错误 cb.apply 不是 Node Express 项目中的函数 [尝试安装软件包时] --

Question

I am facing the following error, while trying to install npm packages to my proj. It's a Node, Express webapi project basically. As you can see, project needs other packages like mssql cors.

my package.json file.

{
  "name": "NEBAppDemo",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "blablabla",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "nodemon api.js"
  },
   "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "~1.0.1",
    "cors": "2.8.1",
    "express": "~4.0.0",
    "mssql": "^6.2.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^2.0.4"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "PGChoudhury",
  "license": "ISC"
}

My installed node version is 16.10.0. Installed npm version 6.1.0.

Error I get when run npm i is

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v16.10.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function

I've encountered same error before in other project. Could not find a steady, reliable fix. What is 'cb.apply not a function' implying to. What it means? What are dependencies? Makes no sense package restore should have ran normally. Some answers pl. What is needed to be done

Apparently it's creating a log file for the error. This is what it says.

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 warn npm npm does not support Node.js v16.10.0
2 warn npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
3 warn npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
4 warn npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
5 warn npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
6 verbose cli [
6 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
6 verbose cli   'C:\\Users\\PROTIK\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
6 verbose cli   'i',
6 verbose cli   'express',
6 verbose cli   '-save'
6 verbose cli ]
7 info using npm@6.1.0
blablabla ..
blabla..
12 verbose stack TypeError: cb.apply is not a function
12 verbose stack     at C:\Users\....\....\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:287:18
12 verbose stack     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:199:5)
blabla
blablalbla...
15 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\.....\\AppData\\....\\....\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "i" "express" "-save"
16 verbose node v16.10.0
17 verbose npm  v6.1.0
18 error cb.apply is not a function
19 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

spot something vital in there directly related?

Answer 1

You need to install npm version 7.0.0 or above in order to run node v16. https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/