Strapi alpha.6 cannot create new project. strapi-generate-admin missing

[rewop]

I installed strapi with yarn in my local repo.

When running:

yarn strapi new my-project

I get the following error:

 Error: Error: Failed to load `admin`... (Error: Cannot find module '/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/strapi/node_modules/strapi-generate-admin')
        at parseTarget (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/strapi-generate/lib/target.js:248:15)
        at async.until.asyncCb (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/strapi-generate/lib/target.js:45:7)
        at whilst (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5200:5)
        at Object.until (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:5226:5)
        at generateTarget (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/strapi-generate/lib/target.js:40:9)
        at async.eachSeries (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/strapi-generate/lib/generate.js:116:13)
        at /Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3083:16
        at replenish (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:946:17)
        at /Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:950:9
        at eachLimit$1 (/Users/rewop/cms-test/node_modules/async/dist/async.js:3169:24)

It looks like the package strapi-generate-admin is not installed correctly

Node.js version:
8.7.0 **yarn version**: v1.2.1**Strapi version**:3.0.0-alpha.6.4`
Operating system:
Mac OSx

[soupette]

Could you try to install Strapi with npm (version 5.3.0) and run strapi new my-project instead?

[rewop]

With npm (5.4.2 in my case) I have the same error. To note I am installing strapi locally and not globally. So with npm I run

./node_modules/.bin/strapi new my-project

and the error is the same. This is because strapi-generate-admin is installed in node_modules folder, and not node_modules/strapi/node_modules.

Instead if I install globally with npm it works correctly, but I have the same error if I install globally with yarn,

So the problem is when I install the strapi utility locally with npm, or when I install it with yarn.

[rewop]

Quickly looking at the code I wonder why a module declared in package.json is loaded with relative path?

strapi/packages/strapi-generate/lib/target.js

Lines 224 to 240 in acb2b57

	if (!subGenerator) {
	try {
	subGenerator = require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules', module));
	} catch (e1) {
	requireError = e1;
	}
	}
	// If we couldn't find a generator using the configured module,
	// try requiring `strapi-generate-<module>` to get the core generator.
	if (!subGenerator && !module.match(/^strapi-generate-/)) {
	try {
	subGenerator = require(path.resolve(scope.strapiRoot, 'node_modules', 'strapi-generate-' + module));
	} catch (e1) {
	requireError = e1;
	}
	}

I think the problem is related to those lines.

[ghost]

I'm still experiencing this bug. Shall I open a new one?

[nix-shell:~/backend]$ npm install strapi@alpha
npm WARN deprecated sprintf@0.1.5: The sprintf package is deprecated in favor of sprintf-js.
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/backend/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/backend/package.json'
npm WARN backend No description
npm WARN backend No repository field.
npm WARN backend No README data
npm WARN backend No license field.

+ strapi@3.0.0-alpha.12.0.1
added 339 packages in 17.476s

[nix-shell:~/backend]$ ./node_modules/.bin/strapi new backend
[2018-04-23T22:24:23.785Z] info Creating your application... It might take a few seconds.
[2018-04-23T22:24:23.934Z] info Lets configurate the connection to your database:
 Choose your main database: MongoDB (highly recommended)
 Database name: strapi
 Host: 127.0.0.1
 Port: 27017
 Username:
 Password:
 Authentication database:
 Enable SSL connection: false
[2018-04-23T22:24:34.231Z] info Testing database connection...
[2018-04-23T22:24:35.097Z] info The app has been connected to the database successfully!
[2018-04-23T22:24:35.208Z] info Copying the dashboard...
[2018-04-23T22:24:35.226Z] error Error: Failed to load `admin`... (Error: Cannot find module '/home/user/backend/node_modules/strapi/node_modules/strapi-generate-admin')

[nix-shell:~/backend]$ node --version; npm --version
v9.11.1
5.6.0

[nix-shell:~/backend]$ yarn global list
yarn global v1.5.1
info "vue-cli@2.9.3" has binaries:
   - vue
   - vue-init
   - vue-list
Done in 0.88s.

Does anyone have an idea what's going on there? Could we re-open this issue, @Aurelsicoko? Or should I open a new one?

[ghost]

The PR #317 is included in strapi@3.0.0-alpha.12.0.1, right?

[leolara]

I have the same issue today. My yarn installation said I got 3.0.0-alpha.14.2

[lauriejim]

Try with npm please.

[wision]

Still same issue with 3.0.0-alpha.14.4.0 and npm. (the problem was that I didn't install it globally, which sucks tbh)

[Aurelsicoko]

You're right, we should also support local installation. However, I would suggest making a PR to support local installation because it's not one of our priorities for now.

[lauriejim]

In this case (for non global installation), you can use npx

[schabluk]

Having the same problem with 3.0.0-alpha.19.

[lauriejim]

If you are using Yarn, it's not supported by Strapi so switch to npm.
More information here https://github.com/strapi/strapi/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions