Issue running $ npm install as recommended in README.md

[joshimmel]

Tried changing the npm versions with no luck.

Currently producing this error below with:
node v18.12.0
npm v8.19.2
npx v8.19.2

- joshu@LAPTOP MINGW64 ~/OneDrive/Pictures/photography_website/photography (master)
- $ npm install
- npm WARN old lockfile
- npm WARN old lockfile The package-lock.json file was created with an old version of npm,
- npm WARN old lockfile so supplemental metadata must be fetched from the registry.
- npm WARN old lockfile
- npm WARN old lockfile This is a one-time fix-up, please be patient...
- npm WARN old lockfile
- npm WARN deprecated set-value@2.0.0: Critical bug fixed in v3.0.1, please upgrade to the latest version.
- npm WARN deprecated natives@1.1.6: This module relies on Node.js's internals and will break at some point. Do not use it, and update to graceful-fs@4.x.
- npm WARN deprecated mixin-deep@1.3.1: Critical bug fixed in v2.0.1, please upgrade to the latest version.
- npm WARN deprecated ini@1.3.5: Please update to ini >=1.3.6 to avoid a prototype pollution issue
- npm WARN deprecated set-value@0.4.3: Critical bug fixed in v3.0.1, please upgrade to the latest version.
- npm WARN deprecated source-map-url@0.4.0: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-url#deprecated
- npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.3: this library is no longer supported
- npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.3: this library is no longer supported
- npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
- npm WARN deprecated clone@1.0.2: XSS vulnerability fixed in v1.0.3
- npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
- npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@3.0.11: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
- npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@1.2.3: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
- npm WARN deprecated gulp-util@3.0.8: gulp-util is deprecated - replace it, following the guidelines at https://medium.com/gulpjs/gulp-util-ca3b1f9f9ac5
- npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
- npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.2.14: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
- npm WARN deprecated source-map-resolve@0.5.2: See https://github.com/lydell/source-map-resolve#deprecated
- npm WARN deprecated debug@3.2.6: Debug versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.7 || >=4 <4.3.1 have a low-severity ReDos regression when used in a Node.js environment. It is recommended you upgrade to 3.2.7 or 4.3.1. (https://github.com/visionmedia/debug/issues/797)
- npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.5.1: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.)
- npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
- npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.3.2: 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.
- npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.3.2: 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.
- npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
- npm WARN deprecated tar@2.2.1: This version of tar is no longer supported, and will not receive security updates. Please upgrade asap.
- npm ERR! code 1
- npm ERR! path C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-sass
- npm ERR! command failed
- npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/build.js
- npm ERR! Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
- npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli [
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\Users\\joshu\\OneDrive\\Pictures\\photography_website\\photography\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library='
- npm ERR! gyp verb cli ]
- npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
- npm ERR! gyp info using node@18.12.0 | win32 | x64
- npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild []
- npm ERR! gyp verb command clean []
- npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
- npm ERR! gyp verb command configure []
- npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\index.js:44:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:29:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:207:21)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed  python2 Error: not found: python2
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\index.js:44:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:29:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:207:21) {
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed }
- npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\index.js:44:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:29:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:207:21)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed  python Error: not found: python
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\index.js:44:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:29:5
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:207:21) {
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
- npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed }
- npm ERR! gyp verb could not find "python". checking python launcher
- npm ERR! gyp verb could not find "python". guessing location
- npm ERR! gyp verb ensuring that file exists: C:\Python27\python.exe
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable.
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.failNoPython (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:484:19)
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:509:16)
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:282:31
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:207:21)
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19044
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\joshu\\OneDrive\\Pictures\\photography_website\\photography\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\joshu\OneDrive\Pictures\photography_website\photography\node_modules\node-sass
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v18.12.0
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
- npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
- npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1
- 
- npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
- npm ERR!     C:\Users\joshu\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-10-26T00_56_47_618Z-debug-0.log
- 

[frapgadz]

/I had the same problem and after a bit of looking I found a workaround. Here's how I fixed it:

I uninstalled Node.js and used NVM for Windows to install Node 14.x.x (I used 14.15.1) (I used NVM for Windows so I could quickly swap Node versions if needed)

I then had an issue with node-sass, so I had to run $ npm install node-sass from the photography directory, I then ran $ npm ci.

This got me almost the whole way, however when I ran $ gulp I got the following error ReferenceError: primordials is not defined. After Googling the error I found this useful thread on Stack Overflow.

I followed the instructions in this answer from @Valentin, basically you need to add the following to package.json

{
  "scripts": { 
    "preinstall": "npx npm-force-resolutions" 
  }, 
  "resolutions": { 
    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.10"
  }
} 

I ran $ npm install again and then $ gulp works as expected!

Hope this helps.