Error: spawn EINVAL - When running script watch from package.json on node v18 and above

[niteshpatare]

Error: spawn EINVAL - When executing script watch from package.json on node v18 and above

The error was caused by a security update in Node.js.

nodejs/node#52681
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/april-2024-security-releases-2

[alvinkonda]

Unfortunately, there might be a couple of issues there. For example, you are using an old node version; the LTS one is currently 22.

Also, I'm unsure if you have installed all node packages correctly since it says, "No tasks were found".

Finally, you should understand that you don't need to use the npm run watch tasks unless you need to modify the core bootstrap file, but that might not be necessary.

Installing the theme directly from the admin should be enough in most cases, since the theme has already settings to change colors, styling, etc.