How to solve this error: "internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:638 throw err; ^"
I had a similar issue which I solved by noticing that when I followed the advice here: https://github.com/nklayman/vue-cli-plugin-electron-builder/issues/1056#issuecomment-699456515and proceeded to run npm run build which is what was giving me that error, it would work inside of the newly created project with vue create <project-name>.I had my code in a repository so I recloned it, copied the node_modules folder into my working directory and then ran it again and it worked.
If you want to update NodeJS and it is not achieving, try the nvm instead.I was trying in my Ubuntu and I used curl:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bashIf there isn't the file .bashrc, try execute: source ~/.bashrc
And then: nvm list-remote
Finally, install: nvm install v13.6.0 (That's today version - 2021).