Error when starting the eq-author frontend component

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Expected behaviour

Expected to be able to run yarn install for eq-author frontend and then start the app.

Actual behaviour

Getting the following exception:

CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpr/deps/grpc/src/core/lib/gprpp/thd_posix.o
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpr/deps/grpc/src/core/lib/gprpp/thd_windows.o
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpr/deps/grpc/src/core/lib/profiling/basic_timers.o
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/gpr/deps/grpc/src/core/lib/profiling/stap_timers.o
AR(target) Release/obj.target/libgpr.a
COPY Release/libgpr.a
CXX(target) Release/obj.target/grpc_node/ext/byte_buffer.o
In file included from ../node_modules/nan/nan_converters.h:67:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:222,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h: In static member function ‘static Nan::imp::ToFactoryBasev8::Boolean::return_t Nan::imp::ToFactoryv8::Boolean::convert(v8::Localv8::Value)’:
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h:18:51: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::Value::ToBoolean(v8::Localv8::Context)’
val->To ## TYPE(isolate->GetCurrentContext())
^
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h:22:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘X’
X(Boolean)
^
In file included from /home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/node.h:63:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:53,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:3086:18: note: candidate: v8::Localv8::Boolean v8::Value::ToBoolean(v8::Isolate*) const
Local ToBoolean(Isolate* isolate) const;
^~~~~~~~~
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:3086:18: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘v8::Localv8::Context’ to ‘v8::Isolate*’
In file included from ../node_modules/nan/nan_converters.h:67:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:222,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h: In static member function ‘static Nan::imp::ValueFactoryBase::return_t Nan::imp::ToFactory::convert(v8::Localv8::Value)’:
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h:37:57: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::Value::BooleanValue(v8::Localv8::Context)’
return val->NAME ## Value(isolate->GetCurrentContext());
^
../node_modules/nan/nan_converters_43_inl.h:40:1: note: in expansion of macro ‘X’
X(bool, Boolean)
^
In file included from /home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/node.h:63:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:53,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:3096:8: note: candidate: bool v8::Value::BooleanValue(v8::Isolate*) const
bool BooleanValue(Isolate* isolate) const;
^~~~~~~~~~~~
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:3096:8: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘v8::Localv8::Context’ to ‘v8::Isolate*’
In file included from ../node_modules/nan/nan_new.h:189:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:223,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
../node_modules/nan/nan_implementation_12_inl.h: In static member function ‘static Nan::imp::FactoryBasev8::StringObject::return_t Nan::imp::Factoryv8::StringObject::New(v8::Localv8::String)’:
../node_modules/nan/nan_implementation_12_inl.h:356:37: error: no matching function for call to ‘v8::StringObject::New(v8::Localv8::String&)’
return v8::StringObject::New(value).Asv8::StringObject();
^
In file included from /home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/node.h:63:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:53,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:6196:23: note: candidate: static v8::Localv8::Value v8::StringObject::New(v8::Isolate*, v8::Localv8::String)
static Local New(Isolate* isolate, Local value);
^~~
/home/ec2-user/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/v8.h:6196:23: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
In file included from ../node_modules/nan/nan_new.h:189:0,
from ../node_modules/nan/nan.h:223,
from ../ext/byte_buffer.cc:21:
../node_modules/nan/nan_implementation_12_inl.h:356:58: error: expected primary-expression before ‘>’ token
return v8::StringObject::New(value).Asv8::StringObject();
^
../node_modules/nan/nan_implementation_12_inl.h:356:60: error: expected primary-expression before ‘)’ token
return v8::StringObject::New(value).Asv8::StringObject();
^
At global scope:
cc1plus: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-Wno-cast-function-type’ [-Werror]
cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [Release/obj.target/grpc_node/ext/byte_buffer.o] Error 1
make: Leaving directory /home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/build' gyp ERR! build error gyp ERR! stack Error: make` failed with exit code: 2
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onExit (/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/build.js:194:23)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.262-200.489.amzn2.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node" "/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "build" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library" "--module=/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v93-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node" "--module_name=grpc_node" "--module_path=/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v93-linux-x64-glibc" "--napi_version=8" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=0" "--node_napi_label=node-v93"
gyp ERR! cwd /home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc
gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1
gyp ERR! not ok
node-pre-gyp ERR! build error
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute '/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node /home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v93-linux-x64-glibc/grpc_node.node --module_name=grpc_node --module_path=/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/src/node/extension_binary/node-v93-linux-x64-glibc --napi_version=8 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=0 --node_napi_label=node-v93' (1)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/compile.js:83:29)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1092:16)
node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5)
node-pre-gyp ERR! System Linux 4.14.262-200.489.amzn2.x86_64
node-pre-gyp ERR! command "/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node" "/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc/node_modules/.bin/node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" "--library=static_library"
node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd /home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-author/node_modules/grpc
node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v0.12.0
node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok
Failed to execute '/home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/bin/node /home/ec2-user/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js build --fallback-to-build --library=static_library --module=/home/ec2-user/environment/eq-author-app/eq-autho

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

git clone https://github.com/ONSdigital/eq-author-app.git
cd eq-author-app/
yarn install

Technical information

Browser

Operating System

Amazon Linux 2. Also I've tried with MacOS 12.2

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