I tried to install a local nodebb site (on a computer with Windows).
I downloaded the latest version of NodeBB from github:

git clone https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB NodeBB22

and then:

cd Nodebb22

Then the installation command:

nodebb

But the installation fails ...
Here is the full error log:

C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22>nodebb
package.json not found.
Populating package.json...
OK
Dependencies outdated or not yet installed.
Installing them now...

npm WARN deprecated request-promise-native@1.0.9: request-promise-native has been deprecated because it extends the now deprecated request package, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated uglify-es@3.3.9: support for ECMAScript is superseded by `uglify-js` as of v3.13.0
npm WARN deprecated popper.js@1.16.1: You can find the new Popper v2 at @popperjs/core, this package is dedicated to the legacy v1
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: 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.

> sharp@0.29.3 install C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\node_modules\sharp
> (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node install/can-compile && node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)

sharp: Using cached C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_libvips\libvips-8.11.3-win32-x64.tar.br
sharp: Creating C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\node_modules\sharp\build\Release
sharp: Copying DLLs from C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\node_modules\sharp\vendor\8.11.3\win32-x64\lib to C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\node_modules\sharp\build\Release

> core-js-pure@3.19.2 postinstall C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\node_modules\core-js-pure
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"

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npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@~2.3.2 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@2.3.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN textcomplete.contenteditable@0.1.1 requires a peer of textcomplete@^0.14.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN @apidevtools/swagger-parser@10.0.3 requires a peer of openapi-types@>=7 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

added 612 packages from 947 contributors and audited 1166 packages in 42.415s

40 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 1 moderate severity vulnerability
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
OK

2021-11-29T19:00:17.141Z [7072] - error: uncaughtException: require(...).webInstall is not a function
TypeError: require(...).webInstall is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\src\cli\index.js:110:21)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\nodebb:5:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10) {"date":"Mon Nov 29 2021 19:00:17 GMT+0000 (GMT)","error":{},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[0,0,0],"uptime":91341},"process":{"argv":["C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe","C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb"],"cwd":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22","execPath":"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe","gid":null,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":1168068,"external":3717229,"heapTotal":26152960,"heapUsed":18380200,"rss":72265728},"pid":7072,"uid":null,"version":"v14.16.1"},"stack":"TypeError: require(...).webInstall is not a function\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\src\\cli\\index.js:110:21)\n    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)\n    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)\n    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)\n    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)\n    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)\n    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb:5:1)\n    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)\n    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)","trace":[{"column":21,"file":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\src\\cli\\index.js","function":null,"line":110,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":30,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._compile","line":1063,"method":"_compile","native":false},{"column":10,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._extensions..js","line":1092,"method":".js","native":false},{"column":32,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module.load","line":928,"method":"load","native":false},{"column":14,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._load","line":769,"method":"_load","native":false},{"column":19,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module.require","line":952,"method":"require","native":false},{"column":18,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js","function":"require","line":88,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":1,"file":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb","function":null,"line":5,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":30,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._compile","line":1063,"method":"_compile","native":false},{"column":10,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._extensions..js","line":1092,"method":".js","native":false}]}
2021-11-29T19:00:17.147Z [7072] - error: uncaughtException: require(...).webInstall is not a function
TypeError: require(...).webInstall is not a function
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\src\cli\index.js:110:21)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22\nodebb:5:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10) {"date":"Mon Nov 29 2021 19:00:17 GMT+0000 (GMT)","error":{},"exception":true,"os":{"loadavg":[0,0,0],"uptime":91341},"process":{"argv":["C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe","C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb"],"cwd":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22","execPath":"C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe","gid":null,"memoryUsage":{"arrayBuffers":1168092,"external":3717293,"heapTotal":26152960,"heapUsed":18511488,"rss":73388032},"pid":7072,"uid":null,"version":"v14.16.1"},"stack":"TypeError: require(...).webInstall is not a function\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\src\\cli\\index.js:110:21)\n    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)\n    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)\n    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:928:32)\n    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:769:14)\n    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:952:19)\n    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:88:18)\n    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb:5:1)\n    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1063:30)\n    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1092:10)","trace":[{"column":21,"file":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\src\\cli\\index.js","function":null,"line":110,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":30,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._compile","line":1063,"method":"_compile","native":false},{"column":10,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._extensions..js","line":1092,"method":".js","native":false},{"column":32,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module.load","line":928,"method":"load","native":false},{"column":14,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._load","line":769,"method":"_load","native":false},{"column":19,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module.require","line":952,"method":"require","native":false},{"column":18,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js","function":"require","line":88,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":1,"file":"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\NodeBB22\\nodebb","function":null,"line":5,"method":null,"native":false},{"column":30,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._compile","line":1063,"method":"_compile","native":false},{"column":10,"file":"internal/modules/cjs/loader.js","function":"Module._extensions..js","line":1092,"method":".js","native":false}]}
C:\Users\Administrator\NodeBB22>

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