webssh2: Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.2.4

I get the same error running npm install --production and running the argument --no-optional for npm DID remove the errors, although when I try to run webpack it still says webpack is not installed

EDIT: FINALLY GOT IT WORKING

Problem: Running an old version of node

Solution: Updating node (I used nvm)

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall libssl-dev

Then run

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.1/install.sh | bash

Then restart terminal and check node versions available with

nvm ls-remote

Find the most recent node and install it with

nvm install #.#.#

example: nvm install 12.9.0

You can safely ignore this message, it has been popping in lots of projects lately. The chokidar module has an optional dependency on fsevents which works only on OS X. All projects depending on chokidar will display this warning message when updating node_modules on a non OS X target.

In the next examples, instead of installing different versions of node, I’m running node in docker. I’m also using the master from today.

I ran the following commands and they were successful:

rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:8.11 npm install --production
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:6.14 npm install --production
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app appsvc/node:4.8.4_1710252240 npm install --production
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app appsvc/node:4.4.7_1710252240 npm install --production
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:8.11-alpine npm install --production

In all examples above, I’m running with --production flag, as well I’m cleaning up the node_modules folder.

In the following tests, install generated warning but application started successfully.

rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:8.11-alpine sh -c 'npm install && npm start'
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:8.11 sh -c 'npm install && npm start'
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:6.14-alpine sh -c 'npm install && npm start'
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app node:6.14 sh -c 'npm install && npm start'
rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app iron/node:5.10.1-dev sh -c 'npm install && npm start'

The warning:

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

With the following test:

rm -rf node_modules && docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/app -w /app iron/node:4.2.6-dev sh -c 'npm install && npm start'

Installation succeeded with the warning above, but starting failed with:

WebSSH2 service reading config from: /app/config.json
/app/node_modules/read-config/lib/load/merge-configs.js:7
    return merge({}, ...configs, (a, b) => {

So I can suggest:

• Read the message - warnings are ok, it’s just a warning.
• If you are not developer, use npm install --production
• Use node 6+!! Consider upgrading your node version - 8.11 is way faster than 6.14
• If you are developer, try installing a C compiler - I believe that fsevents get’s compiled if not found for your OS/CPU.

Same for me… Just switched to ubuntu 18 and get this, when trying to install Bootstrap 4

npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.2.4

Having the same problem, waiting if there is a resolution