Could not proceed with gulp build in windows node 8.17

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Disclaimer

Yes

Sample

samples/react-personal-greeting

Contributor(s)

@zachroberts8668

What happened?

Facing the following error on using gulp build command

gulp build

Error Details:
\node_modules\gulp-cli\node_modules\yargs-parser\build\index.cjs:1007
throw Error(yargs parser supports a minimum Node.js version of ${minNodeVersion}. Read our version support policy: https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser#supported-nodejs-versions);
^

Error: yargs parser supports a minimum Node.js version of 10. Read our version support policy: https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser#supported-nodejs-versions
at Object. (C:\Users\s\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp-cli\node_modules\yargs-parser\build\index.cjs:1007:15)
at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
at Module.require (module.js:597:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (C:\Users\s\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp-cli\node_modules\yargs\build\index.cjs:2855:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)

Steps to reproduce

1. Give npm install command
2. gulp build - error encountered

Node Version: 8.17

(initially node 14 was used. since received an error to downgrade it to atleast 8. have reduced it)

Expected behavior

All the build should be completed successfully and should produce the relevant package for the sample

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

Developer environment

Windows

Browsers

• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Google Chrome
• FireFox
• Safari
• mobile (iOS/iPadOS)
• mobile (Android)
• not applicable
• other (enter in the "Additional environment details" area below)

What version of Node.js is currently installed on your workstation?

8.17

What version of Node.js is required by the sample?

=8.9.4 <9.0.0 || >=10.13.0 <11.0

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import { cli } from './cli/cli.js';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:617:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:204:16)
at bootstrap_node.js:625:3

Additional environment details

No response