How to solve an OSSI_UNSUPPORTED error while running React with NPM?

The "OSSI_UNSUPPORTED" error can occur when running React with NPM because the version of Node.js that you are using is not compatible with the version of the react-scripts package that you have installed in your project.

How to solve an OSSI_UNSUPPORTED error while running React with NPM?

React-scripts is a package that is used to build, test, and start React applications and it relies on certain versions of Node.js to function properly. Each version of react-scripts has a specific range of Node.js versions that it supports. When the version of Node.js that you are using is not within the range of supported versions, the react-scripts package will not work properly, resulting in the OSSI_UNSUPPORTED error.

Here are some steps you can try to resolve this error:

  1. Make sure that you are running the latest version of Node.js. You can check your current version by running the command node -v in your terminal.
  2. Update the react-scripts package to the latest version. You can do this by running the command npm install react-scripts@latest in your project's root directory.
  3. If you are using a version of Node.js that is not supported by the version of react-scripts that you are using, you can try downgrading or upgrading Node.js to a version that is supported. You can check the supported Node.js versions in the package.json file of react-scripts in your project.
  4. Clear the npm cache by running npm cache clean --force and then retry installing the packages.
  5. Finally, you can try deleting the node_modules folder and package-lock.json and running npm install again to reinstall all the packages.

If none of these steps work, you can try looking for solutions online by searching for the specific error message and version numbers you are encountering.

It's also worth noting that, this error can happen when you're trying to use npm to run a react application in a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) environment, you can try using yarn instead as a solution in this scenario.