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[dire plume]

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to install payload on my macbook. I use the npx install and then npm install and npm run dev. I get the following error ... help!!!

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Error: @swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options.
You may be using an old version of swc which does not support the options used by ts-node.
Try upgrading to the latest version of swc.
Error message from swc:
Failed to deserialize buffer as swc::config::Options

Thanks in advance,
GregO

[carmine rampart]

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[proud frost]

Hello! This is fixed in the latest version - try using npx create-payload-app again.

The problem was that the newest version of ts-node installs an incorrect version of swc. Pinning it to an older version fixes it

[mighty osprey]

@proud frost which version? I was still getting the issue this morning with 2.4.0

[proud frost]

The version is the same - the problem was in the template which npx create-payload-app installed.

Alternatively just go to your package.json, and pin the version of ts-node to any lower version, then install again. That'll fix it