2.3 and Visual Studio 2010
According to the readme file in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1, to ensure that your system has a supported configuration, uninstall the following products and then reinstall them in the order listed:
- Visual Studio 2010
- Windows SDK 7.1 Note: If you get error on installation, maybe this link will help you.
- Visual Studio 2010 SP1
- Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1
On x64 environments, the last update in the list fixes errors about missing compilers and error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found.