While attempting to install Node.js on a Windows 7 box for development I came upon this error using the install directions at https://github.com/ry/node/wiki/Building-node.js-on-Cygwin-(Windows):
"wscript:173 error: could not configure a cxx compile"
Steps to fix:
"exit" cygwin
Run As Administration: C:\cygwin\bin\ash.exe
$ /bin/rebaseall -v
exit ash.
Reopen cygwin.
cd node
./configure
That should fix it.
