gulp - internalBinding is not defined

Question

I'm getting this error when I try to run the command gulp watch-bs for my UnderStrap child theme for WordPress. I've been using this command for a year with no problems, but I received this error today when I updated my node and npm to their latest versions.

ReferenceError: internalBinding is not defined
    at internal/util/inspect.js:31:15
    at req_ (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:137:5)
    at require (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:110:12)
    at util.js:25:21
    at req_ (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:137:5)
    at require (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:110:12)
    at fs.js:42:21
    at req_ (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:137:5)
    at Object.req [as require] (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\natives\index.js:54:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\xampp\htdocs\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\graceful-fs\fs.js:1:99)

I've read here that, in order to resolve the issue, I need to run this command:

npm install natives@1.1.6

but this did not help resolve the issue.

Am I missing something else?

score 77 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '19 at 14:40

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I ran into the same issue as you. To fix it, I added the following to my package.json in the devDependencies section

"natives": "^1.1.6"

answered Jan 30 '19 at 14:40

Lloyd Smith

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Thanks for your reply, Lloyd. I checked my `package.json` file and I can't see a `devDependencies` object anywhere in the file. However, I do have a `dependencies` object with `"natives": "^1.1.6"` as one of its properties. Do I need to run a command in order to have `devDependencies`? Thanks! – Student22 Jan 31 '19 at 05:28
In your package.json, you can just add the devDependencies section. https://npm.github.io/using-pkgs-docs/package-json/types/devdependencies.html – Lloyd Smith Feb 01 '19 at 14:44
Works fine! Thanks a lot – Beto Silva Sep 13 '19 at 20:08
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Any comment on this warn from npm: "npm WARN deprecated natives@1.1.6: This module relies on Node.js's internals and will break at some point. Do not use it, and update to graceful-fs@4.x.". Should the solution be to install graceful-fs@4.x? – Kat Lim Ruiz Sep 24 '19 at 14:53
Working fine!! Thanks – Siddharth Vyas Jan 08 '20 at 09:12
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Make sure to run "npm install" after making the change – hamboy Feb 19 '21 at 21:11

score 20 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '19 at 15:10

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I had the same error after upgrading node to v10.16.0

I ran the following which solved my issue:

rm -rf node_modules
rm package-lock.json
npm cache clean --force
npm install

After closer inspection, it would seem that the generated tree in package-lock was outdated.

answered Jul 09 '19 at 15:10

Luke Garrigan

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If you are using yarn, just remove the yarn.lock file instead for package-lock.json – Low Jun 04 '20 at 06:27
This worked perfectly. Thanks – Goran Radulovic Aug 14 '23 at 18:01

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 29 '19 at 07:47

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I also faced the same problem and then I fixed by the following command:

npm install natives@1.1.6

May be helpful if someone having same issue. updating node to latest version requires above package.

edited Mar 29 '19 at 07:47

MAhipal Singh

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answered Mar 29 '19 at 07:43

Dev-Learner

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score 6 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 05 '19 at 22:50

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I recently ran into the same problem after installing node. Similar to @Dv-Learner answer, What fixed it for me was:

npm install natives@1.1.6
npm rebuild node-sass

the bit about rebuild node-sass was required for my machine (Windows)

answered Sep 05 '19 at 22:50

EarlyCoder

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 31 '19 at 06:03

@Student 22, in addition to Lloyd's solution, I simply updated my version to the most recent version for gulp using the command below ( Local Version 3.9.1 to Local Version 4.0.0) and I didn't run any additional commands.

npm install gulp-update

Reference: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/24985

Good luck!

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 30 '19 at 10:03

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In my case, I downgraded my node version from 10.16.0 to 8.11.4 which was required by my current project by this command

sudo n 8.11.4

answered Jul 30 '19 at 10:03

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 12 '19 at 09:49

Had the same error. Solved it by installing graceful-fs.

It seems that natives package is now deprecatd and you should install graceful-fs instead.

I had node v10.16.1 and glup local version 3.9.1. I ran 'npm install graceful-fs' and glup no longer gave the error in this question. (Can't comment yet, so an answer).

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Aug 23 '19 at 15:38

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Try this, it's working for me:

npm install -g graceful-fs graceful-fs@latest

edited Aug 23 '19 at 15:38

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answered Aug 23 '19 at 15:32

Rovshen Umudov

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