cannot install node modules and getting an error in Mac M1

I'm trying to npm i in my new Mac M1 and I get the below error. Appreciate if anyone can have a look and provide a solution.

I tried several solutions, but I ended up getting the same error.

npm WARN deprecated @hapi/pinpoint@2.0.0: Moved to 'npm install @sideway/pinpoint'
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /Users/lsdinduruwage/Documents/ZP-Projects/ZIP_Portal_V2/node_modules/bufferutil
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp-build
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.13.0 | darwin | arm64
npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.13.0/node-v16.13.0-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! (node:23716) Warning: Setting the NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED environment variable to '0' makes TLS

connections and HTTPS requests insecure by disabling certificate verification.

npm ERR! (Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.13.0/node-v16.13.0-headers.tar.gz
npm ERR! gyp WARN install got an error, rolling back install
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error 
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: aborted
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at connResetException (node:internal/errors:691:14)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at TLSSocket.socketCloseListener (node:_http_client:407:19)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:402:35)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at node:net:687:12
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at TCP.done (node:_tls_wrap:580:7)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Darwin 22.2.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/Users/lsdinduruwage/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin/node" "/Users/lsdinduruwage/Documents/ZP-Projects/ZIP_Portal_V2/node_modules/.bin/node-gyp" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /Users/lsdinduruwage/Documents/ZP-Projects/ZIP_Portal_V2/node_modules/bufferutil
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/lsdinduruwage/.npm/_logs

/2023-01-04T06_09_45_617Z-debug.log

I tried npm i --force as well. I get the same error.

npm cache clean --force

or

npm cache clean

if it doesn't work then manually search the cache folder delete from ~/.npm . Maximum times it's done by npm cache clean It's work perfectly.

> After that run

npm cache verify

> After that install

npm install npm@latest -g

My problem was caused due to python version 3.. Downgraded to 2.7 and it works, after re-installing node-gyp on the version nodejs (using nvm).