Error on Running The Server Locally

[phoenixml]

Hi All,
I am trying to run the server locally on ubuntu I install nmp and nodejs latest releases and run the blow command and getting this error any idea why?

npm run dev-server

[email protected] dev-server
webpack serve --mode development

[webpack-cli] Failed to load '/home/ml/Downloads/MHA-main/webpack.config.js' config
[webpack-cli] /home/user/Downloads/MHA-main/node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/index.js:78
if (metaConfig.config?.loaders) {
^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:915:16)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:963:27)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1027:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:863:32)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:708:14)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:887:19)
at Module.patchedRequire [as require] (/home/ml/Downloads/MHA-main/node_modules/diagnostic-channel/dist/src/patchRequire.js:14:46)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
at Object. (/home/ml/Downloads/MHA-main/node_modules/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/lib/plugin.js:27:23)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:999:30)

Appreciated your help in advance, thank you :)