I tried to install on Windows the demo from this repository: https://github.com/Seo-Rii/electron-acrylic-window
git clone https://github.com/Seo-Rii/electron-acrylic-window.git
cd electron-acrylic-window
yarn install
But installation returned next error:
npm WARN deprecated @npmcli/[email protected]: This functionality has been moved to @npmcli/fs
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module is not used anymore, and has been replaced by @npmcli/package-json
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\@seorii\win32-displayconfig
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c npm run rebuild
npm ERR! > @seorii/[email protected] rebuild
npm ERR! > node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.0 found at "C:\Users\Aptyp\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS using VS2022 (17.6.33829.357) found at:
npm ERR! gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Users\Aptyp\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\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 'E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\@seorii\\win32-displayconfig\\build\\config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'C:\\Users\\Aptyp\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.10.0\\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\\Aptyp\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.10.0',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\Aptyp\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\20.10.0\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\@seorii\\win32-displayconfig',
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 'E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\@seorii\\win32-displayconfig\\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 "E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
npm ERR! import gyp # noqa: E402
npm ERR! ^^^^^^^^^^
npm ERR! File "E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
npm ERR! import gyp.input
npm ERR! File "E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 19, in <module>
npm ERR! from distutils.version import StrictVersion
npm ERR! ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
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 (E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:259:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22000
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "E:\\test\\electron-acrylic-window\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd E:\test\electron-acrylic-window\node_modules\@seorii\win32-displayconfig
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v20.10.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
I installed last Python and Visual Studio, but there was no positive effect. I looked through a lot of information but still didn’t understand what it was missing. This is my first acquaintance with electron.
First, make sure you really want to use this library. Its last update was two years ago, it doesn't seem maintained anymore.
You get this error because of a problem of compatibility. According to the logs, you use:
And the error you get is:
This is because
distutils
has been removed in Python v3.12. To fix this, you either need to upgrade you version ofnode-gyp
(to v10+), or downgrade your version of Python (and maybe NodeJS too).Additional notes:
vibrancy
API on MacOS #7898