Installing pre-built binaries fails on Windows
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Description
Installing a module including `node-pre-gyp` fails for me on Windows with the following error message (or similar, depending on the version)
```
node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for node-aead-crypto@1.1.3 and node@8.10.0 (node-v57 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error ENOTDIR: Cannot cd into 'C:\Users\domin\Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Repositories\node-dtls-client\node_modules\node-aead-crypto\build\Release\node-v57-win32-x64'
```
I've tried versions `0.9.1`, `0.7.0` and https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp/pull/371
Before that I had `0.6.38` which fails with "error downloading", although the package it tries to download is actually downloadable.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Windows installation failure with node-pre-gyp and the reported node-aead-crypto package. Inspect the build\Release\node-v57-win32-x64 path and the earlier download error, using the reported Node.js versions as comparison points. Done means pre-built binaries install successfully on Windows instead of falling back to a failing source compile.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100