Unable to "npm install" - npm

Question

Please could I ask for help with the following:
I have cloned the Electron starter app like so:
git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start
And have it running.
I am working from the terminal window is VSCode.
I am using node version 6.13.4
Can type "npm start" and all is good, app runs fine.
Now, I want to use a certain package for working with zip files, so I try the following:
npm install decompress-zip
The result is ultimately an error, here's the output:
PS C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip> npm install decompress-zip
> electron#16.0.5 postinstall C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip\node_modules\electron
> node install.js
RequestError: self signed certificate in certificate chain
at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip\node_modules\got\source\request-as-event-emitter.js:178:14)
at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:428:26)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:333:22)
at ClientRequest.origin.emit (C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip\node_modules\#szmarczak\http-timer\source\index.js:37:11)
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:426:9)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:321:20)
at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:92:8)
at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:60:3)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
npm WARN rollback Rolling back debug#2.6.9 failed (this is probably harmless): EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip\node_modules\extract-zip\node_modules'npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron#16.0.5 postinstall: `node install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron#16.0.5 postinstall 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\105043131\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2022-01-05T11_15_47_499Z-debug.log
Now the build is broken. If try again "npm start" then I get:
PS C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip> npm
start
electron-quick-start#1.0.0 start C:\Work\Electron Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip
electron .
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:984 throw err; ^
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Work\Electron
Apps\electron-quick-start-added-fs-and-zip\node_modules\electron\cli.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:981:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:27)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:74:12)
at internal/main/run_main_module.js:18:47 { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [] } npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm
ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! electron-quick-start#1.0.0 start: electron .
npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the
electron-quick-start#1.0.0 start 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\105043131\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2022-01-05T11_18_31_473Z-debug.log
Makes no difference now if I run "npm uninstall decompress-zip", I still get the same error when I try "npm start".
This line from the above caught my eye:
npm ERR! Failed at the electron#16.0.5
If I start completely over an try installing another package instead like so:
npm install yauzl
I get similar errors including the line:
npm ERR! Failed at the electron#16.0.5 postinstall script.
I currently have electron 8.1.1 installed
Could it be that these packages require electron 16?
Or is it something else?
If it is the former, would anyone know of a solution for unzipping a disk file using an older version of electron?
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

the best way is to update Node.js. Uninstall old version then go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/ and download LTC version