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

Question

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.

Answer 1

I had the same issue, and 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
Then, I reinstalled Node easily, adding the repository as described in the NodeSource Github repository
# Using Ubuntu
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_19.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
# Using Debian, as root
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_19.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs
At last, I reinstalled npm
curl -qL https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh