Encountered a Node version issue while packaging an iOS application built with React Native

[stevenQiang]

Hey
I'm trying to use Codemagic to package our iOS application. However, we are using an older version of Node, specifically version 12.22.0. When I configured the node version to 12.22.0 in the codemagic.yaml file and executed yarn, I encountered the following error:

ERROR: npm v9.2.0 is known not to run on Node.js v12.22.0. You'll need to upgrade
to a newer Node.js version in order to use this version of npm. This version of
npm supports the following node versions: `^14.17.0 || ^16.13.0 || >=18.0.0`. You
can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/.

ERROR:
/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exit-handler.js:22
  const hasLoadedNpm = npm?.config.loaded
                           ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
    at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:915:16)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:963:27)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
    at module.exports (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js:76:23)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:2:25)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)

I would like to ask if Codemagic supports specifying a particular version of Homebrew.

[himesh-cm]

Hi @stevenQiang, as the message says, you need a lower version of npm with node 12.22.0.
Homebrew is preinstalled on the machines.

[stevenQiang]

Sorry for the late reply. I tried before but it didn't work. I just tried again to add an npm version that matches 12.22.0, but I got the following error in [Preparing build machine]:

Unable to install npm version 6.14.11

buildID: 6411647d585f389d1dd450ca
And i try use nvm install 12.22.0, I am still getting the same error.

[andreas-andersson]

I'm having a similar problem with an older codebase that has Node 12.x. I have tried specifying a few different versions, but keep getting the same error.

codemagic.yaml

    environment:
      node: 12.14.0
      npm: 6.14.7

Build log:

== Use Node version 12.14.0 ==
> n 12.14.0

> node --version
v12.14.0

== Use npm version 6.14.7 ==
> npm install -g [email protected]


Build failed :|
Unable to install npm version 6.14.7

[andreas-andersson]

From the shell I can install the earlier version of npm before changing node version. This actually works, but I will have to run this as a script and not set it up in environment section of the yaml-file.

npm install -g [email protected]
n 12.14.0

[dtrdic]

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