How to fix ReferenceError primordials is not defined in node

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I have installed node modules by npm install  then I tried to do gulp sass-watch in command prompt  After that I got the below response    18 18 32  Requiring external module babel-register fs js 27 const   Math  Object  Reflect     primordials                                       ReferenceError  primordials is not defined   Have tried this before gulp sass-watch  npm -g install gulp-cli

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I got the same issue installing the npm package https://www.npmjs.com/package/webshot

NOTE: it was a known issue for that package as it depends on graceful-fs behind the scenes.

FIX:1. upgrade graceful-fs to 4.x or higher

fix:2. use webshot-node instead https://www.npmjs.com/package/webshot-node

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had same error and finally fix that when updated all packages and then mentioned the same node engine version and npm version in package json as it is in my local working system      engines          node    10 15 3        npm    6 9 0       i was getting this error when deploying on heroku   for more checkout heroku support

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What worked for me was to use python2 during npm installation     gt  npm install --python   venv bin python

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I fixed this issue on Windows 10 by uninstalling node from Add or remove programs -  Node js  Then I installed version 11 15 0 from https   nodejs org download release v11 15 0   Choose node-v11 15 0-x64 msi if your running windows 64bit

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I hit the same error  I suspect you re using node 12 and gulp 3  That combination does not work  https   github com gulpjs gulp issues 2324   A previous workaround from Jan  does not work either  https   github com gulpjs gulp issues 2246  Solution  Either upgrade to gulp 4 or downgrade to an earlier node

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Since my project was using gulp version 4   I had to do the following to solve this  Delete Node modules open package json and update version    Here is the detail of version I am using  Now run npm install then run gulp default   the error should gone and you may see Task never defined  default only  Have a good day

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I suggest you first make sure NPM install is not your problem  Then you downgrade node and gulp versions  I used node 10 16 1 and gulp 3 9 1   To downgrade your gulp you can try  npm install gulp  3 9 1

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This might have come in late but for anyone still interested in keeping their Node v12 while using the latest gulp  4 0  follow these steps   Update the command-line interface  just for precaution  using   npm i gulp-cli -g   Add Update the gulp under dependencies section of your package json   dependencies        gulp     4 0 0      Delete your package-lock json file   Delete your node modules folder   Finally  Run npm i to upgrade and recreate  brand new node modules folder and package-lock json file with correct parameters for Gulp  4 0  npm i   Note Gulp js 4 0 introduces the series   and parallel   methods to combine tasks instead of the array methods used in Gulp 3  and so you may or may not encounter an error in your old gulpfile js script    To learn more about applying these new features  this site have really done justice to it  https   www sitepoint com how-to-migrate-to-gulp-4     If it helps  please leave a thumps up

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For those who are using yarn   yarn global add n n 11 15 0 yarn install   have to install again

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I was using node v12 13 1  so I ve downgraded to v10 19 0 and works fine after that

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Downgrading to node stable fixed this issue for me  as it occurred after I upgraded to node 12  sudo n 10 16 0

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I have tried a lot of suggestions to fix this problem for an existing project on my Windows 10 machine and ended up following these steps to fix it   Uninstall Node js from  quot Add or remove programs quot   Fire up a new Command prompt and type gulp -v and then node -v to check that it has been uninstalled completely  Download and install Node js v10 16 0 - not the latest as latest node  amp  gulp combination is causing the problem as far as I see  During installation I didn t change the installation path which I normally do C  Program Files nodejs   Open up a new Command prompt  go to your project s directory where you have got your gulpfile js and start gulp as shown in the image   Please note sometimes when I switch between git branches I might need to close my Visual Studio and run it as Admin again in order to see this solution working again  As far as I see this problem started to happen after I installed the latest recommended version 12 18 4  of Node js for a new project and I only realised this when some FE changes weren t reflected on the existing web project

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Simple and elegant solution  Just follow these steps  It worked perfectly with npm install running multiple times or installing any other modules or even publishing project to artifactory  In the same directory where you have package json create a npm-shrinkwrap json file with the following contents       quot dependencies quot          quot graceful-fs quot              quot version quot    quot 4 2 2 quot                Run npm install  and don t worry  it ll update npm-shrinkwrap json with a bunch of content  Let s get rid of this updates by updating package json scripts options   quot scripts quot          quot preshrinkwrap quot    quot git checkout -- npm-shrinkwrap json quot        quot postshrinkwrap quot    quot git checkout -- npm-shrinkwrap json quot     Now you can run npm install and your npm-shrinkwrap json will be intact and will work forever

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For anyone having same error for the same reason in ADOS CI Build   This question was the first I found when looking for help  I have an ADOS CI build pipeline where first Node js tool installer task is used to install Node  Then npm task is used to install gulp  npm install -g gulp   Then the following Gulp task runs default-task from gulpfile js  There s some gulp-sass stuff in it   When I changed the Node js tool to install 12 x latest node instead of an older one and the latest gulp version was 4 0 2  The result was the same error as described in the question    What worked for me in this case was to downgrade node js to latest 11 x version as was already suggested by Alphonse R  Dsouza and Aymen Yaseen  In this case though there s no need to use any commands they suggested  but rather just set the Node js tool installer version spec to latest Node version from 11 x      The exact version of Node js that got installed and is working was 11 15 0  I didn t have to downgrade the Gulp

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If you re trying to install semantic-ui and the following error occurs then try downloading the latest version of node js 13 5 0  with the latest features  from Node js org  Moreover rather than trying NPM install semantic you should just add the link  which you can find from cdnjs link  to the header of your index html file  Best of luck

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I was getting this error on Windows 10  Turned out to be a corrupted roaming profile    npm ERR  node v12 4 0 npm ERR  npm  v3 3 12  npm ERR  primordials is not defined npm ERR  npm ERR  If you need help  you may report this error at  npm ERR       lt https   github com npm npm issues gt   npm ERR  Please include the following file with any support request    Deleting the C  Users  user  AppData Roaming npm folder fixed my issue

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Solved by downgrading Node js version from 12 14 0 to 10 18 0 and reinstalling node modules

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TL DR  Gulp 3   doesn t work on Node 12   or above  You have to downgrade Node  or upgrade Gulp      If you are short on time  downgrade Node to v11   or below  if you need newer features  and have time to possibly fix a load of broken dependencies  upgrade Gulp to 4   or above    As others have already mentioned  Gulp 3   is not supported on Node 12 or above  so you will have to downgrade your Node version to 11   or below  OR upgrade your Gulp to 4 0   The best option depends ultimately on how much time you have  as upgrading Gulp brings benefits of cleaner gulpfiles and in-built control over having tasks run in series or parallel  but also relies on you re-writing your gulpfile to a new syntax  and might  read  probably will - see end of this comment  cause conflicts with some dependencies     Downgrading Node  This is the easiest and quickest option  Especially if you use n or nvm  as these allow you to very quick install and switch between Node versions   Installing Node version on N  n 10 16 0   InstallingNode version on NVM  nvm install 10 16 0   One you have done this  you may need to rebuild your npm dependencies or alternatively remove both your node modules folder AND your package-lock json file and re-installing your dependencies  Though if you are merely reverting to a pre-existing Node version  you should probably be fine     Upgrading Gulp  As mentioned above  this is a more time-intensive task  but might bring benefits in the long-run  For example  Node 12 has now introduced native support for ES Modules  behind an experimental flag  and full support in Node 13   You may need to upgrade Node to use that  forcing you to upgrade Gulp  Or you may simply want the benefits of using Gulp 4  as it offers better and more efficient control over writing tasks   There are a number of articles on this already  so I won t elaborate any further on the specifics  but to reiterate - this is not a quick job  Depending on the size of your project  there may be some notable re-writing required  and you may have dependencies that break  If you are in short supply of time  you should opt for simply downgrading Node  at least temporarily     But I already have Gulp 4  and it still doesn t work   If  like me  you are already using Gulp 4   I was using Gulp 4 0 2  originally on Node 10  and have recently upgraded  I upgraded to Node 13 8 0  are you are still getting the issue  it may be because a dependency is relying on an older version of Gulp  and that is getting caught in the pipeline   In my case  gulp-combine-mq was a dependency using Gulp 3 9    Disabling this task in my gulpfile allowed Gulp to run again   If this happens  you have a few options  you can    Go without the plugin if it s not absolutely necessary Find an alternative  Fix the plugin   Needless to say  if you have several plugins that rely on older version of Gulp - especially if these plugins are vital for your application - this is where there can be a huge additional chunk of time spent in upgrading Gulp  hence the warnings above    If this happens  it is best to just downgrade Node  at least until patches can be issued

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I was also getting error on Node 12 13 with Gulp 3  moving to Node 11 worked

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Use following commands and install node v11 15 0     npm install -g n  sudo n 11 15 0   will solve      ReferenceError  primordials is not defined in node   Referred from  Terje Norderhaug  Tom Corelis answers

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Gulp is making issue with Nodejs version 11 and above  Uninstall your current node version and reinstall the v10 15 1 here is link for that version  This helps me and it will solve your problem too  https   nodejs org download release v10 15 1

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This is because the compatibility issue between node and gulp in your system  Downgrading the node or upgrading the gulp will fix this issue   sudo npm i -g n sudo n 11 15 0   Try removing the node modules folder and package-lock json file and installing again using npm i command if still not working

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Fix it in 1 minute  Just follow these steps  I m on windows 10 and it worked perfectly for me   In the same directory where you have package json create a npm-shrinkwrap json file with the following contents                quot dependencies quot              quot graceful-fs quot                  quot version quot    quot 4 2 2 quot                             Run npm install  and don t worry  it will update npm-shrinkwrap json with a bunch of content   Run gulp to start the project

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You Have Two Option Here    Either upgrade to gulp 4 Or Else  downgrade to an earlier node version

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This error is because of the new version of Node  12  and an old version of gulp  less than 4    Downgrading Node and other dependencies isn t recommended  I solved this by updating package json file fetching latest version of all dependencies  For this  I use npm-check-updates  It is a module that updates the package json with the latest version of all dependencies   Reference  https   www npmjs com package npm-check-updates  npm i -g npm-check-updates ncu -u npm install   In most cases  we will have to update the gulpfile js as well like the following   Reference  https   fettblog eu gulp-4-parallel-and-series  migration  Before   gulp task       sass   function              return gulp src  sourcePath     sass      scss         sourcePath     sass       scss                                 Other config     gulp task       watch   function              gulp watch sourcePath     sass      scss     sass                After    gulp task  sass   gulp series function done        return gulp src  sourcePath     sass      scss         sourcePath     sass       scss                          done          Other config     gulp task       watch   function              gulp watch sourcePath     sass      scss   gulp series  sass

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Gulp 3 9 1 doesn t work with Node v12 x x  and if you upgrade to Gulp 4 0 2  you have to completely change gulpfile js with the new Syntax  Series  amp  Parallels   So your best bet is to downgrade to Node V 11 x x  the 11 15 0 worked fine for me  By simply using the following code in terminal  nvm install 11 15 0 nvm use 11 15 0  just in case it didn t automatically select the 11 15 0 as the main node  nvm uninstall 13 1 0 npm rebuild node-sass

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Upgrade to 4 0 1 and make sure to migrate https   fettblog eu gulp-4-parallel-and-series  migration

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As we also get this error when we use s3 NPM package  So the problem is with graceful-fs package we need to take it updated  It is working fine on 4 2 3   So just look in what NPM package it is showing in logs trace and update the graceful-fs accordingly to 4 2 3

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Using NVM to manage what node version you re using  running the following commands worked for me     cd  to your project    nvm install lts dubnium   nvm use lts dubnium   yarn upgrade   or  npm install

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I faced the same issue  What I tried and worked for me    Check the version of NODE and GULP  combination of node v12 and gulp less than v4 doesn t work  I downgrade NPM version by    sudo NPM install -g n sudo n 10 16 0    It worked fine  then just follow instruction of your console

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We encountered the same issue when updating a legacy project depending on gulp 3 9 1 to Node js 12   These fixes enable you to use Node js 12  with gulp 3 9 1 by overriding graceful-fs to version  4 2 4  If you are using yarn v1 Yarn v1 supports resolving a package to a defined version  You need to add a resolutions section to your package json         Your current package json contents    quot resolutions quot          quot graceful-fs quot    quot  4 2 4 quot         Thanks  jazd for this way to solve the issue  If you are using npm Using npm-force-resolutions as a preinstall script  you can obtain a similar result as with yarn v1  You need to modify your package json this way         Your current package json    quot scripts quot            Your current package json scripts      quot preinstall quot    quot npx npm-force-resolutions quot          quot resolutions quot          quot graceful-fs quot    quot  4 2 4 quot         npm-force-resolutions will alter the package-lock json file to set graceful-fsto the wanted version before the install is done  If you are using a custom  npmrc file in your project and it contains either a proxy or custom registry  you might need to change npx npm-force-resolutions to npx --userconfig  npmrc npm-force-resolutions because as of now  npx doesn t use the current folder  npmrc file by default  Origin of the problem This issue stems from the fact that gulp 3 9 1 depends on graceful-fs  3 0 0 which monkeypatches Node js fs module  This used to work with Node js until version 11 15  which is a version from a development branch and shouldn t be used in production   graceful-fs  4 0 0 does not monkeypatch Node js fs module anymore  which makes it compatible with Node js  gt  11 15  tested and working with versions 12 and 14   Note that this is not a perennial solution but it helps when you don t have the time to update to gulp  4 0 0

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In case the problem is not from gulp then check the unzip npm module  it s been around six years since the last time it was updated  it doesn t work with Node  gt  v11  Try this  npm install -g n  sudo n 11 15 0

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Steps To fix the Problem - I have fixed the problem with following steps -  Installing NVM Installed lts dubnium using command nvm install lts dubnium Use lts dubnium using command nvm install lts dubnium  Now you can you gulp deploy

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Check node version   node --version  Check gulp version  gulp -v  If node  gt  12 and gulp  lt   3  do one of the following   Upgrade gulp  sudo npm install -g gulp   Downgrade node  sudo npm install -g n sudo n 11 15 0  https   www surrealcms com blog how-to-upgrade-or-downgrade-nodejs-using-npm html

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Use following commands to install node v11 15 0 and gulp v3 9 1   npm install -g n  sudo n 11 15 0  npm install gulp  3 9 1 npm install  npm rebuild node-sass   Will solve this issue   ReferenceError  primordials is not defined in node

[node.js] How to fix ReferenceError: primordials is not defined in node

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