When I try to install node-sass using npm, I get the following error message:
Cannot download "https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases/download/v3.13.1/win32-x64-57_binding.node":"
The command I use is:
npm install node-sass --save-dev-
You can see more details in the screenshot below:
I see you are running node version 8.1.4. You can also check it using node --version
in the command prompt.
You'll have to use a version >= v4.5.3 instead because lower versions of node-sass are incompatible with node8. This issue has been reported on their GitHub issue page.
You either have to define using v4.5.3 instead or pass the the -g
parameter while installing it, which seems to fetch the latest version automagically.
when i used -g it worked properly and got the latest version
Also, as @javiergarval has pointed out, you have a typo. It should have been --save-dev
instead of --save-dev-.
After struggling , finally found exact solution.
In node js software folder, node-sass\4.5.0 folder is still created in npm-cache folder. So I download win32-x64-48_binding.node manually, put it in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\node-sass\4.5.0 folder.
And run npm install command, issue resolved.
You have an error on your command:
$ npm install node-sass --save-dev-
^^^
Should be
$ npm install node-sass --save-dev
(without the last - on dev)
Also, it is giving you a WARNING because it wants to be installed globally.
See the official node-sass documentation.
And also, could be interesting for you to know the differences between --save and --save-dev.
Depends on which node version you are using. Node-Sass currently supports only these versions:
Supported Node.js versions 0.10, 0.12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
If you happen to work on one of those versions, try to specify which version of node-sass
you want:
$ npm install --save-dev node-sass@4.5.3
your npm is trying to download node-sass
version 3.31.1
which is does not exist on the releases page of https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases
While searching for the solution, have checked the release versions of node-sass and found that "https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases" the node file it was looking is committed in the latest release and not in the older version. After downloading the required file "win32-x64-64_binding.node" manually from the released version and placing it under C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\node-sass\4.7.2 or simply by using npm install node-sass@latest works for me.
None of the above solutions worked for me, this is what I did:
Installed C++ build tools for Visual Studio
Then:
npm uninstall --save-dev gulp-sass