# Node.js error message: unsupported engine

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [November 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983 "2023-11-05T15:12:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![techtracker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/techtracker/32/20662_2.png) [@techtracker](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/techtracker)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983/1 "2023-11-05T15:12:05Z")

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I already copied package.json and package -lock.json from my theme to project directory.

After that executed npm init, npm install.

I got the below error, when i execute npm i -g postcss-cli

Hugo Theme ( Blist-Hugo-Theme )

 ![IMG_20231105_200830_932](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/3X/d/b/db961eb8ad1e62ba07cdb28896ad1db10bdc2812.jpeg)  
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 ![IMG_20231105_201154_085](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/3X/8/2/825905980df517f625805cf4d0cdb58bd99d87a3.jpeg)

How to fix this, anyone say as soon as possible?

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983/2 "2023-11-05T15:39:44Z")

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Hugo isn’t throwing the error. Node is throwing the error, and it is telling you what is wrong. Read the error message.

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983/3 "2023-11-05T15:40:24Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/node-js-error-message-unsupported-engine/46983/4 "2023-11-07T15:40:55Z")

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