How to Fix "Referenceerror: Primordials Is Not Defined" in Node. Js

Question

I have installed Node.js modules by 'npm install', and then I tried to do gulp sass-watch in a command prompt. After that, I got the below response.

[18:18:32] Requiring external module babel-register
fs.js:27
const { Math, Object, Reflect } = primordials;
                                  ^

ReferenceError: primordials is not defined

I have tried this before gulp sass-watch:

npm -g install gulp-cli

Accepted Answer

I hit the same error. I suspect you're using Node.js 12 and Gulp.js 3. That combination does not work: Gulp.js 3 is broken on Node.js 12 #2324

A previous workaround from Jan. does not work either: After update to Node.js 11.0.0 running Gulp.js exits with 'ReferenceError: internalBinding is not defined' #2246

Solution: Either upgrade to Gulp.js 4 or downgrade to an earlier version of Node.js.

Answer 2

We encountered the same issue when updating a legacy project depending on gulp@3.9.1 to Node.js 12+.

These fixes enable you to use Node.js 12+ with gulp@3.9.1 by overriding graceful-fs to version ^4.2.9.

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If you are using yarn v1

Yarn v1 supports resolving a package to a defined version. You need to add a resolutions section to your package.json:

{
  // Your current package.json contents
  "resolutions": {
    "graceful-fs": "^4.2.9"
  }
}

Thanks @jazd for this way to solve the issue.

How to Fix "Referenceerror: Primordials Is Not Defined" in Node. Js

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