npm does not support Node.js v16.10.0-CodePudding

when i run 'npm install npm@latest -g' script on terminal

it show the error like this

PS C:\xampp\htdocs\laravelecommerce3> npm install npm@latest -g
npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v16.10.0
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2021-09-24T19_58_30_197Z-debug.log

my node version is

v16.10.0

and my npm version is

6.9.2

Please kindly suggest and help

CodePudding user response：

Try upgrading your node.js version

nvm install latest

if that does not work, try downloading the latest version of node.js from

You can refer to below link. It has been already answered for windows system here. How can I update npm on Windows?