How to fix "ReferenceError: primordials is not defined"

[joshjavier]

I'm trying to install Darkness Developer Edition. Every step worked fine except for the last one

6. Run npm install from the same directory as package.json to install dependencies and compile all SCSS to CSS

where I encountered the following error

❯ npm install

> Darkness@1.0.0 install /home/joshjavier/OpenSourceContributions/darkness
> gulp install

fs.js:41
} = primordials;
    ^

ReferenceError: primordials is not defined
    at fs.js:41:5
    at req_ (/home/joshjavier/OpenSourceContributions/darkness/node_modules/natives/index.js:143:24)
    at Object.req [as require] (/home/joshjavier/OpenSourceContributions/darkness/node_modules/natives/index.js:55:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/joshjavier/OpenSourceContributions/darkness/node_modules/vinyl-fs/node_modules/graceful-fs/fs.js:1:37)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:791:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! Darkness@1.0.0 install: `gulp install`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the Darkness@1.0.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

Checking the version of some packages gave me the following:

• node.js: 14.3.0
• npm: 6.14.8
• gulp:
  • CLI version: 2.3.0
  • Local version: 3.9.1

What's the recommended way to fix this?

[theme1256]

Currently it is not possible to compile Darkness with node version 12+.

[vesper8]

To be clear, you have to install node 11 to compile darkness

Simply nvm install 11