Error installing nodemon - Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected

Question

I am getting the following error while installing nodemon.

I tried installing with administrator privilege

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.778]
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C:\Windows\system32>npm i nodemon -g
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
(node:880) MaxListenersExceededWarning: Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. 11 drain listeners added to [TLSSocket]. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to increase limit
C:\Users\sarif\AppData\Roaming\npm\nodemon -> C:\Users\sarif\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nodemon\bin\nodemon.js

> nodemon@2.0.4 postinstall C:\Users\sarif\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nodemon
> node bin/postinstall || exit 0

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@~2.1.2 (node_modules\nodemon\node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.3: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

+ nodemon@2.0.4
updated 1 package in 7.774s

C:\Windows\system32>nodemon
'nodemon' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Windows\system32>

What is the reason for above error?

How can I fix that?

I am using windows 10 (64 bit) Nodejs Version: v12.9.0 NPM version: 6.10.2

Answer 1

According to this github issue, Node version 12.9.0 has this bug - updating to the latest 12.x version should fix the issue.