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Installation fails

Overview​

Attempting to install npm with the following command fails: npm run setup:dev

Symptoms​

Attempting to run npm run setup:dev is not successful. An error message may, or may not, be displayed.

Cause​

The most common causes are:

  • Using unsupported versions of Node.js and or npm

  • Typescript is not installed globally

  • Installation is stopped before completion of the process.

    npm run setup:dev runs multiple processes so it will often takes longer than expected. This may cause the user to assume that the process has stopped responding.

Resolution​

We recommend doing the following:

  • Check that supported versions of node.js and npm are installed and that TypeScript is installed globally.

  • If you stopped the process in the middle, delete node modules and re-install npm as follows:

npm run clean
npm install
npm run setup:dev
note

Stopping the installation process can result in changes to the package.json. We recommend checking that Lerna did not change the file, and if it did, to discard the changes.

  • If the process failed after stage 5, check that Docker is running.

  • Ask for help on our Discord Server

Installation is slow

Additional Information​

See ReadMe

Discord Thread: npm run setup:dev takes a long time to complete