title: Getting errors while installing node-sass
body: <p>When I install <code>node-sass</code> for a React project, it gives me the error below. I tried lot of things but none did work. I tried to delete it and install it again, I tried to start a new project but it's still not working. I updated everything to the last version: node.js to <code>v16.14.0</code> and npm to <code>v8.3.1</code>.</p>
  <pre><code>npm ERR! code 1
  npm ERR! path C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass
  npm ERR! command failed
  npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/build.js
  npm ERR! Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
  npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli [
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library='
  npm ERR! gyp verb cli ]
  npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
  npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.14.0 | win32 | x64
  npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild []
  npm ERR! gyp verb command clean []
  npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing &quot;build&quot; directory
  npm ERR! gyp verb command configure []
  npm ERR! gyp verb download using dist-url https://npm.taobao.org/dist
  npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable &quot;python2&quot; in the PATH
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed  python2 Error: not found: python2
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21) {
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed }
  npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable &quot;python&quot; in the PATH
  npm ERR! gyp verb `which` succeeded python C:\Python27\python.EXE
  npm ERR! gyp verb check python version `C:\Python27\python.EXE -c &quot;import sys; print &quot;2.7.15
  npm ERR! gyp verb check python version .%s.%s&quot; % sys.version_info[:3];&quot;` returned: %j
  npm ERR! gyp verb get node dir no --target version specified, falling back to host node version: 16.14.0
  npm ERR! gyp verb command install [ '16.14.0' ]
  npm ERR! gyp verb download using dist-url https://npm.taobao.org/dist
  npm ERR! gyp verb install input version string &quot;16.14.0&quot;
  npm ERR! gyp verb install installing version: 16.14.0
  npm ERR! gyp verb install --ensure was passed, so won't reinstall if already installed
  npm ERR! gyp verb install version is already installed, need to check &quot;installVersion&quot;
  npm ERR! gyp verb got &quot;installVersion&quot; 9
  npm ERR! gyp verb needs &quot;installVersion&quot; 9
  npm ERR! gyp verb install version is good
  npm ERR! gyp verb get node dir target node version installed: 16.14.0
  npm ERR! gyp verb build dir attempting to create &quot;build&quot; dir: C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass\build
  npm ERR! gyp verb build dir &quot;build&quot; dir needed to be created? C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass\build
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 Found installation at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017   - Found Microsoft.VisualStudio.VC.MSBuild.Base
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017   - Using this installation with Windows 10 SDK
  npm ERR! gyp verb find vs2017 using installation: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
  npm ERR! gyp verb build/config.gypi creating config file
  npm ERR! gyp verb build/config.gypi writing out config file: C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass\build\config.gypi
  npm ERR! (node:20452) [DEP0150] DeprecationWarning: Setting process.config is deprecated. In the future the property will be read-only.
  npm ERR! (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created)
  npm ERR! gyp verb config.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass\config.gypi
  npm ERR! gyp verb common.gypi checking for gypi file: C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass\common.gypi
  npm ERR! gyp verb gyp gyp format was not specified; forcing &quot;msvs&quot;
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Python27\python.EXE
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\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   '-G',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'msvs_version=2015',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-sass\\build\\config.gypi',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\.node-gyp\\16.14.0\\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\\XXXXX\\.node-gyp\\16.14.0',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\.node-gyp\\16.14.0\\&lt;(target_arch)\\node.lib',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-sass',
  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   'C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-sass\\build',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
  npm ERR! gyp verb command build []
  npm ERR! gyp verb download using dist-url https://npm.taobao.org/dist
  npm ERR! gyp verb build type Release
  npm ERR! gyp verb architecture x64
  npm ERR! gyp verb node dev dir C:\Users\XXXXX\.node-gyp\16.14.0
  npm ERR! gyp verb found first Solution file build/binding.sln
  npm ERR! gyp verb using MSBuild: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build/binding.sln',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
  npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe ENOENT
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19043
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! command &quot;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe&quot; &quot;C:\\Users\\XXXXX\\Documents\\GitHub\\XXXXX\\Frontend\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js&quot; &quot;rebuild&quot; &quot;--verbose&quot; &quot;--libsass_ext=&quot; &quot;--libsass_cflags=&quot; &quot;--libsass_ldflags=&quot; &quot;--libsass_library=&quot;
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\GitHub\XXXXX\Frontend\node_modules\node-sass
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.0
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! This is a bug in `node-gyp`.
  npm ERR! gyp ERR! Try to update node-gyp and file an Issue if it does not help:
  npm ERR! gyp ERR!     &lt;https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues&gt;
  npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 7
  
  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
  npm ERR!     C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-02-14T22_43_35_171Z-debug-0.log
  </code></pre>