# Error when installing node-red-node-serialport on windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 December 2020 12:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532 "2020-12-15T12:57:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![szewen0101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/szewen0101/32/33698_2.png) [@szewen0101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/szewen0101)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 12:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/1 "2020-12-15T12:57:18Z")

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```auto
 npm i node-red-node-serialport

I am using windows to run Node Red.
node --version 
v14.15.1
npm --version
6.14.9

The following error was thrown 
find VS
configure error
stack

```

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 13:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/2 "2020-12-15T13:04:44Z")

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Hi & welcome.

You need to install build tools.

```auto
npm install --global windows-build-tools

```

then try again.

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**Author:** ![szewen0101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/szewen0101/32/33698_2.png) [@szewen0101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/szewen0101)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 13:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/3 "2020-12-15T13:25:54Z")

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It wrote npm WARN deprecated. Will it be a problem in the future when there is an update?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 13:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/4 "2020-12-15T13:28:49Z")

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what part wrote "npm WARN deprecated"?

Anyhow, regardless of the warning, does it now work? Please feedback for future readers with same issue.

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**Author:** ![szewen0101](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/szewen0101/32/33698_2.png) [@szewen0101](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/szewen0101)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 14:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/5 "2020-12-15T14:38:28Z")

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It works as expected. Thanks. But what is the theory behind it?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [15 December 2020 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/6 "2020-12-15T14:40:32Z")

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Some nodejs modules need to compile native code to work on specific OS/hardware. Serialport is one of those.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [29 December 2020 14:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-node-red-node-serialport-on-windows/37532/7 "2020-12-29T14:40:33Z")

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