Posted on Jun 24, 2022
Reading time: 3 minutes The npm ERR! code 1 error usually occurs when you run the This cause of this error is that one of the dependencies you define in your The error message log looks as follows: In the example above, you can see that there is an This means that npm fails to install the To resolve this error, you need to upgrade the dependency module that causes the error. Let’s learn how to fix this error next. Here’s the As you can see, there’s a dependency to the When looking into the Since I have Node v16.15.1 on my computer, this means I must use npm install
command.package.json
file fails to be installed properly on your computer.$ npm installnpm ERR! code 1npm ERR! path /n-app/node_modules/node-sassnpm ERR! command failednpm ERR! command sh -c node scripts/build.js...npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:npm ERR! .npm/_logs/2022-06-24T03_37_26_246Z-debug-0.log
npm ERR! path...
defined right below the code 1 log:$ npm installnpm ERR! code 1npm ERR! path /n-app/node_modules/node-sass
node-sass
module that’s added as a dependency to the n-app
project.Fix npm error code 1 by updating your dependencies
package.json
file of the n-app
project:{ "name": "n-app", "version": "1.0.0", "dependencies": { "axios": "^0.10.2", "node-sass": "^4.14.1", "webpack": "^4.0.0" }}
node-sass
module version 4.14.1
in my project.node-sass
documentation, I found that there’s a table showing the Node versions supported by the package:node-sass
v6.0+ to resolve the issue.
Update the node-sass
dependency to the latest version:
{ "dependencies": { "axios": "^0.10.2", "node-sass": "^7.0.1", "webpack": "^4.0.0" }}
Then run npm install
again. This time, the dependencies are installed without any error:
$ npm installadded 307 packages, and audited 308 packages in 50sfound 0 vulnerabilities
It’s always recommended to update all your dependency packages to the latest version to avoid compatibility issues with Node.
You can use npm-check-updates
to help you with updating the dependencies:
# 👇 check your package.json for dependency updatesnpx npm-check-updates# 👇 write newer version in package.jsonnpx npm-check-updates -u# 👇 install the latest versionnpm install
If you don’t want to update all dependencies at once, you can update them one by one using the npx npm-check-updates
output as a reference.
For example, here’s the output for n-app
project:
$ npx npm-check-updatesChecking /n-app/package.json[====================] 3/3 100% axios ^0.21.2 → ^0.27.2 node-sass ^4.0.1 → ^7.0.1 webpack ^4.73.0 → ^5.73.0 Run npx npm-check-updates -u to upgrade package.json
Using the output above:
- Update one package version in
package.json
file - Then run
npm install
- Make sure your application runs perfectly and pass all tests
Repeat the steps above until you have all package versions updated.
Fix npm error code 1 by downgrading Node (not recommended)
The other way to fix the issue is to downgrade your Node.js version.
In the example above, there are specific Node.js versions supported by specific node-sass
versions. You need to make sure that you are using the Node version supported by your module.
This fix is not ideal because you may have other module with compatibility issues once you downgrade Node.
The best way to solve the issue is by updating Node.js and all your dependencies to the latest stable version as explained above.
And that’s how you fix the npm error code 1 issue in your project.