warning when executing npm install

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After installation of npm (version 4.1.2 on Windows 10) I executed "npm install". But I get the following warning:

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents): npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

Any ideas why?

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It clearly says it: the fsevents package is not supported on Windows, only on Darwin, so it was not installed. Carry on. - Sami Kuhmonen
Sami is right: do not fear the warning message! wanted and current objects holds the answer. - jacmoe

1 Answers

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The problem that the fsevents is module for OS X environment only. Probably your package.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json was created/updated on OS X and you are running npm install on a different OS, where fsevents should be omitted.