dnode working along nodejs on windows 8 error

Question

i have been trying to get dnode to install from this link

http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/dnode-make_php_and_node-js_talk_to_each_other/

i tried

npm install dnode

i gave me the following error.

gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYT
HON env variable.
gyp ERR! stack     at failNoPython (E:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\n
pm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:118:14)

could someone plz assist me with this issue with appropriate commands :)

much regards guys

Answer 1

Do you have python installed? Is it in your path?

which python

If not you can set the PYTHON environment variable specifically so that gyp can find it.

export PYTHON=/Path/To/python

Answer 2

This is probably due to the weak module that dnode uses, which is a native module and needs to be compiled with node-gyp. You are likely to have other problems, not just having Python available. I've had problems installing dnode on windows too.

However, weak is now an optional module in dnode . Its not recommended to use dnode without weak for long running or very heavily used connections without weak, as its a potential memory leak - but it is now usable.