Cannot install npm package (fsevents) on Mac OS Catalina

Question

When I run npm install express --save this command, I'm getting an error. Can anyone please help me with this issue?

Error:

> fsevents@1.2.11 install /Users/delowar/Desktop/ytdl/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents
> node-gyp rebuild

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLILeo' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLI' found at '/'.

gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:321:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.2.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/13.7.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/delowar/Desktop/ytdl/node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v13.7.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok

> fsevents@1.2.11 install /Users/delowar/Desktop/ytdl/node_modules/jest-haste-map/node_modules/fsevents
> node-gyp rebuild

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLILeo' found at '/'.

No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLI' found at '/'.

gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:321:20)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:275:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.2.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/Cellar/node/13.7.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/delowar/Desktop/ytdl/node_modules/jest-haste-map/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v13.7.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN tsutils@3.17.1 requires a peer of typescript@>=2.8.0 || >= 3.2.0-dev || >= 3.3.0-dev || >= 3.4.0-dev || >= 3.5.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-dev || >= 3.6.0-beta || >= 3.7.0-dev || >= 3.7.0-beta but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11 (node_modules/jest-haste-map/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.11 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

Screenshot:

https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/blob/HEAD/macOS_Catalina.md — Mister Jojo, Jan 25 '20 at 03:05
Just remove node_modules and reinstall the packages, boom will fix the issue. — Asif Raza, Aug 13 '23 at 09:50

Delowar Hosain · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-07T16:11:48.557

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Problem solved by reinstalling xcode command line tools.

Open Terminal & paste these code:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

then

xcode-select --install

Note: - Be Careful using rm command

edited Feb 07 '20 at 16:11

answered Jan 25 '20 at 03:02

Delowar Hosain

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FWIW -- I didn't have to use `-f` option but I did have to use elevated permissions, `sudo`. But the process worked great! – Rockin4Life33 Feb 07 '20 at 01:10
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I also had to remove `node_modules` and reinstall npm packages for my project, as recommended by https://stackoverflow.com/a/67919891/3046255, to fully solve the issue. – Patrice Chalin Jul 14 '21 at 14:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '20 at 14:55

I don't like to use the rm -rf command so an alternative option when you have brew installed with the "trash" formulae you can do on your terminal is :

trash Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

And then

xcode-select --install

If you don't have trash installed then you can do it on your terminal : https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/trash

brew install trash

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '20 at 03:10

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For me the instructions above didn't work. So, I came across a different solution:

> xcode-select -print-path
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

> sudo xcode-select --reset

> xcode-select -print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer

answered Mar 27 '20 at 03:10

Jason De Melo

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Cannot install npm package (fsevents) on Mac OS Catalina

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