HARDHAT INSTALLATION PROBLEM

[moviemanrico]

I got this message after installation of Hardhat. anybody can help please?

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:915:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:963:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
at Object. (/home/cann/nft-marketplace/node_modules/hardhat/internal/cli/bootstrap.js:15:1)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)

[schaable]

Hi @moviemanrico, can you provide the steps you followed?

[moviemanrico]

in the VS Code terminal command
'npm install --save-dev hardhat'

[schaable]

Are you trying to install it in a blank project? Which OS are you using?

[moviemanrico]

Vs code on windows

[moviemanrico]

Wsl installed

[schaable]

it's an ubuntu image?

[schaable]

I have a similar setup and I'm not getting that error. Does the error show up when you run the npm install --save-dev hardhat command or are you doing anything else after that?

[moviemanrico]

I changed version and after I got this;

'\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\cann\blockchain-lessons'
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory.
UNC paths are not supported. Defaulting to Windows directory.
'hardhat' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.