Can not install laravel-elixir

Question

I am trying to install laraval-elixir using npm, but I still got the same error when I try to do so. I tried to install older versions, I updated node-gyp to the latest version and I even installed node-sass, but I am still getting the same following error :

npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\node-sass
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/build.js
npm ERR! Building: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js rebuild --verbose --libsass_ext= --libsass_cflags= --libsass_ldflags= --libsass_library=
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp verb cli [
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\ecommerce\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
npm ERR! gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library='
npm ERR! gyp verb cli ]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected]
npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp verb command rebuild []
npm ERR! gyp verb command clean []
npm ERR! gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
npm ERR! gyp verb command configure []
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed  python2 Error: not found: python2
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:13:12)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at F (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:68:19)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at E (C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:80:29)
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\which\which.js:89:16
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\isexe\index.js:42:5
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\isexe\windows.js:36:5
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:198:21) {
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` failed }
npm ERR! gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
npm ERR! gyp verb `which` succeeded python C:\Python39\python.EXE
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: C:\Python39\python.EXE -c import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack   File "<string>", line 1
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack                       ^
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack SyntaxError: invalid syntax
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:397:12)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:301:5)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22563
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\ecommerce\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_l
ibrary="
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce\node_modules\node-sass
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! Build failed with error code: 1

Here are the dependencies

PS: I installed node-sass but the problems still occur when I try to install laravel-elixir, even though I tried to install older versions.

Answer 1

I installed NVM and used it to install both the LTS and version 14.12.0, which I am now using for the project. This version stopped the occurring issue and was able to install laravel-elixir. Thanks to the folks who helped me in the comments. This is the Github page of NVM