make_keychain error: Module not found

[agraebe]

Describe the bug
I was trying out the Clarity Hello World tutorial (https://docs.blockstack.org/core/smart/tutorial.html#get-familiar-with-cli-optional) and ran these commands:

sudo npm install -g "https://github.com/blockstack/cli-blockstack#feature/stacks-2.0-tx"
blockstack make_keychain -t > new_keychain.txt

While the installation seems to work fine, the make_keychain errors out with a MODULE_NOT_FOUND:

Alexanders-MacBook-Pro:new-cli alexandergraebe$ blockstack make_keychain -t > new_keychain.txt
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '../lib/index'
Require stack:
- /usr/local/lib/node_modules/blockstack-cli/cmd/index.js
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:982:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:864:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1044:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:77:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/blockstack-cli/cmd/index.js:3:1)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1158:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1178:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1002:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:901:14)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:74:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [ '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/blockstack-cli/cmd/index.js' ]

[f055]

I have the exact same issue with the stacks-2.0-tx branch.

[reedrosenbluth]

Was able to reproduce this issue locally. Fixed it by wiping my globally installed npm modules:

sudo rm -rf ~/.npm-global/lib/node_modules

Then I reinstalled the CLI and it's working.

[f055]

Simply clearing the node_modules wasn't enough for my server. I was able to get the blockstack-cli make_keychain to run without problems by installing nodejs and npm via NVM (Node Version Manager), meaning:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
nvm install node
npm install -g https://github.com/blockstack/cli-blockstack#feature/stacks-2.0-tx
blockstack make_keychain -t > new_keychain.txt

[agraebe]

cc @zone117x