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Trouble downloading project dependencies with "npm install"

I downloaded the project files and got them on Visual Studio Code but when I run "npm install" to install all the dependencies, the terminal outputs a ton of errors. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it's just something else.

Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
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Hey Nelson Polanco are you able to share the errors and have you been able to find the line number and check out any of the errors?

James Fleming
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I had this same problem. There were a lot of errors so I'm sorry if this is not helpful but I will copy/paste them below:

PS C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express> npm install npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies. npm WARN deprecated node-pre-gyp@0.11.0: Please upgrade to @mapbox/node-pre-gyp: the non-scoped node-pre-gyp package is deprecated and only the @mapbox scoped package will recieve updates in the future npm WARN deprecated core-js@2.6.12: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js. npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3 npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64 --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using node-pre-gyp@0.11.0 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using node@14.16.0 | win32 | x64 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info check checked for "C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node" (not found) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp http GET https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v4.2.0/node-v83-win32-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! node-pre-gyp http 403 https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v4.2.0/node-v83-win32-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Tried to download(403): https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v4.2.0/node-v83-win32-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not found for sqlite3@4.2.0 and node@14.16.0 (node-v83 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp http 403 status code downloading tarball https://mapbox-node-binary.s3.amazonaws.com/sqlite3/v4.2.0/node-v83-win32-x64.tar.gz npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.2 npm ERR! gyp info using node@14.16.0 | win32 | x64 npm ERR! gyp info ok npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@7.1.2 npm ERR! gyp info using node@14.16.0 | win32 | x64 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from command line or npm configuration npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Python is not set from environment variable PYTHON npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python3" can be used npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python3" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python" can be used npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if "python2" can be used npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "python2" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if Python is C:\Python37\python.exe npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "C:\Python37\python.exe" could not be run npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if Python is C:\Python27\python.exe npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "C:\Python27\python.exe" could not be run npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python checking if the py launcher can be used to find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - "py.exe" is not in PATH or produced an error npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python ********************************************************** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python You need to install the latest version of Python. npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python Node-gyp should be able to find and use Python. If not, npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python you can try one of the following options: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Use the switch --python="C:\Path\To\python.exe" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python (accepted by both node-gyp and npm) npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the environment variable PYTHON npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python - Set the npm configuration variable python: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm config set python "C:\Path\To\python.exe" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python For more information consult the documentation at: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python ********************************************************** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find Python npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Python installation to use npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.fail (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:302:47) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.runChecks (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:136:21) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:200:18) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at PythonFinder.execFileCallback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-python.js:266:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at exithandler (child_process.js:315:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.errorhandler (child_process.js:327:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:465:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:80:21) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19043 npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node" "--module_name=node_sqlite3" "--module_path=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64" "--napi_version=7" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v83" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v14.16.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v7.1.2 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! build error npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64\node_sqlite3.node --module_name=node_sqlite3 --module_path=C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3\lib\binding\node-v83-win32-x64 --napi_version=7 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v83' (1) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:83:29) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1048:16) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:288:5) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19043 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\node-pre-gyp\bin\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\bigja\Desktop\sql-express\node_modules\sqlite3 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v14.16.0 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.11.0 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\bigja\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-05-21T19_06_35_601Z-debug.log

3 Answers

In the last sequence of videos, I had a similar problem and someone had suggested that sqlite3 needed to be a newer version to run. I cannot speak for any potential breaking changes in this project but I updated to the latest one in the previous one without any issues occurring.

I have changed my package.json in this project to

...
"sequelize": "^5.22.4",
"sqlite3": "^5.0.2"
...

Note I think there are later versions even now, but this was enough of a progression to get the program to work.

npm install ran successfully with far fewer dependency deprecation warnings. npm start successfully runs, and the project can be viewed at localhost:3000

Would be fantastic for this info to be included in Teacher's Notes. It's difficult when these projects take so much troubleshooting just to setup

Joseph Lander , unfortunately didn't work for me. Still can't install the dependencies