Error when installing Medusa with create-medusa-app

[oneofvalts]

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Issue Summary

With node v21.6.2, npm 10.4.0, command npx create-medusa-app@latest fails with the following (Only the tail of the log is included):

10050 error code 1
10051 error path /home/aby/medusa/my-medusa-store/node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize
10052 error command failed
10053 error command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
10054 error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
10054 error gyp info using node-gyp@10.0.1
10054 error gyp info using node@21.6.2 | linux | x64
10054 error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.11.7 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
10054 error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
10054 error gyp info spawn args [
10054 error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
10054 error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-f',
10054 error gyp info spawn args 'make',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '/home/aby/medusa/my-medusa-store/node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize/build/config.gypi',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '/home/aby/.cache/node-gyp/21.6.2/include/node/common.gypi',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/aby/.cache/node-gyp/21.6.2',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/aby/.cache/node-gyp/21.6.2/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/aby/medusa/my-medusa-store/node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
10054 error gyp info spawn args 'build',
10054 error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
10054 error gyp info spawn args ]
10054 error gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /home/aby/medusa/my-medusa-store/node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize) while trying to load binding.gyp
10054 error gyp ERR! configure error 
10054 error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
10054 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:271:18)
10054 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
10054 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
10054 error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.7.6-arch1-1
10054 error gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/lib/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
10054 error gyp ERR! cwd /home/aby/medusa/my-medusa-store/node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize
10054 error gyp ERR! node -v v21.6.2
10054 error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
10054 error gyp ERR! not ok
10055 verbose exit 1
10056 timing npm Completed in 267616ms
10057 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1708784904392
10058 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:build 1708785169316
10059 verbose unfinished npm timer build 1708785169319
10060 verbose unfinished npm timer build:deps 1708785169320
10061 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install 1708785169404
10062 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install:node_modules/@stdlib/number-float64-base-normalize 1708785169405
10063 verbose code 1

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[beyourahi]

getting the same issue

[shahednasser]

This seems to be a problem with npm installation, maybe refer to this solution?

[oneofvalts]

Realized I am using a too new version of npm.