Why do I need Python for JavaScript with NodeJS? And at that, Python2????

gulp_error.log

➜  learning_nodejs git:(main) ✗ npx glup --tasks
Cannot download "https://github.com/sass/node-sass/releases/download/v3.13.1/linux-x64-83_binding.node":

HTTP error 404 Not Found

Hint: If github.com is not accessible in your location
      try setting a proxy via HTTP_PROXY, e.g.

      export HTTP_PROXY=http://example.com:1234

or configure npm proxy via

      npm config set proxy http://example.com:8080
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp verb cli [
gyp verb cli   '/usr/bin/node',
gyp verb cli   '/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js',
gyp verb cli   'rebuild',
gyp verb cli   '--verbose',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ext=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_cflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_ldflags=',
gyp verb cli   '--libsass_library='
gyp verb cli ]
gyp info using node-gyp@3.8.0
gyp info using node@14.19.0 | linux | x64
gyp verb command rebuild []
gyp verb command clean []
gyp verb clean removing "build" directory
gyp verb command configure []
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python2" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` failed Error: not found: python2
gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp verb `which` failed     at F (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp verb `which` failed     at E (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:191:21)
gyp verb `which` failed  python2 Error: not found: python2
gyp verb `which` failed     at getNotFoundError (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:13:12)
gyp verb `which` failed     at F (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:68:19)
gyp verb `which` failed     at E (/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:80:29)
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/which/which.js:89:16
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/isexe/index.js:42:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/isexe/mode.js:8:5
gyp verb `which` failed     at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (fs.js:191:21) {
gyp verb `which` failed   code: 'ENOENT'
gyp verb `which` failed }
gyp verb check python checking for Python executable "python" in the PATH
gyp verb `which` succeeded python /usr/bin/python
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/python -c import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
gyp ERR! stack   File "<string>", line 1
gyp ERR! stack     import sys; print "%s.%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:3];
gyp ERR! stack                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gyp ERR! stack SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?
gyp ERR! stack
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:383:12)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:400:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1058:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:293:5)
gyp ERR! System Linux 5.16.18-200.fc35.x86_64
gyp ERR! command "/usr/bin/node" "/var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" "--verbose" "--libsass_ext=" "--libsass_cflags=" "--libsass_ldflags=" "--libsass_library="
gyp ERR! cwd /var/home/filbot/.npm/_npx/53265/lib/node_modules/glup/node_modules/node-sass
gyp ERR! node -v v14.19.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.8.0
gyp ERR! not ok
Build failed with error code: 1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! node-sass@3.13.1 postinstall: `node scripts/build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-sass@3.13.1 postinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /var/home/filbot/.npm/_logs/2022-04-06T15_30_51_212Z-debug.log
Install for [ 'glup@latest' ] failed with code 1

Gulpfile.js

function defaultTask (cb) {
  cb()
}

function js (cb) {
  cb()
}

exports.default = defaultTask
exports.js = js