Block-scoped declarations not yet supported outside strict mode

Question

I\'m running Laravel 5.4 on my Homestead vagrant box. I\'ve installed all the npm dependencies with npm install command. That didn\'t produce a

Answer 1

Upgrading node package is the solution here. Adding altenative steps to upgrade node package as there is no need to download, install and manage node versions yourself. You can use a module called n to upgrade you node package in Mac/Ubuntu

sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

This will install latest stable node package. You can run

node --version

If you are still seeing old version it might be directory issues where new package is installed. I had to create a symlink to make it work-

sudo ln -s  /usr/local/n/versions/node/9.0.0/bin/node  /usr/local/bin/node