Error: Cannot find module '@nestjs/common'

[lilac karma]

Hello guys, @plucky wadi/common does exist in node_modules, but i am still getting this error

11:36:15 AM] Starting compilation in watch mode...

[11:36:17 AM] Found 0 errors. Watching for file changes.

Error: Cannot find module '@plucky wadi/common'
Require stack:
/Users/sugarDaddy/node_modules/@nestjs/config/dist/conditional.module.js
/Users/sugarDaddy/node_modules/@nestjs/config/dist/index.js
/Users/sugarDaddy/node_modules/@nestjs/config/index.js
/Users/sugarDaddy/Desktop/code/prod/sugar/sugar-backend/dist/app.module.js
/Users/sugarDaddy/Desktop/code/prod/sugar/sugar-backend/dist/main.js
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1144:15)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:985:27)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1235:19)
at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:176:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/sugarDaddy/node_modules/@nestjs/config/dist/conditional.module.js:4:18)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1376:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1435:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1207:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1023:12)
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1235:19)

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@Injectable()
export class MySuperAwesomeService {
  constructor(@Inject('InjectionToken') private readonly dep: SomeDependency) {}

  getRandomNumber(): number {
    return Math.round(Math.random() * 1000);
  }
}

[primal turret]

show us your package.json file

[primal turret]

well, the @nestjs/* packages are locked to the same major version, which is a good sign.
can you remove the node_modules directory and install the packages again? you might have a broken package-lock.json file.

[lilac karma]

hello @primal turret yes I have done that, I deleted node_modules, I am using pnpm so I deleted pnpm -lock.yaml file as well,
I have reinstalled npm, pnpm, nestjs@cli
restarted my machine
but error persists

[flint thunder]

Please run the command npx -y @nestjs/cli info and paste the output in a code block. This will help us determine if there is a version issue in your packages and which version of nest we are triaging.

[lilac karma]

I tested it running on another machine as well, and I am getting the same errror

[lilac karma]

I created another project to test things out, and I am getting the same error

[mental ledge]

please run pnpm nest info

also run pnpm ls @nestjs/common

[lilac karma]

pnpm nest info

 _   _             _      ___  _____  _____  _     _____
| \ | |           | |    |_  |/  ___|/  __ \| |   |_   _|
|  \| |  ___  ___ | |_     | |\ `--. | /  \/| |     | |
| . ` | / _ \/ __|| __|    | | `--. \| |    | |     | |
| |\  ||  __/\__ \| |_ /\__/ //\__/ /| \__/\| |_____| |_
\_| \_/ \___||___/ \__|\____/ \____/  \____/\_____/\___/


[System Information]
OS Version     : macOS 23.1.0
NodeJS Version : v21.6.1
PNPM Version    : 8.13.1 

[Nest CLI]
Nest CLI Version : 10.3.2 

[Nest Platform Information]
platform-express version : 10.3.2
cache-manager version    : 2.2.1
mapped-types version     : 2.0.5
schematics version       : 10.1.1
mongoose version         : 10.0.4
passport version         : 10.0.3
testing version          : 10.3.2
common version           : 10.3.2
core version             : 10.3.2
jwt version              : 10.2.0
cli version              : 10.3.2

pnpm ls @plucky wadi/common

Legend: production dependency, optional only, dev only

atman-backend@0.0.1 /Users/sugarDaddy/Desktop/code/prod/sugar/sugar-backend

dependencies:
@nestjs/common 10.3.2

[mental ledge]

looks good

[lilac karma]

yes, i don't understand why it's happening ?

[mental ledge]

me neither
I'd to test it myself so please share the whole project with us

[lilac karma]

alright thanks @mental ledge
Here's the test project I created, and I keep encountering the same error.

[mental ledge]

and how can we reproduce it here?

[lilac karma]

well, initially I was using pnpm then I thought issue might be from there, so I switched to npm.
for me it's npm install and npm run start:dev

[mental ledge]

using NPM went fine here (after installing a missing dep @nestjs/config)
I don't have PNPM

so there might be something wrong in your machine, I guess

I'm using linux

[lilac karma]

I tested it on another windows machine and I got the same error, but yes it might be from my machine, I will try again

[mental ledge]

pretty weird

[lilac karma]

one more thing i noticed is, when i run the project empty, without making any changes then it works fine, but the moment i add confingModule or any other package, like winston, mongoose or anything, it gives the same error "@nest/common does not exist in node_modules" it's like it's not able to read node_modules

  ConfigModule.forRoot({
      isGlobal: true,
    }),

[lilac karma]

I did factory reset of my mac to fix the issue, and now it's resolved