Node v21: rimraf module not found

[its-dibo]

• I have searched for similar issues
• I am using the latest version of npm-check-updates
• I am using node >= 14.14

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when I run npx npm-check-updates on Node v21 I got Error: Cannot find module 'node_modules/npm-check-updates/node_modules/rimraf/dist/commonjs/index.js'

[raineorshine]

That looks like some kind of npm install error. I'm able to do npx npm-check-updates on Node v21 without an error:

raine[template]% node -v
v21.6.1
raine[template]% npx npm-check-updates
Need to install the following packages:
[email protected]
Ok to proceed? (y)
npm WARN deprecated @npmcli/[email protected]: This functionality has been moved to @npmcli/fs
Checking /Users/raine/projects/ncu-issues/template/package.json
[====================] 2/2 100%

 ncu-test-tag   1.0.0  →   1.1.0
 ncu-test-v2   ^1.0.0  →  ^2.0.0

Run npx npm-check-updates -u to upgrade package.json

I would try clearing the npx cache and see if that helps.

[its-dibo]

related, but still not working
#1372

[raineorshine]

It's not related to #1372, as that change has not been published.

[its-dibo]

waiting for the new version to see if it solves the issue

[raineorshine]

Does the same problem also occur when you do npm install -g npm-check-updates and run ncu?

[ZaLiTHkA]

if I'm not mistaken, if a particular package is not already installed, npx will install that package and it's dependencies list, but not it's devDependencies list...

I think this is happening because npm-check-updates has everything listed under devDependencies, so perhaps the fix here is to shift the "runtime packages" to to the dependencies list?

That looks like some kind of npm install error. I'm able to do npx npm-check-updates on Node v21 without an error...

to be fair, you (@raineorshine) would most likely already have rimraf available in your environment, this particular scenario would only occur in relatively clean environments.

[raineorshine]

@ZaLiTHkA You're looking at the main branch, which has not yet been published. The v16 branch does include rimraf in its dependencies.

The new vite build bundles all dependencies in the published package, so the normal dependencies/devDependencies distinction does not apply.