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Fix node-gyp visual studio 2019
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This is a workaround for "node-gyp is unable to find msbuild if VS2019 is installed"
https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/1663
It create a shim EXE as "MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe" to target "MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe"
By noseratio - MIT license - use at your own risk!
It requires admin mode, I use wsudo/wsudox (https://chocolatey.org/packages/wsudo) for that:
wsudo powershell -f make-msbuild-shim.ps1
#>
#Requires -RunAsAdministrator
#Requires -Version 5.1
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$vsBasePath = . "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe" `
-latest `
-requires Microsoft.Component.MSBuild `
-property installationPath -format value
if (!$vsBasePath) {
throw "VS2017+ must be installed"
}
$msbuildSimPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($vsBasePath, "MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe")
if ([System.IO.File]::Exists($msbuildSimPath)) {
Write-Host "Already exists: $msbuildSimPath"
exit 0;
}
# Create the shim .EXE using C#
$code = @"
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
static class MSBuildShim
{
static void Main()
{
var thisExe = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName;
var thisExeDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(thisExe);
var newExe = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(thisExeDir, "..\\..\\Current\\Bin", "MSBuild.exe"));
if (!File.Exists(newExe))
throw new FileNotFoundException(newExe);
var process = new Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = newExe;
process.StartInfo.Arguments = String.Join("\u0020", Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().Skip(1));
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
if (!process.Start())
throw new InvalidOperationException(newExe);
process.WaitForExit();
Environment.ExitCode = process.ExitCode;
}
}
"@
Add-Type -TypeDefinition $code `
-OutputType ConsoleApplication `
-OutputAssembly "$msbuildSimPath" `
-ReferencedAssemblies "System.Core.dll"
Write-Host "Shim created at: $msbuildSimPath"
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