无法安装需要VCBuild.exe的依赖项

Question

I am trying to install dependencies using npm install on a Windows 7 machine. I got the following error message:

MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe".
 To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it is installed elsewhere. 

I installed .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, but the error continues, and indeed VCBuild.exe does not appear anywhere in the directory structure for .NET.

I don't have Visual Studio (of any vintage) on this machine, and I don't want to have to pay for it.

How can I get around this?

Answer 1

Did you do all those things that error mentions? (1 and 2 / (or/and) 3)

To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it is installed elsewhere.