'Cannot run npm install on ubuntu

node: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by node)

Above is the error I get when running npm install on ubuntu. I have node version 16.13.2 and ubuntu is version 18.04.

I tried adding following to package json but it did not work.

{
        "engines": {
         "node": ">= 16.13.2"
},

I also tried the following on ubunutu command line

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libc6

but, it did not work. It says I have the latest version already that is, 2.27-3ubuntu1.5 but the error mentions 2.28 is required. Cannot find how to update.

node.jsnpmnpm-installubuntu-18.04


Solution 1:[1]

Maybe you are using latest version of node (18.0.0) . It crated same error for me . if n is installed you can fix by running sudo n stable or sudo n <node version you needed>

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