Not able to install node@10 on mac M1 chip device

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I have a project which requires node@10 to run. I used https://brew.sh to install node@10.

I used the below command to install node@10

brew install --build-from-source node@10

It was not able to install and i got the following error.

./configure: line 3: exec: python: not found

I installed python using brew.

brew install python

The above command installed python3, so i created alias for python

alias python=python3

So, python is working. I again tried brew install --build-from-source node@10 and still getting

Wharf

Answer 1

I don't have enough rep to comment so I'll try to phrase this as an answer:

Chances are there is a messed up symlink somewhere

1. Usually you can use brew info python to troubleshoot your python install with homebrew installs.
2. Also use which python at the terminal to see the actual path to the python executable.

Prater

Output of which python -> python: aliased to python3 – Wharf

Output of which python3 -> /usr/bin/python3 – Wharf

Output if brew info python -> gist.github.com/rahul-adpushup/4e567cf0fef4676032151709c2ba505c – Wharf

i think your issue is because you aliased it instead of setting the path – Bevin

Try pyenv: github.com/pyenv/pyenv – Socialism

Answer 2

I had the same issue on MacOS 13.0.1. The only solution worked for me is, downloading node 10.x.x package from https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Fugal