node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: 404 status code downloading tarball ...win32-unknown-x64...
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Description
```
$ npm install webpack
npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v12.1.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
> canvas-prebuilt@2.0.0-alpha.14 install C:\Users\user\dev\projects\private\node-development\node_modules\canvas-prebuilt
> node-pre-gyp install
node-pre-gyp WARN Using needle for node-pre-gyp https download
node-pre-gyp ERR! install error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: 404 status code downloading tarball https://github.com/chearon/node-canvas-prebuilt/releases/download/v2.0.0-alpha.14/canvas-prebuilt-v2.0.0-alpha.14-node-v72-win32-unknown-x64.tar.gz
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported `npm install webpack` command and inspect the `node-pre-gyp install` path that requests the GitHub release tarball. Compare the requested Node ABI, platform, and architecture with the available `canvas-prebuilt` release artifacts; the issue is done when the cause and a supported installation path are established.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, nodejs
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100