Installing dev dependencies breaks on Windows 8.1

[adam-lynch]

Ugh.... node-gyp... (thanks lwip)

Creating library E:\Code\GitHub\emojify.js\node_modules\css-sprite\node_modules\lwip\build\Release\lwip_image.lib and object E:\Code\GitHub\emojify.js\node_modules\css-sprite\node_modules\
  lwip\build\Release\lwip_image.exp
  Generating code
  Finished generating code
  lwip_image.vcxproj -> E:\Code\GitHub\emojify.js\node_modules\css-sprite\node_modules\lwip\build\Release\\lwip_image.node
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\bin\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:267:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:789:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
gyp ERR! command "node" "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd E:\Code\GitHub\emojify.js\node_modules\css-sprite\node_modules\lwip
gyp ERR! node -v v0.10.20
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v0.10.10
gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0

[hassankhan]

Have you tried removing the node_modules folder and running npm install again?

[adam-lynch]

Yep

[hassankhan]

Weird, I had the same error a while ago. Looks like css-sprite has been deprecated in favour of sprity, I think - that'll need to updated at some point too I imagine :/