Nano 33 BLE Sense Edge Impulse CLI. error

When trying to install Edge Impulse CLI using Nano 33 BLE sense, the error below appears.

Node.js is installed, Python 3 is installed.

Why is this error coming out?

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated @zeit/dockerignore@0.0.5: “@zeit/dockerignore” is no longer maintained
npm WARN deprecated request-promise@4.2.6: request-promise has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edge-impulse-cli\build\cli\blocks.js
npm ERR! dest C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\edge-impulse-blocks
npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists, cmd shim ‘C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edge-impulse-cli\build\cli\blocks.js’ -> ‘C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\edge-impulse-blocks’
npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\edge-impulse-blocks
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-04-28T11_00_58_140Z-debug.log

@KIMYOUNGMOON Could you remove

  • C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edge-impulse-cli
  • All files in C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\ that start with edge-impulse-

And reinstall?

prebuild-install WARN install No prebuilt binaries found (target=14.16.1 runtime=node arch=x64 libc= platform=win32)

C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edge-impulse-cli\node_modules@serialport\bindings>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin\…\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” rebuild ) else (node “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” rebuild )
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2015
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2017 (15.9.28307.1500) found at:
gyp ERR! find VS “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools”
gyp ERR! find VS - found “Visual Studio C++ core features”
gyp ERR! find VS - found VC++ toolset: v141
gyp ERR! find VS - found Windows SDK: 10.0.17763.0
gyp ERR! find VS - msvs_version does not match this version
gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS valid versions for msvs_version:
gyp ERR! find VS - “2017”
gyp ERR! find VS - “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools”
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the “Desktop development with C++” workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16
gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:351:14)
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:70:14
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:372:16
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7
gyp ERR! stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:315:5)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19042
gyp ERR! command “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js” “rebuild”
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\edge-impulse-cli\node_modules@serialport\bindings
gyp ERR! node -v v14.16.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @serialport/bindings@8.0.8 install: prebuild-install --tag-prefix @serialport/bindings@ || node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @serialport/bindings@8.0.8 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\kym\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2021-04-28T11_28_34_098Z-debug.log

@KIMYOUNGMOON Could it be that you did not install the ‘Additional Node.js tools’ during the Node.js installation?

See https://docs.edgeimpulse.com/docs/cli-installation#installation---macos-and-windows