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npm error

Hi, I am using laravel 5.8 and while installing npm, npm install i got this error. my node version is v15.10.0. Please help me


npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes


npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes

npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN reify invalid or damaged lockfile detected
npm WARN reify please re-try this operation once it completes
npm WARN reify so that the damage can be corrected, or perform
npm WARN reify a fresh install with no lockfile if the problem persists.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: The querystring API is considered Legacy. new code should use the URLSearchParams API instead.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: support for ECMAScript is superseded by `uglify-js` as of v3.13.0
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Deprecated. Please use https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Critical security vulnerability fixed in v0.21.1. For more information, see https://github.com/axios/axios/pull/3410
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: core-js@<3.3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Because of the V8 engine whims, feature detection in old core-js versions could cause a slowdown up to 100x even if nothing is polyfilled. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js.
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/ranjeetkarki/Sites/snapforms/node_modules/pngquant-bin
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node lib/install.js
npm ERR! node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:926
npm ERR!   throw err;
npm ERR!   ^
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Error: Cannot find module 'safe-buffer'
npm ERR! Require stack:
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/tar-stream/node_modules/bl/bl.js
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/tar-stream/extract.js
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/tar-stream/index.js
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/decompress-tar/index.js
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/pngquant-bin/node_modules/decompress/index.js
npm ERR! - /Users/ranjeetkarki/Sites/project/node_modules/pngquant-bin/node_modules/bin-build/index.js
npm ERR! - /Users/raj/Sites/project/node_modules/pngquant-bin/lib/install.js
npm ERR!     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:923:15)
npm ERR!     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:768:27)
npm ERR!     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:995:19)
npm ERR!     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:92:18)
npm ERR!     at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/ranjeetkarki/Sites/snapforms/node_modules/tar-stream/node_modules/bl/bl.js:3:20)
npm ERR!     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1091:14)
npm ERR!     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1120:10)
npm ERR!     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:971:32)
npm ERR!     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:812:14)
npm ERR!     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:995:19) {
npm ERR!   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
npm ERR!   requireStack: [
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