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9,756 PointsError message with "npm run dev" , while trying to set up react app?
When I run the npm command in the terminal to set up my react app. I am getting this error message in the terminal.
> grocery-list@0.0.0 dev
C:\Users\Myko\Desktop\React_Practice
> vite
C:\Users\Desktop\React_Practice\node_modules\vite\bin\vite.js:2
import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
at new Script (vm.js:83:7)
at createScript (vm.js:267:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:319:10)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:685:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:733:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:620:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:560:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:552:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:775:12)
at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:300:19)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! grocery-list@0.0.0 dev: `vite`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grocery-list@0.0.0 dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2024-02-19T08_03_15_600Z-debug.log
1 Answer
Rohald van Merode
Treehouse StaffHey Gremyko Coleman 👋
I'm unfamiliar with this issue but done some Googling and most answers suggest updating your Node.js version as Vite requires version 18 or higher.
Hope this helps! 🙂
Gremyko Coleman
9,756 PointsGremyko Coleman
9,756 PointsThank you, that worked