Getting error while installing node modules

Question

Here is the error log..

5919 error gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed  python2 Error: not found: python2
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21) {
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
5919 error gyp verb `which` failed }
5919 error gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
5919 error gyp verb `which` succeeded python C:\Users\ADMIN\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.EXE
5919 error gyp ERR! configure error
5919 error gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: C:\Users\ADMIN\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.EXE -c import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
5919 error gyp ERR! stack   File "<string>", line 1
5919 error gyp ERR! stack     import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
5919 error gyp ERR! stack                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5919 error gyp ERR! stack SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?
5919 error gyp ERR! stack
5919 error gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:397:12)
5919 error gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
5919 error gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
5919 error gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
5919 error gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19042
5919 error gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\ADMIN\\Downloads\\DPM\\dpm-repository\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
5919 error gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\ADMIN\Downloads\DPM\dpm-repository\node_modules\node-sass
5919 error gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
5919 error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
5919 error gyp ERR! not ok
5919 error Build failed with error code: 1
5920 verbose exit 1

Answer 1

Download and install python2 . Python310 won't work because they have slightly different requirements (like parenthesis with print: print() )

Answer 2

node-gyp is looking for a python installation for working and its not found on the PATH variable of your OS.

node-gyp requires python to be installed and available for usage. From the version documentation of node-gyp-3.8.0

• You have to install Python 2.7
• You need to install Windows Build tools

as additional dependencies. If you have already installed python-2.7 , you can configure gyp with either of the commands below

node-gyp --python /path/to/python2.7

Or

npm config set python /path/to/executable/python2.7

For more details, checkout the documentation here