Why when I install yo [for VSC extension] I get an error?

Question

I run this command npm install -g yo generator-code to create a new VSC extension

error:

$ npm install -g yo generator-code
npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v15.3.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: '@npmcli/[email protected]',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v15.3.0', npm: '8.1.3' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: '[email protected]',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v15.3.0', npm: '8.1.3' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: '@npmcli/[email protected]',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v15.3.0', npm: '8.1.3' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine {
npm WARN EBADENGINE   package: '@npmcli/[email protected]',
npm WARN EBADENGINE   required: { node: '^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16' },
npm WARN EBADENGINE   current: { node: 'v15.3.0', npm: '8.1.3' }
npm WARN EBADENGINE }
npm notice Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to the npm registry - including for package installation - must use TLS 1.2 or higher. You are currently using plaintext http to connect. Please visit the GitHub blog for more information: https://github.blog/2021-08-23-npm-registry-deprecating-tls-1-0-tls-1-1/
npm notice Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to the npm registry - including for package installation - must use TLS 1.2 or higher. You are currently using plaintext http to connect. Please visit the GitHub blog for more information: https://github.blog/2021-08-23-npm-registry-deprecating-tls-1-0-tls-1-1/
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\git\bin\bash.exe
npm ERR! path C:\Users\ARTURALA\npm\node_modules\yo
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent spawn C:\Program Files (x86)\git\bin\bash.exe ENOENT
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\ARTURALA\scoop\persist\nodejs\cache\_logs\2021-11-12T12_51_46_321Z-debug.log

npm version: 8.1.3

node version: v15.3.0

Answer 1

Update your node version, either at https://nodejs.org/ or:

npm i node