npm install fsevents on ubuntu says unsupported platform

Question

When i try npm install fsevents I get

Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.1.2:
wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
...
webpack: Failed to compile.

The server does start at localhost:4200

but all `get`s fails with cannot get

Not sure how to fix

Answer 1

I was able to fix this issue (Ubuntu 19.04) by using:

npm install node-sass

and then

npm serve

This fixed the issue and npm serve now brings up the server without error and the application functions correctly.

...
webpack: Compiled Succesfully

and now

localhost:4200 for this app works correctly