npm start fails (gulp issue: Failed to load external module @babel/register)

[yaaax]

After running npm start

I get :

> gulp server

[17:17:29] Failed to load external module @babel/register
[17:17:29] Requiring external module babel-register
gulp[80834]: ../src/node_contextify.cc:635:static void node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(const FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> &): Assertion `args[1]->IsString()' failed.
 1: 0x10003cf99 node::Abort() [/usr/local/bin/node]
 2: 0x10003bfbb node::AddEnvironmentCleanupHook(v8::Isolate*, void (*)(void*), void*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 3: 0x1000674c2 node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 4: 0x100242aaf v8::internal::FunctionCallbackArguments::Call(v8::internal::CallHandlerInfo*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 5: 0x100241c4b v8::internal::MaybeHandle<v8::internal::Object> v8::internal::(anonymous namespace)::HandleApiCallHelper<true>(v8::internal::Isolate*, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::HeapObject>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::HeapObject>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::FunctionTemplateInfo>, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Object>, v8::internal::BuiltinArguments) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 6: 0x100241667 v8::internal::Builtin_Impl_HandleApiCall(v8::internal::BuiltinArguments, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/usr/local/bin/node]
 7: 0x92b694dbe3d
 8: 0x92b6948d145
 9: 0x92b69509d9d
10: 0x92b694918d5
11: 0x92b694918d5
Abort trap: 6

Note : I've fixed the issue by downgrading gulp from 3.9.1 to 3.9.0
npm install [email protected]

[valasek]

I have the same issue. Was following the guide https://forestry.io/blog/up-and-running-with-hugo/#4-customizing-your-theme.

`npm install was ok, but

npm start

> [email protected] start
> gulp server

[19:26:54] Failed to load external module @babel/register
[19:26:54] Requiring external module babel-register
gulp[8363]: ../src/node_contextify.cc:686:static void node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>&): Assertion `args[1]->IsString()' failed.
 1: 0xa389b0 node::Abort() [gulp]
 2: 0xa38a2e  [gulp]
 3: 0xa2a8c3 node::contextify::ContextifyScript::New(v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value> const&) [gulp]
 4: 0xc248d5  [gulp]
 5: 0xc24edf  [gulp]
 6: 0xc25506 v8::internal::Builtin_HandleApiCall(int, unsigned long*, v8::internal::Isolate*) [gulp]
 7: 0x1446459  [gulp]
Aborted

I did not alter downloaded package.json, which already contains gulp is on version "gulp": "^3.9.0",.