node:events:491 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event - node.js

Question

I install the packages fine. Now I try and compile the scripts with npm run dev like thus..
terminal
npm run dev
> dev
> npm run development
> development
> cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js
node:events:491
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: spawn node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js',
path: 'node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js',
spawnargs: [
'--progress',
'--hide-modules',
'--config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js'
]
}
Node.js v19.2.0
terminal
npm -v
8.19.3
package.json
{
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"dev": "npm run development",
"development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
"watch": "npm run development -- --watch",
"watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
"hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
"prod": "npm run production",
"production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --no-progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
},
"devDependencies": {
"axios": "^0.18",
"bootstrap": "^4.0.0",
"cross-env": "^5.1",
"jquery": "^3.2",
"lodash": "^4.17.5",
"vue": "^2.5.7",
"vuex": "^3.0.1"
}
}
If you can help me with;-
node:events:491
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
thanks in advance