What command are you using to install build tools? Can you provide full verbose log?

Thanks for the reply.

I have followed the steps from this link.
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation

1. npm install -g node-gyp
2. My system is windows, so I have used option 1 - npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
3. npm install --global --production windows-build-tools
4. For configuring python dependency node-gyp --python /path/to/python2.7 - (/path/to/python2.7 - I have changed this to the location of python in my system).
5. npm config set python /path/to/executable/python2.7 - (/path/to/executable/python2.7 - I have changed this to the location of python in my system)
6. Then node-gyp configure

After that the below error occurs.

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
gyp info using node@10.15.3 | win32 | x64
gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [ 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-f',
gyp info spawn args 'msvs',
gyp info spawn args '-G',
gyp info spawn args 'msvs_version=auto',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'D:\PWA\build\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-I',
gyp info spawn args 'C:\Users\xxx\.node-gyp\10.15.3\include\node\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\Users\xxx\.node-gyp\10.15.3',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\Users\xxx\.node-gyp\10.15.3\<(target_arch)\node.lib',
gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=D:\PWA\',
gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args 'D:\PWA\build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.' ]
gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:345:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.17134
gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "configure"
gyp ERR! cwd D:\PWA
gyp ERR! node -v v10.15.3
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok

Could you provide output of node-gyp configure --verbose

The above error is the verbose of node-gyp configure

Right, sorry.

So, the error message is gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp. Is the binding.gyp file there?

No, the file is not there.

@bzoz I'm having a similar issue. Will it help to share my configuration as well?

If the file is not there, then this is not an issue with node-gyp, but with the whatever project you are trying to build. You should report it to the package authors.

for example,cd node_modules/ffi,then node-gyp rebuild

I'm going to close this due to staleness but as the above comment says, the node-gyp rebuild --verbose output should be generated within the directory of the addon that's failing. The above output has gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp -- if you are creating an addon inside D:\PWA then this simply means you need to create an appropriate binding.gyp in there. IF you are having trouble building a dependency addon, cd into node_modules\whateveraddon and do the node-gyp rebuild in there. There should be a binding.gyp in that directory, or it's not a proper addon and maybe this isn't node-gyp's problem.

I'm seeing node-gyp fail for hashring and node-syslog when trying to run yarn install. Same project, different directory, has no problems with npm install. I wonder if this is node-gyp or yarn.

• Try to resolve the missing file issue first:
• gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp
• Create the file manually 'binding.gyp' and add this content to it:
• Change the path for the source Mac OS's normally goes in ( /usr/local/bin/node )

{
    "targets": [{
        "target_name": "binding",
        "sources": [ "<PATH TO NODE>" ]
    }]
}

I have the same problem, could someone help me?

gyp info spawn args 'C:\build',
gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: C:) while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\willi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:350:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\willi\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose"
gyp ERR! cwd C:
gyp ERR! node -v v12.18.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.0.0
gyp ERR! not ok

@WilliamMega

gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: C:) while trying to load binding.gyp

cwd to the directory with the binding.gyp file.

same issue! Any suggestion?
gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: C:\node_modules) while trying to load binding.gyp
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1

• Try to resolve the missing file issue first:
• gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp
• Create the file manually 'binding.gyp' and add this content to it:
• Change the path for the source Mac OS's normally goes in ( /usr/local/bin/node )

{
    "targets": [{
        "target_name": "binding",
        "sources": [ "<PATH TO NODE>" ]
    }]
}

you are right! thanks!

• Try to resolve the missing file issue first:
• gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: D:\PWA) while trying to load binding.gyp
• Create the file manually 'binding.gyp' and add this content to it:
• Change the path for the source Mac OS's normally goes in ( /usr/local/bin/node )

{
    "targets": [{
        "target_name": "binding",
        "sources": [ "<PATH TO NODE>" ]
    }]
}

where to find the path in windows, please help