I am currently working on a CLI application with NPM, but for some reason I get the following error after I package it and try running it:
> npx -y [organization]-[package]-0.0.1.tgz
node:internal/errors:496
ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
^
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\wathhr\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\9765d4346a8e56c1\node_modules\[organization]\[package]\node_modules\fs-extra\lib\index.js' imported from C:\Users\wathhr\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\9765d4346a8e56c1\node_modules\[organization]\[package]\dist\bin.js
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
at finalizeResolution (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:324:11)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:943:10)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1129:11)
at nextResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:163:28)
at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:835:30)
at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:424:18)
at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:77:40)
at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:36) {
code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
Relevant parts of the package.json:
{
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"prepare": "npm run build"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@types/fs-extra": "^11.0.1",
"@types/node": "^20.5.1",
"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.4.0",
"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.4.0",
"esbuild": "^0.19.2",
"eslint": "^8.47.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"@clack/prompts": "^0.7.0",
"command-exists": "^1.2.9",
"fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
"ts-deepmerge": "^6.2.0"
},
"bin": "dist/bin.js",
"main": "dist/bin.js",
"files": [
"dist",
"templates"
]
}
I am using esbuild to bundle the app with the following config:
{
entryPoints: ['./src/index.ts'],
outfile: './dist/bin.js',
banner: {
'js': '#!/usr/bin/env node',
},
minify: false,
bundle: true,
external: ['./node_modules/*'], // don't bundle node_modules because it causes errors
platform: 'node',
format: 'esm',
logLevel: 'info',
}
How can I fix this?
if you need more information please ask so I can provide it :)
Replacing
external: ['./node_modules/*']
in the esbuild config with
external: [
...Object.keys(pkg.devDependencies ?? {}),
...Object.keys(pkg.dependencies ?? {}),
]
fixed the issue!