{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914/events","html_url":"https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914","id":193271728,"number":914,"title":"Problem Installing Webapp Generator Locally on Windows","user":{"login":"pipix51","id":19341222,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19341222?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51","html_url":"https://github.com/pipix51","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/pipix51/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-12-03T07:13:24Z","updated_at":"2016-12-03T07:17:42Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When I type in `npm install` for local machines (documentation link is https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-webapp/blob/development/docs/INSTALLATION_LOCAL.md), the command prompt throws an error which states that `node-gyp rebuild` fails on your system.\r\n![error thrown by npm install](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/19341222/20857507/120e290a-b96a-11e6-948a-8fa1e572f354.png)\r\n\r\nEven if I skip the first step and proceed to run `npm run start` or `npm run server.generator`, the command prompt throws another error which states that the program failed at the open-event-webapp@2.0.0 start script `npm run server.generator`.\r\n![error thrown by npm run start](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/19341222/20857506/1204ebd8-b96a-11e6-8b95-8fdc3cf1011a.png)\r\n\r\nAfter researching on the `npm run start` problem (link to article is https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/629) I found out that this is a problem that affects only Windows users as the OS does not come bundled with a C++ compiler and that those who wish to run NodeJS projects would have to install Visual Studio. \r\nI suggest adding this to the documentation to allow users who wish to download the Webapp Generator on their local machine to know the prerequisites.\r\n\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/comments/264622916","html_url":"https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914#issuecomment-264622916","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/fossasia/open-event-webapp/issues/914","id":264622916,"user":{"login":"aayusharora","id":12194719,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12194719?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora","html_url":"https://github.com/aayusharora","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aayusharora/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-12-03T07:17:42Z","updated_at":"2016-12-03T07:17:42Z","body":"Thanks @pipix51 Once you are able to solve your problem, generate the PR by adding in readme.md. \r\n"}}
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