node-pre-gyp error but app still functioning

[elcolie]

Software
OSX 10.13.1
node: 9.2.0
npm: 5.5.1

Questions:

1. Does node-pre-gyp server down?
   If it does. How can I fix my error?
2. Do I need to install XCode? I am now working on ReactJS not ReactNative

Thanks

Creating a new React app in /Users/sarit/study/egghead.

Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts...


> fsevents@1.1.2 install /Users/sarit/study/egghead/node_modules/fsevents
> node install

node-pre-gyp ERR! Tried to download(404): https://fsevents-binaries.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/v1.1.2/fse-v1.1.2-node-v59-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-pre-gyp ERR! Pre-built binaries not found for fsevents@1.1.2 and node@9.2.0 (node-v59 ABI) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp)
xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, but active developer directory '/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools' is a command line tools instance

  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/.node
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/fse/fsevents.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/fse.node
  COPY /Users/sarit/study/egghead/node_modules/fsevents/lib/binding/Release/node-v59-darwin-x64/fse.node
  TOUCH Release/obj.target/action_after_build.stamp

> uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@0.4.6 postinstall /Users/sarit/study/egghead/node_modules/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin
> node lib/post_install.js

+ react@16.2.0
+ react-dom@16.2.0
+ react-scripts@1.0.17
added 1266 packages in 61.113s

Success! Created egghead at /Users/sarit/study/egghead
Inside that directory, you can run several commands:

  npm start
    Starts the development server.

  npm run build
    Bundles the app into static files for production.

  npm test
    Starts the test runner.

  npm run eject
    Removes this tool and copies build dependencies, configuration files
    and scripts into the app directory. If you do this, you can’t go back!

We suggest that you begin by typing:

  cd egghead
  npm start

Happy hacking!

[hamaney]

Same issue i have

[Timer]

Many things aren't precompiled for Node 9 yet, you should be using Node 8.

This error is caused by a misconfigured development environment [when your machine tries to build the missing binary] -- see nodejs/node-gyp#569 on how to fix.

[elcolie]

@Timer Thank you. Node 8 builds without any error 👍

[hamaney]

so are u suggesting for now to:
brew uninstall node then brew install node@8 ? just making sure

[Timer]

I wouldn't suggest using Homebrew to install Node. I personally use n.

[raarts]

@Timer why? Can you explain what's wrong with homebrew install?

[gaearon]

You can’t have several versions at the same time if you install it globally (as with Homebrew).

[ghost]

What is the exact node version, as per docs here, it says Node 8. So does that mean I can use v8.13.0 or it has to be v8.0.0?

Thanks