Errors while installing dependencies and building theia project

[Dev-Khokhar]

Bug Description:

Following the steps mentioned, I am facing issues file Installing the required dependencies. Most of the errors seem to be related to node-gyp failing.
I have tried changing the Python version to 3.11 and 3.10.6, also tried installing visual studio build tools manually through the official website and through choco.
I have tried changing the node version to 18.20.4 and 18.

Erros while installing dependencies

complete logs

2025-02-19T12_37_13_758Z-debug-0.log

When generating a theia extension through yo theia-extension

Tried installing yarn again still the same issue. If I move forward with the yarn or npm i (since it failed at installing dependencies)

complete logs for this run:

2025-02-19T12_54_02_951Z-debug-0.log

Additional Information

• Operating System: Windows 11
• Theia Version: Latest

[rschnekenbu]

Hi @Dev-Khokhar, what steps did you use to install ms studio tools? Did you follow this guide: #8065 (comment)?
It likely seems you have troubles with your visual studio installation (VisualStudioFinder in the log files). According to #10856, you do not even need to perform the steps to "If you need to install windows-build-tools, see Installing Windows Build Tools." These tools shall be made available by NodeJS installer.

Did you try to run in a Powershell with admin right? or tried with git-bash?

[tsmaeder]

@Dev-Khokhar can you try building on node 20? I'm not sure off the top of my head if we still support node 18, but at least we don't regularly build in node 18 automatically. Might just be that we missed udpating the doc.