nx.dev creating first app failure with cannot find module

Question

In trying out nx.dev, I ran this command

npx nx generate @nrwl/node:app ghApi

and received this error

Unable to resolve @nrwl/node:app.
Cannot find module '@nrwl/node/package.json'
Require stack:
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev-workspace/node_modules/nx/src/utils/nx-plugin.js
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev- workspace/node_modules/nx/src/config/workspaces.js
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev-workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command- line/generate.js
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev-workspace/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.js
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev-workspace/node_modules/nx/bin/init-local.js
- /Users/dean/workspace/gazehealth/nxdev-workspace/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js

I simply followed instructions from https://nx.dev/getting-started/nx-and-typescript any ideas?

odd, they close the issue without fixing the documentation. ok, thanks!!! I did not stumble on that one when I was googling around. — Dean Hiller, Jun 09 '22 at 09:22

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '22 at 16:56

I had a similar issue.

Try: nx report

You will see something like this:

 >  NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

   Node : 16.15.0
   OS   : darwin x64
   npm  : 8.5.5
   
   nx : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/angular : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/cypress : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/detox : Not Found
   @nrwl/devkit : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx : Not Found
   @nrwl/express : Not Found
   @nrwl/jest : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/js : Not Found
   @nrwl/linter : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/nest : Not Found
   @nrwl/next : Not Found
   @nrwl/node : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-cloud : Not Found
   @nrwl/nx-plugin : Not Found
   @nrwl/react : Not Found
   @nrwl/react-native : Not Found
   @nrwl/schematics : Not Found
   @nrwl/storybook : 14.2.2
   @nrwl/web : Not Found
   @nrwl/workspace : 14.2.2
   typescript : 4.7.3

In my case @nrwl/node was "not found"

So I just Installed it with: npm i @nrwl/node

And after that, the nx g @nrwl/node:app MyAppName worked.

I hope this can help!

This solved the issue for me as well - in my case I was trying to create a react library with `npx nx generate @nx/react:library react-sdk`, but I had to install `@nx/react` as a devDep first. — Drew Daniels, May 03 '23 at 01:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '23 at 06:38

These issues are sometimes related to node versions. Check which node version you used to install the dependencies.

In my case, I used node 14 instead of node 16

After the node upgrade and reinstalling of all the node packages, the application did work fine.

nx.dev creating first app failure with cannot find module

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