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his simple patch solves the problem when building on windows with usernames with non-ascii letters.

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  1. """
  2.   https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/pull/366#issuecomment-47416841
  3.  
  4.   for Windows,
  5.   If your windows user name is contain non-english characters, go ahead for troubleshoot npm install.
  6.  
  7.   Open as your editor below,
  8.   (node.js folder)\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\easy_xml.py
  9.  
  10.   Search for this piece of code,
  11.   """
  12.   # It has changed, write it
  13.   if existing != xml_string:
  14.     f = open(path, 'w')
  15.     f.write(xml_string)
  16.     f.close()
  17.   """
  18.   and change to,
  19.   """
  20.   # It has changed, write it
  21.   if existing != xml_string:
  22.     f = open(path, 'w')
  23.     try:
  24.       xml_string = xml_string.encode(encoding)
  25.     except Exception:
  26.       xml_string = unicode(xml_string, 'latin-1').encode(encoding)
  27.     f.write(xml_string)
  28.     f.close()
  29.   """
  30.   If you not python guy like me, just copy code with indented space,
  31.   select piece of code with intented space, and paste it. It will work.
  32.   """

URL: https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-gyp/pull/366#issuecomment-47416841

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