I'm trying to install gatsby-cli in Ubuntu 18.04 using the command sudo npm install -g gatsby-cli.
My Node version is 16.14.2 and npm 8.5.0. But gatsby installation does not recognise these versions. It keeps saying that my current versions are Node 8.5.0 and npm 3.5.2, causing installation errors as you can see in the terminal output below.
What can I do to fix this?
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=14.15.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
loadDep:yurnalist → addNa
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
loadDep:yurnalist → addNa
loadDep:yurnalist → resol
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=14.15.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=14.15.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade to version 7 or higher. Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic. See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
loadDep:is-wsl → 304
loadDep:wrap-ansi → resol
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
loadDep:typedarray-to-buf
loadDep:strip-final-newli
loadDep:mimic-fn → addNam
loadDep:tmp → request
npm ERR! Linux 4.15.0-176-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "gatsby-cli"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm v3.5.2
npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG
npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3)
npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22)
npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12)
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12
npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5)
npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7)
npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20)
npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50
npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! typeerror <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=8.17.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=12.2"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
WARN engine [email protected]: wanted: {"node":">=10.19.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"})
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/development/blog-gatsby/npm-debug.log
I managed to fix the error above. The problem was that, even using yarn or npm without sudo, the installation process happened with the Node version installed for the root user, which was 8.10.0.
To fix that, I logged as a root user and did:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
After that, the command gatsby was installed with no issues with the command sudo npm install -g gatsby-cli.
Hope this could be helpful for someone.