How to solve Error: Command failed: npm install while installing gatsby starter theme

Question

I am trying to install a gatsby starter theme on my project directory, but instead I am getting this error message which I don't really know how to tackle. Error message:

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Command failed: npm install
Error: Command failed: npm install

• index.js:236 Promise.all.then.arr
  [npm]/[gatsby-cli]/[execa]/index.js:236:11
• next_tick.js:68 process._tickCallback
  internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7

Answer 1

I have tested it on my mac and had no issues running npm install.

So I guess it has nothing to do with Gatsby itself. Your NodeJS version might be a bit older than the current version v12.7.0. I'm running v12.6.0 so I would recommend you to upgrade NodeJS and try it again.