error with npm install bignum on ubuntu 19.04

[parinaA]

On running the following command to install bignum

npm install bignum --save

I'm getting the error as:

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! bignum@0.13.0 install: `prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the bignum@0.13.0 install script.

The complete error log is attached:
2019-10-28T15_10_53_233Z-debug.log

node : v 12.13.0
ubuntu : v 19.04
npm: v 6.12.0
python: v 2.7.16

[0x70h]

+1

[malisetti]

it fails to install with node latest versions v12 and v13 but installs good on ubuntu latest with node v10

ref: #120

[tomas-berg]

Confirmed build failed on node v12 v13. Need support on newer Node versions. Please bump priority of this.

[Dieken]

Ubuntu 18.04 + node 12.16.1 + bignum 0.13.1 works.

[username1565]

The same error I see on Windows 8.1 (x64), when bignum installing as node-module.

>node --version
v12.3.1

Try to start:
npm install bignum
...
downloading packages...
then, this run
node-gyp rebuild
and...

gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2017
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found

I did try to install Visual Studio version 2017 on Windows 8.1 x64, but I got fail.
This wants to be installed update package: KB2919355.

Tried to install this, but... Picrelated:

[cclauss]

Please paste ALL of the error text.

[username1565]

@cclauss, what error do you mean? There is many different error. All this a one big and large error.
bignum try to run node-gyp rebuild but this fails, because this wants to be installed Visual Studio 2017,
but this can not be installed because some KB-updates must to be installed, but this can not be installed too...
Maybe... node-gyp rebuild can working with VS2008 or something else...
Or... Why to do not add a separate, independent, portable-compiler there??
And let this working on any windows on any platform, without that dependencies...

[cclauss]

All the text that starts with gyp ERR!

[username1565]

@cclauss, this is that log, with modified pathways:

C:\MyFolder>npm install bignum

> bignum@0.13.1 install C:\MyFolder\node_modules\bignum
> node-gyp rebuild


C:\MyFolder\node_modules\bignum>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2017
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS valid versions for msvs_version:
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:372:16
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:301:5)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:200:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "C:\\nodeJS\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\USERNAME\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\MyFolder\node_modules\bignum
gyp ERR! node -v v12.3.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! bignum@0.13.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the bignum@0.13.1 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-08-11T08_40_27_952Z-debug.log

C:\MyFolder>

[cclauss]

gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt

Run this command in the VS Command Prompt or set the shell variable VCINSTALLDIR to point to your Visual Studio 2019

[cclauss]

gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config

Perhaps there is some clutter in npm config

[username1565]

Set the shell variable VCINSTALLDIR to point to your Visual Studio 2019

I did try to install this, but got fail. Screens, you can see here: #121 (comment)
This is, after try to install Visual Studio 2019 Comidity, and this wanted to be installet some KB-updates, which can not be installed...

Also, I have sucessfully installed on Windows 8.1 x64, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable – 14.27.29016.0 (x64) (Stable version), and maybe, this must to have included MicroSoft Visual C++ 2015, MicroSoft Visual C++ 2017 and MicroSoft Visual C++ 2019... But I do not know in which folder this was been installed,
and which folder need to specify, as the value of VCINSTALLDIR-parameter.

Perhaps there is some clutter in npm config

Need to write something like npm config set msvs_version 2017 --global, but Visual Studio 2017 can not be installed,
so, after that, I just see:

gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2017
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS valid versions for msvs_version:
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail
... blahblah...

[cclauss]

Can you run Visual Studio and open a command prompt inside of Visual Studo?