Error occurs on initialization with picking `pnpm`

[oliver139]

Environment

• Operating System: Darwin
• Node Version: v22.13.0
• Nuxt Version: -
• CLI Version: 3.19.1
• Nitro Version: -
• Package Manager: pnpm@9.15.3
• Builder: -
• User Config: -
• Runtime Modules: -
• Build Modules: -

Reproduction

N/A

Describe the bug

As the docs mentioned, I tried to init my nuxt project with pnpm dlx nuxi@latest init project-name
Then it asked > Which package manager would you like to use? and I picked pnpm
And then I got Error: spawn corepack ENOENT

Additional context

1. I installed my Node.js by pnpm env
2. If I picked npm instead, it has no error.
3. Already tried reinstalling pnpm

Logs

❯ pnpm dlx nuxi@latest init project-name

✔ Which package manager would you like to use?
pnpm
◐ Installing dependencies...                                                                                           nuxi 1:06:46 AM

 ERROR  Error: spawn corepack ENOENT

[rafazafar]

@oliver139 are you still having this issue with latest nuxi ?
im failing to replicate your issue with pnpm.
Mind sharing your corepack details as well. which corepack corepack --version

• Node Version: v22.13.0
• Nuxt Version: 3.15.1
• CLI Version: 3.20.0
• Nitro Version: 2.10.4
• Package Manager: pnpm@9.15.3

[oliver139]

@oliver139 are you still having this issue with latest nuxi ? im failing to replicate your issue with pnpm. Mind sharing your corepack details as well. which corepack corepack --version

* Node Version:     v22.13.0

* Nuxt Version:     3.15.1

* CLI Version:      3.20.0

* Nitro Version:    2.10.4

* Package Manager:  pnpm@9.15.3

Oops sorry that my log above is not clear, I actually used pnpm dlx nuxi@latest to initialize the project.
So yes, I am still having issue with latest nuxi

And about corepack. As I install the NodeJS via pnpm env, no corepack is included, which is also mentioned in the PNPM docs (https://pnpm.io/cli/env):

pnpm env does not include the binaries for Corepack. If you want to use Corepack to install other package managers, you need to install it separately (e.g. pnpm add -g corepack).

However, there are old closed issues that mentioned about this problem, which are:

• Nuxt 3 install issues #132
• corepack ENOENT pnpm dlx nuxi@latest init #160

Where @pi0 said this should be already fixed in a previous release:

In latest release (3.8.2) we have added a fallback mechanism when corepack is not installed. Let me know if still having issues to reopen.

So I think there may be some recent changes overwritten the fix?

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Hello @pi0, I saw your new comment in issue nuxt/nuxt#160 and I have provided the info you requesting on above, hope it helps

[oliver139]

I just tried that the initialization using pnpm was still smooth on nuxi@3.15.0, and it broke since nuxi@3.16.0.

[danielroe]

This may be caused by moving entirely to nypm in #618.

We could reconsider or add back the code to handle non-corepack installs, or maybe use something like @antfu/ni to cover this.