[SOLVED] ERROR Setting Up the Backend (Advanced Concepts Course- Networking Section)

gr24 · March 28, 2022, 9:29pm

Hello, I am having an issue running the backend with the npm i command. I get a bunch of warnings of deprecated packages, and when I follow the next steps, running the node index.js command, I get more errors. I have seen other people post about this exact same issue with no clear answer or sign that it was fixed properly. The following is the console log from running the following commands. Please help!

C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend>npm i
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 EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: 'done-with-it-backend@1.0.0',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '12.6.x' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v16.14.2', npm: '8.5.0' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm WARN deprecated ini@1.3.5: Please update to ini >=1.3.6 to avoid a prototype pollution issue
npm WARN deprecated topo@3.0.3: This module has moved and is now available at @hapi/topo. Please update your dependencies as this version is no longer maintained an may contain bugs and security issues.
npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.5.4: 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 hoek@6.1.3: This module has moved and is now available at @hapi/hoek. Please update your dependencies as this version is no longer maintained an may contain bugs and security issues.
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 joi@14.3.1: This module has moved and is now available at @hapi/joi. Please update your dependencies as this version is no longer maintained an may contain bugs and security issues.
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\node_modules\sharp
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install --runtime=napi) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)
npm ERR! MSBUILD : error MSB1009: Project file does not exist.
npm ERR! Switch: build/binding.sln
npm ERR! info sharp Using cached C:\Users\gilbe\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_libvips\libvips-8.9.1-win32-x64.tar.gz
npm ERR! info sharp Creating C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\node_modules\sharp\build\Release
npm ERR! info sharp Copying DLLs from C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\node_modules\sharp\vendor\lib to C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\node_modules\sharp\build\Release
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.14.2 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.10.3 found at "C:\Users\gilbe\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS using VS2019 (16.11.32228.343) found at:
npm ERR! gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools"
npm ERR! gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Users\gilbe\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-f',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Windows\\System32\\DoneWithIt\\Backend\\Backend\\node_modules\\sharp\\build\\config.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-I',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\gilbe\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\16.14.2\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\gilbe\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\16.14.2',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\gilbe\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\16.14.2\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Windows\\System32\\DoneWithIt\\Backend\\Backend\\node_modules\\sharp',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Windows\\System32\\DoneWithIt\\Backend\\Backend\\node_modules\\sharp\\build',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp info spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   'build/binding.sln',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/clp:Verbosity=minimal',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/nologo',
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args   '/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x64'
npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ]
npm ERR! gyp ERR! build error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:194:23)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:526:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.19044
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" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\node_modules\sharp
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.2
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\gilbe\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-03-28T21_14_50_684Z-debug-0.log

After running the following command:

C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend>node index.js
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:936
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'express'
Require stack:
- C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\index.js
←[90m    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)←[39m
←[90m    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)←[39m
←[90m    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)←[39m
←[90m    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)←[39m
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Windows\System32\DoneWithIt\Backend\Backend\index.js:1:17)
←[90m    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)←[39m
←[90m    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:10)←[39m
←[90m    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)←[39m
←[90m    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)←[39m
←[90m    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12)←[39m {
  code: ←[32m'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'←[39m,
  requireStack: [ ←[32m'C:\\Windows\\System32\\DoneWithIt\\Backend\\Backend\\index.js'←[39m ]
}

Additional Notes: Yes I made sure my index.js file is in the root Backend directory. I tried installing the express module manually. Tried running the command npm i bcrypt@latest . And I updated my IP address in the development.json file in the config folder.

And here are the previous forum posts asking about the same (or similar) problem:

Again thank you for any and all help.

gr24 · March 28, 2022, 10:24pm

Thanks to this user’s input on similar thread: Error backend zip - #3 by btlemso

The fix to this error is the following:

Open the package.json file
Under "dependencies" delete the line containing the "sharp" module.
Run the command npm install sharp in your command prompt or terminal.
The sharp module should automatically appear with the updated version.
Re-run the node index.js command to start the server (Make sure you have YOUR IP address.)
Check the port in a local host to make sure it’s running.

This solved the issue for me!

Topic		Replies	Views
Error when trying to setup the Backend Node	3	1999	February 13, 2024
React Native course backend inst update? React Native	2	886	February 13, 2024
Error with React Native Backend npm i (Networking - 2) React Native	3	1601	August 24, 2023
Installing Backend React Native	1	345	February 15, 2022
Part 3, Uploading Files-7, npm install fails Django	5	1544	January 16, 2024

[SOLVED] ERROR Setting Up the Backend (Advanced Concepts Course- Networking Section)

Related topics