Unable to install Windows-build-tools

[abarenbe]

Going through the windows install steps, after installing Node.js 7.4 and running

npm install --global --production windows-build-tools From the Window Power Shell (ran as administrator) I get this error message:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token function at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:78:16) at Module._compile (module.js:543:28) at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10) at Module.load (module.js:488:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:447:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:439:3) at Module.require (module.js:498:17) at require (internal/module.js:20:19)

Any help would be appreciated.

[robsunch]

I got the same problem. I gave up the version of Node.js that the author recommended (v7.4.0) but installed a recent version (v10.13.0). It also comes with a newer version of npm (v6.4.1). It actually works fine with stata-exec

[kylebarron]

The issue is that the Node version was current for the version of Atom when I originally wrote the README. Since then, Atom has been updated and uses a newer version of Node.

[kylebarron]

If someone would like to submit a PR with new instructions I'd take a look

[alvarocalderon]

Did anybody find a solution? Please share it :-)