Error: TypeError: content.replace is not a function

[ranjit-nyros]

I am trying to use requirejs-rails in my rails 5 project. Rails version: 5.2.1 Ruby version: 2.4.2

when I run rake assets:precompile

I am getting following error.

rake aborted! Asset compilation with node failed with error: Error: TypeError: content.replace is not a function at Object.jsEscape (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2907:28) at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:28325:19 at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:3058:39 at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2998:25 at Function.prim.nextTick (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:28076:9) at Object.errback (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2997:26) at Object.callback (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2983:23) at Object.then (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:3037:23) at build (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:28282:12) at runBuild (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:30290:17) at Object.execCb (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:1945:33) { originalError: TypeError: content.replace is not a function at Object.jsEscape (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2907:28) at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:30194:25 at Array.map () at Function.build.makeJsArrayString (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:30192:27) at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:30112:67 at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:3040:37 at /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2988:25 at Function.prim.nextTick (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:28076:9) at Object.callback (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:2987:26) at Object.then (/home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/bin/r.js:3037:23) } /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/lib/tasks/requirejs-rails_tasks.rake:129:in block (3 levels) in <top (required)>' /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in <top (required)>' Tasks: TOP => requirejs:precompile:all => requirejs:precompile:digestify_and_compress => requirejs:precompile:run_rjs (See full trace by running task with --trace) rake aborted! Command failed with status (1): [/home/user/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.2/bin/rub...] /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/lib/tasks/requirejs-rails_tasks.rake:18:in ruby_rake_task' /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bundler/gems/requirejs-rails-7a05a81d35f8/lib/tasks/requirejs-rails_tasks.rake:83:in block (3 levels) in <top (required)>' /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/gems/rake-13.0.1/exe/rake:27:in <top (required)>' /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:24:in eval' /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.2@gsv/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:24:in

' Tasks: TOP => assets:precompile => requirejs:precompile:external (See full trace by running task with --trace)

I am able to precompile successfully with Rails version 3. Please help me out.