Error while installing node module in ReactJs

I just cloned a React application from Git that doesn’t have node_modules on it. I try to install with command npm install but unable to do it. Following error occurs when installing the npm.

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: fuse-react-app@2.0.0
npm ERR! Found: date-fns@2.0.0-alpha.26
npm ERR! node_modules/date-fns
npm ERR!   date-fns@"2.0.0-alpha.26" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer date-fns@"2.0.0-alpha.21" from @date-io/date-fns@1.0.1
npm ERR! node_modules/@date-io/date-fns
npm ERR!   @date-io/date-fns@"1.0.1" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! See C:Users...AppDataLocalnpm-cacheeresolve-report.txt for a full report.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:Users...AppDataLocalnpm-cache_logs2022-04-24T12_44_19_589Z-debug-0.log

I even tried with npm install --legacy-peer-deps but doesn’t work. How can I fix this issue?

Answer

TL;DR

A possible solution to this problem is setting the version of date-fns to 2.0.0-alpha.21.

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Full Answer

To fix your issue, you can change the version of date-fns.

To do this, follow these steps.

1. In package.json, edit the version of date-fns with the following:

   {
     "dependencies": {
       "date-fns": "2.0.0-alpha.21"
     }
   }
   

2. Save the package.json file, and run the following command in the same directory as package.json.

   $ npm install
   

3. Your dependencies should install successfully.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, you need to change the version of date-fns to 2.0.0-alpha.21.