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=Failed to Launch Previously Installed Strapi Instance=
The most likely solution is to run:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
~bash > npm rebuild
</syntaxhighlight>

=First Time Installation=
One should know that [[Strapi]] works in Mac OS For the '''Mac OS Ventura 13.1''' and above with '''node 18.13.0''' and '''npm 8.19.3'''.
However, when installing Strapi v. 4.6.1, is common to observe problems with Strapi Installation, it often fails by telling users about '''node-gyp''' and '''better-sqlite3''' failed to install:
{{Blockquote
|text=
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! better-sqlite3@7.4.6 install: prebuild-install || npm run build-release
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the better-sqlite3@7.4.6 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\nazaq\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2023-01-08T19_37_35_134Z-debug.log

Keep trying!

Oh, it seems that you encountered errors while installing dependencies in your project.
Don’t give up, your project was created correctly.
Fix the issues mentioned in the installation errors and try to run the following command:

cd C:\Users\nazaq\OneDrive\Documents\Business\Strapi\project\backend && npm install
|sign=[https://forum.strapi.io/t/errors-when-installing-strapi-npx-create-strapi-app-latest-my-project/17744/11 This error message is an excerpt from Strapi.io Website]
}}

After facing the same problem many times, I realized that the best way is to remove the node installation files on your system, and then reinstall Strapi.

One may follow the instruction from [[ChatGPT]]:

1. Remove any Node.js versions installed on your system:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/{npm*,node*,man1/node*}
</syntaxhighlight>
2. Remove the Node.js package manager (npm) cache:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
sudo rm -rf ~/.npm
</syntaxhighlight>
3. Remove any global npm packages you have installed:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
npm ls -g --depth=0
sudo npm rm -g <package-name>
</syntaxhighlight>

Note that you must go back to the Strapi app directory to remove the ```node_modules``` directory, then run:
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
yarn install
</syntaxhighlight>
This procedure seems to better fix the problem of Strapi installation.