node-gyp build error windows x64: "fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib'"
node-gyp, node-sqlserver, windows-7-x64
Solution
`npm config set msvs_version 2013 --global` worked for me as I use VS node tools and you dont need to specify msvs_version each time you do an npm install.
I had an issue whereby npm's config (c:\Users\username\ .npmrc) has an entry msvs_version=2012 which was out of date.
Problem
Here's what I've done so far on my x64 OS: Installed Python (v2.7 --specifically 2.7.6) and added it to the system path (C:\Python27) Installed MS VS C++ 2010 Express Version (I already had VS 2012 but without the C++ component) Installed the compiler update for Windows SDK 7.1 Successfully executed node-gyp configure (from my add-on directory under nodejs\node_modules where binding.gyp is located) ran node-gyp build (as administrator)** This is what crashed, leaving me with: this error: ``` C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\msnodesql>node-gyp build gyp info it worked if it ends with ok gyp info using node-gyp@0.12.2 gyp info using node@0.10.25 | win32 | x64 gyp info spawn C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe gyp info spawn args [ 'build/binding.sln', gyp info spawn args '/clp:Verbosity=minimal', gyp info spawn args '/nologo', gyp info spawn args '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64' ] Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch. ``` LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'kernel32.lib' [C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\msnodesql\build\sqlserver.vcxproj] ``` gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\RNelson\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:267:23) gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:797:12) gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601 gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Users\\RNelson\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\node- gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "build" gyp ERR! cwd C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\msnodesql gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.25 gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.12.2 gyp ERR! not ok ``` Any ideas as to what is going on?