i can't be install db-mysql on node.js project

when install db-mysql package on node.js proeject . this error occured

npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/db-mysql
npm http 304 http://registry.npmjs.org/db-mysql

> db-mysql@0.7.6 install D:\vhosts\node.m.com\node_modules\db-mysql
> node-waf configure build

'node-waf' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

> db-mysql@0.7.6 preuninstall D:\vhosts\node.m.com\node_modules\db-mysql
> rm -rf build/*

'rm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm WARN continuing anyway db-mysql@0.7.6 preuninstall: `rm -rf build/*`
npm WARN continuing anyway `cmd "/c" "rm -rf build/*"` failed with 1

npm ERR! db-mysql@0.7.6 install: `node-waf configure build`
npm ERR! `cmd "/c" "node-waf configure build"` failed with 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the db-mysql@0.7.6 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the db-mysql package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-waf configure build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls db-mysql
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod
ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "db-mysql"

you are trying to install binary module from source under windows using npm which currently does not work well out of the box. node-waf is just a build tool, you also need at least compiler and node headers.

Possible solutions:

  • try to install manually (read this article)
  • use non binary, javascript only module such as node-mysql ( npm install mysql )

Try this command: npm install mysql from your command prompt or terminal... the most common way to install a package for node.js is through npm.