Lararel Vite - npm run dev didn't work on CentOS

I want to test Remote Development using SSH via Visual Studio Code but I faced an issue.

On my VM (CentOS 8) I set up earlier working Apache with few applications. Therefore they was working with Laravel Mix.

Now, when Vite comes out, I was trying to "host" the projects but npm run dev didn't work.

Node version: v10.23.1

npm version: 6.14.10

The error while I try to run npm run dev or npm run build:

[user@server ssh-test-app]$ npm run dev

> @ dev /var/www/ssh-test-app
> vite

/var/www/apps/ssh-test-app/node_modules/vite/bin/vite.js:2
import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
       ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:23)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:12)
    at startup (internal/bootstrap/node.js:283:19)
    at bootstrapNodeJSCore (internal/bootstrap/node.js:623:3)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ dev: `vite`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @ dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/user/.npm/_logs/2022-09-08T08_17_44_296Z-debug.log

Any idea where to find help? Also did npm install:

[user@server ssh-test-app]$ npm install
npm WARN read-shrinkwrap This version of npm is compatible with lockfileVersion@1, but package-lock.json was generated for lockfileVersion@2. I'll try to do my best with it!

> esbuild@0.14.51 postinstall /var/www/apps/ssh-test-app/node_modules/esbuild
> node install.js

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-android-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-android-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-android-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"android","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-android-arm64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-android-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-android-arm64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"android","arch":"arm64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-darwin-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-darwin-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-darwin-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-darwin-arm64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-darwin-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-darwin-arm64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"arm64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-freebsd-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-freebsd-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-freebsd-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"freebsd","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-freebsd-arm64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-freebsd-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-freebsd-arm64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"freebsd","arch":"arm64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-32@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-32@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"ia32"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-arm@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-arm):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-arm@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"arm"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-arm64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-arm64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"arm64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-mips64le@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-mips64le):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-mips64le@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"mips64el"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-ppc64le@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-ppc64le):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-ppc64le@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"ppc64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-riscv64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-riscv64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-riscv64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"riscv64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-linux-s390x@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-linux-s390x):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-linux-s390x@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"linux","arch":"s390x"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-netbsd-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-netbsd-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-netbsd-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"netbsd","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-openbsd-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-openbsd-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-openbsd-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"openbsd","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-sunos-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-sunos-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-sunos-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"sunos","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-windows-32@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-windows-32):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-windows-32@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"win32","arch":"ia32"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-windows-64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-windows-64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-windows-64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: esbuild-windows-arm64@0.14.51 (node_modules/esbuild-windows-arm64):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for esbuild-windows-arm64@0.14.51: wanted {"os":"win32","arch":"arm64"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@2.3.2 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.3.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

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I want to remind that the project was copied in some "developing phase" to the test VM from Windows.

The other apps on VM with former Laravel Mix are working.

Solution

I had the same issue, and it is the outdated version of Node for sure.

Unfortunately, the version from the repo is too old, so I fixed it by removing (and purging the configuration) and reinstalling the latest versions of both Node and npm from another source.

I followed this answer on the askubuntu website to remove Node and Npm and purge the configuration:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* ~/.npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node*

sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm
sudo apt autoremove

# or yum remove nodejs npm

Then, I reinstalled Node easily, adding the repository as described in the NodeSource Github repository - last update: Node 23 - note: have a look at the Node repository for updates or more installation options

## UBUNTU
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_23.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo -E bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

## DEBIAN (as root)
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_23.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
bash nodesource_setup.sh
apt-get install -y nodejs

## FEDORA, REDHAT, AMAZON LINUX
curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_23.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
sudo yum install -y nodejs

At last, I reinstalled npm

curl -qL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh