in win install node-canvas

what does npm do when run npm i canvas

• Download canvas package in npm repository
• Execute the install command in canvas's package.json - node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
• node-pre-gyp Download canvas compiled binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows, fall back to build from source if pre-built binaries do not exist or are unavailable
• node-gyp compiled to node module available for current platform

refer: node environment canvas installation slow, installation failure

install node-canvas with china mirror (solution 1)

• add canvas_binary_host_mirror in .npmrc
• use registry.npmmirror.com here

canvas_binary_host_mirror=https://registry.npmmirror.com/-/binary/canvas

• install canvas:

# npm i canvas
# pnpm add -D canvas
# pnpm add -D -w canvas
# pnpm remove -D -w canvas

build node-canvas from source in window (solution 2)

• prepare py27 -- use conda on window sample to install and remove py27: (powershell|git-bash)

conda info -e;
conda create --name py27 python=2.7;
conda activate py27;
conda deactivate py27;
conda remove --name py27 --all;

• prepare window-build-tools - install with npm i -g window-build-tools
• prepare window-build-tools - install with choco install -y microsoft-build-tools
• prepare window-build-tools - install with 'vs_buildtools.exe'

# 1. download vs_buildtools.exe
# https://keqingrong.cn/blog/2021-02-21-build-tools-on-windows/
# This article does not intend to adopt a global installation of the windows-build-tools npm package


# 2. install vs_buildtools.exe
# vs_buildtools.exe --quiet --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.MSBuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK --includeRecommended

vs_buildtools.exe --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.MSBuildTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK --includeRecommended

• prepare node-gyp - install with npm i -g node-gyp
• prepare gtk runtime - install with choco install -y gtk-runtime
• prepare gkt

# Download the GTK 2 bundle for Win32 or Win64. Unzip the contents in C:\GTK.
# https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-bundle_2.24.10-20120208_win32.zip

# cp -r "/d/download/gtk2" "/c/gtk" # rm -rf "/c/gtk"; cp -r "/d/download/gtk2-32" "/c/gtk"

node-canvas/wiki/Installation:-Windows

• prepare libjpeg-turbo to support jpg - install with choco install -y libjpeg-turbo --version 1.2.1;
• install node-canvas with npm i canvas --build-from-source