[BUG] npm install causes : Cannot read properties of null (reading 'explain')

[tamsler]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

npm install causes following error:

npm install
npm ERR! Cannot read properties of null (reading 'explain')

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/tpa/.npm/_logs/2022-07-27T20_38_52_724Z-debug-0.log

Expected Behavior

Install packages defined in package.json

Steps To Reproduce

Download repo
cd into repo
npm install

Environment

node bin location = /usr/local/bin/node
; node version = v16.16.0
; npm local prefix = /Users/tpa/src/cb-app-www
; npm version = 8.15.0

[fritzy]

We're going to need more steps to reproduce. What are the contents of your package.json?

[tamsler]

Here are the dependencies:

"dependencies": {
    "@mdi/font": "6.9.96",
    "jwt-decode": "^3.1.2",
    "pinia": "2.0.17",
    "roboto-fontface": "*",
    "vue": "3.2.37",
    "vue-router": "4.1.3",
    "vuetify": "^3.0.0-beta.5",
    "webfontloader": "1.6.28"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@rushstack/eslint-patch": "^1.1.4",
    "@types/jsdom": "^16.2.14",
    "@types/node": "^16.11.41",
    "@types/webfontloader": "^1.0.0",
    "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^2.3.3",
    "@vue/eslint-config-prettier": "^7.0.0",
    "@vue/eslint-config-typescript": "^11.0.0",
    "@vue/test-utils": "^2.0.2",
    "@vue/tsconfig": "^0.1.3",
    "cypress": "^10.3.0",
    "eslint": "^8.19.0",
    "eslint-plugin-cypress": "^2.12.1",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.2.0",
    "jsdom": "^20.0.0",
    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
    "prettier": "^2.7.1",
    "start-server-and-test": "^1.14.0",
    "typescript": "~4.7.4",
    "vite": "^2.9.14",
    "vite-plugin-vuetify": "^1.0.0-alpha.12",
    "vitest": "^0.18.1",
    "vue-cli-plugin-vuetify": "~2.5.1",
    "vue-tsc": "^0.38.5"
  }

[fritzy]

I'll make a quick PR to fix this edge case, but once fixed ...

❯ npm i                                     
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Found: vuetify@"^3.0.0-beta.5" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer vuetify@"^3.0.0-beta.4" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! See /Users/fritzy/.npm/eresolve-report.txt for a full report.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/fritzy/.npm/_logs/2022-07-27T21_46_00_351Z-debug-0.log

[EpicWink]

I got the same error trying to install a new dependency, running npm from Apt on Ubuntu 22.04.4:

npm i '@mikro-orm/migrations-mongodb'

Debug logs (click to expand)

0 verbose cli /usr/bin/node /usr/bin/npm
1 info using npm@9.6.7
2 info using node@v18.17.1
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 1ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 0ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 0ms
9 timing config:load:file:~/src/my-project/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 1ms
11 timing config:load:file:~/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 0ms
13 timing config:load:file:/usr/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 1ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 5ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 5ms
18 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 0ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
20 verbose title npm i @mikro-orm/migrations-mongodb
21 verbose argv "i" "@mikro-orm/migrations-mongodb"
22 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
23 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 1ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 1ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:~/.npm/_logs/2024-07-01T00_39_40_792Z-
26 verbose logfile ~/.npm/_logs/2024-07-01T00_39_40_792Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 7ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 1ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 16ms
31 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
32 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
33 silly logfile done cleaning log files
34 timing idealTree:init Completed in 683ms
35 timing idealTree:userRequests Completed in 1ms
36 silly idealTree buildDeps
37 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/migrations-mongodb@*
38 verbose shrinkwrap failed to load node_modules/.package-lock.json out of date, updated: node_modules/@mikro-orm/mongodb
39 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fmigrations-mongodb 71ms (cache hit)
40 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/core@^5.5.2
41 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fcore 17ms (cache hit)
42 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/core@^6.0.0
43 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/better-sqlite@^5.0.0
44 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fbetter-sqlite 403ms (cache hit)
45 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/entity-generator@^5.0.0
46 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fentity-generator 67ms (cache hit)
47 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/migrations@^5.0.0
48 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fmigrations 10ms (cache hit)
49 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/seeder@^5.0.0
50 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fseeder 9ms (cache hit)
51 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/mariadb@^5.0.0
52 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fmariadb 11ms (cache hit)
53 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/migrations-mongodb@^5.0.0
54 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/core@^5.0.0
55 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/mongodb@^5.0.0
56 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fmongodb 8ms (cache hit)
57 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/mysql@^5.0.0
58 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fmysql 9ms (cache hit)
59 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/postgresql@^5.0.0
60 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fpostgresql 7ms (cache hit)
61 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/sqlite@^5.0.0
62 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@mikro-orm%2fsqlite 11ms (cache hit)
63 silly fetch manifest @mikro-orm/mongodb@^5.5.3
64 timing idealTree Completed in 1556ms
65 timing command:i Completed in 1560ms
66 verbose stack TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'explain')
66 verbose stack     at #explainPeerConflict (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:1382:29)
66 verbose stack     at #failPeerConflict (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:1375:43)
66 verbose stack     at #loadPeerSet (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:1342:33)
66 verbose stack     at async #buildDepStep (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:917:11)
66 verbose stack     at async Arborist.buildIdealTree (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:196:7)
66 verbose stack     at async Promise.all (index 1)
66 verbose stack     at async Arborist.reify (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:159:5)
66 verbose stack     at async Install.exec (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:147:5)
66 verbose stack     at async module.exports (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli.js:89:5)
67 verbose cwd ~/src/my-project
68 verbose Linux 6.5.0-41-generic
69 verbose node v18.17.1
70 verbose npm  v9.6.7
71 error Cannot read properties of null (reading 'explain')
72 verbose exit 1
73 timing npm Completed in 1670ms
74 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1719794380901
75 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:loadTrees 1719794380903
76 verbose unfinished npm timer idealTree:buildDeps 1719794381588
77 verbose unfinished npm timer idealTree:#root 1719794381588
78 verbose code 1
79 error A complete log of this run can be found in: ~/.npm/_logs/2024-07-01T00_39_40_792Z-debug-0.log

package.json (click to expand)

{
  "name": "@my-org/my-project",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nx serve",
    "build": "nx build",
    "gen-spec": "nx gen-spec",
    "lint": "nx lint",
    "test": "nx test",
    "test:app1:scenario1:end-to-end": "ts-node --esm --project ./apps/app1/tsconfig.spec.json ./apps/app1/test/scenario1.e2e.ts"
  },
  "private": true,
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nestjs/cli": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/schematics": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/testing": "^9.0.0",
    "@nrwl/cli": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/eslint-plugin-nx": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/jest": "^15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/js": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/linter": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/nest": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/node": "15.0.3",
    "@nrwl/workspace": "15.0.3",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.13",
    "@types/jest": "28.1.1",
    "@types/node": "16.11.7",
    "@types/passport-azure-ad": "^4.3.1",
    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.11",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.0.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.0.0",
    "aws-sdk-client-mock": "^3.0.0",
    "eslint": "^8.0.1",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
    "jest": "28.1.1",
    "jest-environment-jsdom": "28.1.1",
    "jest-junit": "^15.0.0",
    "nx": "15.0.3",
    "prettier": "^2.6.2",
    "source-map-support": "^0.5.20",
    "supertest": "^6.1.3",
    "swagger-ui-express": "^4.4.0",
    "ts-jest": "28.0.5",
    "ts-loader": "^9.2.3",
    "ts-node": "10.9.1",
    "tsconfig-paths": "4.0.0",
    "typescript": "~4.8.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "^3.405.0",
    "@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb": "^3.405.0",
    "@azure/cosmos": "^3.17.3",
    "@azure/identity": "^3.1.3",
    "@azure/keyvault-secrets": "^4.6.0",
    "@azure/service-bus": "^7.7.2",
    "@azure/storage-blob": "^12.13.0",
    "@mikro-orm/core": "^5.5.2",
    "@mikro-orm/mongodb": "^5.5.3",
    "@mikro-orm/nestjs": "^5.1.2",
    "@nestjs/common": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/config": "^2.2.0",
    "@nestjs/core": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/event-emitter": "^1.3.1",
    "@nestjs/mapped-types": "*",
    "@nestjs/passport": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^9.0.0",
    "@nestjs/swagger": "^6.0.5",
    "@opentelemetry/auto-instrumentations-node": "^0.36.6",
    "ajv": "^8.11.2",
    "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
    "applicationinsights": "^3.0.0-beta.4",
    "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
    "class-validator": "^0.13.2",
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    "nestjs-pino": "^3.2.0",
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    "passport": "^0.6.0",
    "passport-azure-ad": "^4.3.4",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
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    "tslib": "^2.3.0"
  }
}