Can't install node-sass@6 for node v16

This is my package.json after uninstalling sass node-sass and sass-loader because I changed my node version from 14 to 16,

{ "name": "our-awesome-project", "version": "1.0.0", "private": true, "scripts": { "dev": "nuxt", "build": "nuxt build", "start": "nuxt start", "generate": "nuxt generate", "static": "NUXTJS_DEPLOY_TARGET=static NUXTJS_SSR=true nuxt generate", "build-and-start": "NUXTJS_DEPLOY_TARGET=server NUXTJS_SSR=false nuxt build && NUXTJS_DEPLOY_TARGET=server NUXTJS_SSR=false nuxt start" }, "husky": { "hooks": { "pre-commit": "cross-env PRE_COMMIT=true lint-staged -r" } }, "dependencies": { "core-js": "^3.19.3", "nuxt": "^2.15.8", "nuxt-i18n": "^6.28.1", "nuxt-purgecss": "^1.0.0", "vue": "^2.6.14", "vue-server-renderer": "^2.6.14", "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.14", "webpack": "^4.46" }, "devDependencies": { "@nuxtjs/eslint-config": "^8.0.0", "@nuxtjs/google-fonts": "^1.3.0", "@nuxtjs/storybook": "^4.2.0", "@nuxtjs/style-resources": "^1.2.1", "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "^4.5.15", "babel-eslint": "^10.1.0", "eslint": "^8.7.0", "husky": "^7.0.4", "nuxt-svg-loader": "^1.2.0", "postcss": "^8.4.5" }
}

According to this I should install node-sass version 6.0

But I'm trying:npm install --save-dev sass@1.49.0 node-sass@6.0.1 sass-loader@10.2.1

Also, read here to add --unsafe-perm so I tried:npm install --save-dev --unsafe-perm sass@1.49.0 node-sass@6.0.1 sass-loader@10.2.1

But it keeps failing, being the first error always this one:

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/toniweb/Proyectos/our-awesome-project/node_modules/node-sass
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node scripts/build.js
npm ERR! Building: /Users/user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.1/bin/node /Users/toniweb/Proyectos/our-awesome-project/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=

I tried removing node_modules package-lock.json and the same result

Of course, this is driving me nuts.. please tell me that anyone has an idea to try out

4 Answers

I think you are using ARM64 which is not supported by node-sass.

You should replace node-sass with sass(Dart Sass) as LibSass is deprecated

Just replace node-sass in your package.json file with sass. Both packages expose the same JavaScript API.

npm uninstall node-sass
npm install --save-dev sass

We have a Nuxt 2.15.8 app running on Node 16, in which a couple of months ago we switched from node-sass to sass, as the former is deprecated.

I recall at the time it took some figuring out, but in the end we just needed to install some postcss parsers to get the Nuxt app fully working with sass & sass-loader.

Taking as the baseline the package.json in your post, try:

npm install --save-dev \ sass@1.49.4 \ sass-loader@10.2.1 \ postcss-html@1.3.0 \ postcss-scss@4.0.3

The error message hints to node-gyp as the culprit. To work on a MacOS, node-gyp requires the XCode Command Line Tools to be installed (see here). So basically, in case you haven't done that yet, run

xcode-select --install

Or try any of the other methods described here. Then retry to install node-sass.

in fact , I think you have pasted the wrong error infomation. there are two ways may help you

1. npm i --force this command will ignored the error in the package.json
2. use the pnpm , you can install it by

npm i -g pnpm
# then
pnpm i