"npm install" giving errors during client setup

[aravind-cebs]

I am trying to install MSW in a windows machine and facing below error while running "npm install" during client setup.

Error:
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-sass\build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! Traceback (most recent call last):
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 16, in
npm ERR! sys.exit(gyp.script_main())
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 545, in script_main
npm ERR! return main(sys.argv[1:])
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 538, in main
npm ERR! return gyp_main(args)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 514, in gyp_main
npm ERR! options.duplicate_basename_check)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp_init_.py", line 130, in Load
npm ERR! params['parallel'], params['root_targets'])
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 2783, in Load
npm ERR! variables, includes, depth, check, True)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 399, in LoadTargetBuildFile
npm ERR! includes, True, check)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 271, in LoadOneBuildFile
npm ERR! aux_data, includes, check)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 308, in LoadBuildFileIncludesIntoDict
npm ERR! LoadOneBuildFile(include, data, aux_data, None, False, check),
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 251, in LoadOneBuildFile
npm ERR! None)
npm ERR! File "C:\Users\admin.node-gyp\20.4.0\include\node\common.gypi", line 1
npm ERR! nerate ',
npm ERR! ^
npm ERR! SyntaxError: EOL while scanning string literal
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:345:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:512:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:293:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.20348
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\admin\repos\IMO-Maritime-Single-Window\IMOMaritimeSingleWindow\Client\node_modules\node-sass
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.4.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2023-07-13T16_06_53_081Z-debug-0.log

[aravind-cebs]

2023-07-13T16_06_53_081Z-debug-0.log

[aravind-cebs]

Attached the full log file

[falniir]

I've ran into the same issue myself and it looks like node-gyp can't be built with node v20.4.0. I'd recommend you try with version 10.24:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v10.24.0

We've updated the guide and included docker files that set up the application within containers, let me know if you encounter any more issues.