Unable to install node-red-node-arduino

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I'm completely new to Node Red and I'm having a bit of trouble managing palettes (Node Red is running locally). While trying to install node-red-node-arduino it fails and I'm left with the following log, could someone shine some light as to what the issue is?

2021-05-26T06:43:06.901Z Install : node-red-node-arduino 0.3.1

2021-05-26T06:43:06.872Z npm.cmd install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --production node-red-node-arduino@0.3.1
2021-05-26T06:43:18.272Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.273Z [err] ERR! code 1
2021-05-26T06:43:18.273Z [err] npm ERR! path C:\Users\Administrator.node-red\node_modules@serialport\bindings
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] ERR! command failed
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.2
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.2.0 | win32 | x64
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.5 found at "C:\Python39\python.exe"
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
2021-05-26T06:43:18.279Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2019 (16.9.31313.79) found at:
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools"
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - found "Visual Studio C++ core features"
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - missing any VC++ toolset
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - not found
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS GitHub - nodejs/node-gyp: Node.js native addon build tool
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
2021-05-26T06:43:18.280Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:372:16
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:333:5)
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:365:28)
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1067:16)
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Administrator.node-red\node_modules@serialport\bindings
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.2.0
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.1.2
2021-05-26T06:43:18.281Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
2021-05-26T06:43:18.325Z [err]
2021-05-26T06:43:18.325Z [err] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2021-05-26T06:43:18.325Z [err] npm ERR! C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-05-26T06_43_18_346Z-debug.log
2021-05-26T06:43:18.358Z rc=1

2021-05-26T06:54:32.286Z Install : node-red-node-arduino 0.3.1

2021-05-26T06:54:32.294Z npm.cmd install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --production node-red-node-arduino@0.3.1
2021-05-26T06:54:40.574Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.574Z [err] ERR! code 1
2021-05-26T06:54:40.575Z [err] npm ERR! path
2021-05-26T06:54:40.575Z [err] C:\Users\Administrator.node-red\node_modules@serialport\bindings
2021-05-26T06:54:40.577Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.577Z [err] ERR! command failed
2021-05-26T06:54:40.577Z [err] npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.2
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.2.0 | win32 | x64
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.5 found at "C:\Python39\python.exe"
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2019 (16.9.31313.79) found at:
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools"
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - found "Visual Studio C++ core features"
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - missing any VC++ toolset
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - not found
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
2021-05-26T06:54:40.578Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! find VS GitHub - nodejs/node-gyp: Node.js native addon build tool
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] gyp ERR! configure error
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:372:16
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:333:5)
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:365:28)
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1067:16)
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.18363
2021-05-26T06:54:40.579Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\Administrator.node-red\node_modules@serialport\bindings
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] gyp ERR! node -v v16.2.0
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.1.2
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] npm
2021-05-26T06:54:40.580Z [err] ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
2021-05-26T06:54:40.623Z [err]
2021-05-26T06:54:40.623Z [err] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
2021-05-26T06:54:40.623Z [err] npm ERR!
2021-05-26T06:54:40.623Z [err] C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-05-26T06_54_40_576Z-debug.log
2021-05-26T06:54:40.650Z rc=1

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The error message includes instructions on how to solve this problem:

In order to open the serial port used to talk to the arduino the node needs to build a native code component, to do this it needs MS Visual Studio installed on the machine and provides a link to the instructions

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Hi
To add to what @hardillb is saying, you need to install build tools first. From an elevated command prompt...

npm install --global windows-build-tools

... Then try installing the modbus node again.

NOTE: it can take quite some time to install build tools and might appear frozen, please wait it out.

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Thank you, will try this

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Ran it as administrator in Powershell and got the following:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> npm install --global windows-build-tools
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see Request’s Past, Present and Future · Issue #3142 · request/request · GitHub
[ ] / reify:resolve: timing

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Thats fine. they are just warnings.

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Did you leave it to complete? It has to download a significant amount and may take a long time if you don't have fast broadand.

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Left it for like 2-3 hours and nothing more came up, but I have to admit that it did not look like it was finished.

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Leave it till it finishes.

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PWN
PWN857Ă—247 14.6 KB

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It isn't finished till it comes back to the command prompt.
Please don't post screenshots unless necessary, copy/paste text instead.

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