Error while installing node modules in reactjs - node.js

Question

Getting the below shown error I tried to install node modules using npm i command for my react js project
D:\Rev>npm i
> node-sass#4.12.0 install D:\Rev\node_modules\node-sass
> node scripts/install.js
Cached binary found at C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\node-sass\4.12.0\win32-x64-64_binding.node
> node-sass#4.12.0 postinstall D:\Rev\node_modules\node-sass
> node scripts/build.js
Binary found at D:\Rev\node_modules\node-sass\vendor\win32-x64-64\binding.node
Testing binary
Binary is fine
> react-vertical-timeline-component#2.5.0 postinstall D:\Rev\node_modules\react-vertical-timeline-component
> node lib/post_install.js
> example-project#1.0.0 postinstall D:\Rev
> set NODE_ENV=production && npm run build-prod
> example-project#1.0.0 build-prod D:\Rev
> webpack --mode production --config webpack/webpack.production.config.js --progress --colors
D:\Rev\node_modules\webpack-cli\bin\config-yargs.js:89
describe: optionsSchema.definitions.output.properties.path.description,
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'properties' of undefined
at module.exports (D:\Rev\node_modules\webpack-cli\bin\config-yargs.js:89:48)
at D:\Rev\node_modules\webpack-cli\bin\webpack.js:60:27
at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Rev\node_modules\webpack-cli\bin\webpack.js:515:3)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! example-project#1.0.0 build-prod: `webpack --mode production --config webpack/webpack.production.config.js --progress --colors`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the example-project#1.0.0 build-prod 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\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-09-27T08_52_21_812Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! example-project#1.0.0 postinstall: `set NODE_ENV=production && npm run build-prod`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the example-project#1.0.0 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\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-09-27T08_52_21_942Z-debug.log
The package.json is as follows:
{
"name": "example-project",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "bundle.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
"dev-server": "set NODE_ENV=development && webpack-dev-server --mode development --config webpack/webpack.config.js --progress --colors",
"build": "set NODE_ENV=development && webpack --config webpack/webpack.production.config.js --progress --colors",
"build-prod": "webpack --mode production --config webpack/webpack.production.config.js --progress --colors",
"postinstall": "set NODE_ENV=production && npm run build-prod"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.26.3",
"babel-eslint": "^8.2.3",
"babel-loader": "^7.1.4",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
"babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.24.1",
"css-loader": "^0.28.11",
"eslint": "^4.19.1",
"eslint-loader": "^2.0.0",
"eslint-plugin-react": "^7.8.2",
"extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0-beta.0",
"node-sass": "^4.9.0",
"react-collapsible": "^2.2.0",
"sass-loader": "^7.0.1",
"style-loader": "^0.21.0",
"webpack": "^4.8.3",
"webpack-cli": "^2.1.5",
"webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.4",
"webpack-merge": "^4.1.2"
},
"dependencies": {
"axios": "^0.18.0",
"babel-polyfill": "^6.26.0",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
"classnames": "^2.2.5",
"dnd-core": "^3.0.2",
"file-loader": "^1.1.11",
"file-system": "^2.2.2",
"foundation-sites": "^6.4.3",
"gatsby-plugin-glamor": "^1.6.13",
"glamor": "^2.20.40",
"history": "^4.7.2",
"jquery": "^3.3.1",
"lodash": "^4.17.10",
"moment": "^2.22.1",
"qs": "^6.5.2",
"raf": "^3.4.1",
"rc-tree": "^1.11.4",
"react": "^16.3.2",
"react-autocomplete": "^1.8.1",
"react-column-resizer": "^1.1.8",
"react-datepicker": "^1.5.0",
"react-dialog": "^1.0.2",
"react-dnd": "^3.0.2",
"react-dnd-html5-backend": "^2.6.0",
"react-dom": "^16.3.2",
"react-dropzone": "^4.2.9",
"react-html-table-to-excel": "^2.0.0",
"react-idle-timer": "^3.0.0",
"react-js-pagination": "^3.0.2",
"react-redux": "^5.0.7",
"react-router": "^4.3.1",
"react-router-dom": "^4.3.1",
"react-router-redux": "^5.0.0-alpha.9",
"react-simple-dropdown": "^3.2.0",
"react-sortable-hoc": "^0.8.4",
"react-toastify": "^4.0.1",
"react-tooltip": "^3.10.0",
"react-transition-group": "^2.3.1",
"react-vertical-timeline-component": "^2.0.6",
"react-widgets": "^4.2.6",
"redux": "^3.7.2",
"redux-form": "^7.3.0",
"redux-thunk": "^2.2.0",
"uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.5",
"universal-cookie": "^2.1.2",
"url-loader": "^1.0.1"
}
}
How can I solve this issue?

Answer 1

Can you try to remove totally local node_modules
Then call
npm cache verify
or
npm cache clean
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/cache.html
Then try to npm i again