Error when installing firebase with blank managed workflow template

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I’m trying to install firebase as per Using Firebase - Expo Documentation .

I’m starting out with a blank managed workflow template and nothing else.

Subsequently, I’m running:

expo install firebase

The errors I receive at the end are:

z.vcxproj -> C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc\build\Release\\libz.lib
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Build
Tools\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\
npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_proces
s.js:277:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodej
s\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallb
ack-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=C:\\jsdev\\rntest3\\node_modu
les\\grpc\\src\\node\\extension_binary\\node-v83-win32-x64-unknown\\grpc_node.no
de" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=C:\\jsdev\\rntest3\\node_modules\\g
rpc\\src\\node\\extension_binary\\node-v83-win32-x64-unknown" "--napi_version=7"
"--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.1.0
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.e
xe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.j
s build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=C:\jsdev\rntest3\n
ode_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v83-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.
node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc\sr
c\node\extension_binary\node-v83-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=7 --node_abi_n
api=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_m
odules\grpc\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node
_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --l
ibrary=static_library --module=C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc\src\node\exten
sion_binary\node-v83-win32-x64-unknown\grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --
module_path=C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc\src\node\extension_binary\node-v8
3-win32-x64-unknown --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0
--node_napi_label=node-v83' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/chi
ld_process.js:288:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\jsdev\\rnte
st3\\node_modules\\grpc\\node_modules\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install
" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\jsdev\rntest3\node_modules\grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.15.4
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.14.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.2.7 (node_modules\je
st-haste-map\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@
1.2.13: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"
})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! grpc@1.24.2 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --librar
y=static_library`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grpc@1.24.2 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional log
ging output above.

I tried this again on a separate instance where I added the latest versions of grpc and npm-gyp as dependencies, but this resulted in a similar error.

Interestingly enough, installing a newer version of firebase (for example 8.2.2) worked well. Unfortunately, there seems to have been a compatibility issue with that version.

Also, I have freshly installed Windows build tools, but it did not help. I have the latest version of npm.

Any ideas on what could be going wrong?

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hi there. if you read the log output you can see that it’s failing to compile a dependency gprc. if you google that you will see more info about what is happening. you can switch to a node version where a prebuilt binary of grpc is available, or you can install required dependencies to be able to compile it. sadly firebase depends on this package that has native dependencies

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