TypeError: parse is not a function

Question

As I had installed the Font Awesome dependencies to my app and tried to run npm start right after to test it out, I received this error and it has been super brutal & difficult to resolve.

$ npm start

> [email protected] start
> react-scripts start

~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/css-select/lib/compile.js:31
        var token = parse(selector, options);
                    ^

TypeError: parse is not a function
    at compileUnsafe (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/css-select/lib/compile.js:31:14)
    at Function.compile (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/css-select/lib/compile.js:20:13)
    at new Selector (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/styles/rule/Selector.js:13:26)
    at new Rule (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/styles/Rule.js:10:21)
    at StyleSheet.module.exports.StyleSheet._setSingleRule (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/styles/StyleSheet.js:42:14)
    at StyleSheet.module.exports.StyleSheet._setRule (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/styles/StyleSheet.js:33:12)
    at StyleSheet.module.exports.StyleSheet.setRule (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/styles/StyleSheet.js:22:14)
    at Styles.module.exports.Styles._setDefaultStyles (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/Styles.js:34:25)
    at new Styles (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/renderKid/Styles.js:30:10)
    at RenderKid.module.exports.RenderKid._initStyles (~/Documents/GitHub/REACT/Portfolio/Portfolio/node_modules/renderkid/lib/RenderKid.js:53:27)

I've checked my package.json file and have my start scripts assigned correctly. I have been at it with this error for nearly a day already.

I have also checked on all my dependencies to make sure they were not outdated. Everything is up to date and still seems to be getting the error.

I have even tried to revert back a few steps from my commits but unfortunately still running into this error so I believe it has to to something with the modules

Answer 1

Try to use an older stable version instead of the new version. It worked for me.. I changed the version in packet.json and removed node_module folder and then use npm install again