Cannot find module '../build/Release/sqlserverv8.node' - Windows 10 / node.js v20.11.0/v21.6.1

[drellert]

After updating to node v.20.11.0 (and npm v10.4.0), I cannot install msnodesqlv8. It was working fine before, but the update required me to rebuild my project and now installation is failing on this package (npm install msnodesqlv8 --save, with or without --save). Installing another package (npm install ws) works just fine.

I am running my project on a server with 64-bit Windows 10 (Windows Server 2019 Datacenter), x64 based processor.

This is the full stack trace after running npm install msnodesqlv8 --save:

npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated adal-node@0.2.4: This package is no longer supported. Please migrate to @azure/msal-node.
npm WARN deprecated @azure/msal-node@1.0.0-beta.6: A newer major version of this library is available. Please upgrade to the latest available version.
npm WARN deprecated msal@1.4.18: This package is no longer supported. Please use @azure/msal-browser instead.
npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup   [
npm WARN cleanup     'C:\\dkit-assets\\server\\node_modules',
npm WARN cleanup     [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\dkit-assets\server\node_modules\table\node_modules\ajv\lib\refs'] {
npm WARN cleanup       errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup       code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup       path: 'C:\\dkit-assets\\server\\node_modules\\table\\node_modules\\ajv\\lib\\refs'
npm WARN cleanup     }
npm WARN cleanup   ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\dkit-assets\server\node_modules\msnodesqlv8
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c prebuild-install || node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
npm ERR!   print_variables
npm ERR!   '"echo"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
npm ERR!   operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(209,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 1. [C:\dkit-assets\server\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\build\sqlserverv8.vcxproj]
npm ERR! prebuild-install warn install read ECONNRESET
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@10.0.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@20.11.0 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.1 found at "C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS using VS2017 (15.9.34031.82) found at:
npm ERR! gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'msvs',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\\dkit-assets\\server\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\build\\config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.11.0\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.11.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\20.11.0\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\dkit-assets\\server\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
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:\\dkit-assets\\server\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build\\binding.sln',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/nologo',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:209:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:518:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.17763
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\dkit-assets\server\node_modules\msnodesqlv8
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.11.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

[drellert]

I got it to work by placing the tar.gz file in the folder mentioned in the verbose stack (as per npm ERR! prebuild-install info looking for cached prebuild @ C:\Users\GLBL_RDP_USER_01\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_prebuilds\913611-msnodesqlv8-v4.1.2-node-v115-win32-x64.tar.gz).

However, now, while my dev server is working just fine, my prod server shows the following when attempting to start my node.js server:

Error: Cannot find module '../build/Release/sqlserverv8.node'
Require stack:
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\util.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\table-column.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\table.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\connection.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\sql-client.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\sql.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\mssql\lib\msnodesqlv8\connection-pool.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\mssql\lib\msnodesqlv8\index.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\mssql\msnodesqlv8.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\src\controllers\websocket\database\index.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\src\controllers\websocket\index.js
- C:\DKAssets\Backend\src\app.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1149:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:990:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1237:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
    at C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\util.js:4:21
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\DKAssets\Backend\node_modules\msnodesqlv8\lib\util.js:34:3)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1378:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1437:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1212:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1028:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\util.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\table-column.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\table.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\connection.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\sql-client.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\msnodesqlv8\\lib\\sql.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\mssql\\lib\\msnodesqlv8\\connection-pool.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\mssql\\lib\\msnodesqlv8\\index.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\node_modules\\mssql\\msnodesqlv8.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\src\\controllers\\websocket\\database\\index.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\src\\controllers\\websocket\\index.js',
    'C:\\DKAssets\\Backend\\src\\app.js'
  ]
}

The '../build/' folder is indeed empty on my prod server, but not on my dev server. I've installed the package in exactly the same manner on both servers. I cannot manually copy the contents of the '../build/' folder from dev to prod, since my dev server uses node v20.11.0 while prod uses node v21.6.1 (for no apparent reason, since I used the same msi-file from https://nodejs.org/ on both servers). Manually copying the contents results in a "Module did not self-register" error instead.