pnpm not working with nx - more explained inside

[iangregsondev]

Hi,

I am trying to use pnpm with nx. I have brand new project. I did a pnpm install

and it created the following .bin under node_modules (notice the missing nx)

if you look further down there is a .pnpm directory which contains it

executing NX from a nx repo that has been installed with NPM and NOT pnpm - gives the following - so it works

➜  deleteme2 git:(master) npm run nx

> deleteme2@0.0.0 nx /Users/ian/Development/Personal/typescript/deleteme2
> nx

Nx - Extensible Dev Tools for Monorepos.

But on the pnpm one

➜  instant-accounts git:(feature/initial-setup) ✗ npm run nx

> instant-accounts-ws@0.0.0 nx /Users/ian/Development/Personal/typescript/instant-accounts
> nx

sh: nx: command not found

Anybody managed to get a good workflow working with pnpm and nx ?

[FrozenPandaz]

Thank you for reporting and investigating the issue!

I see, so the issue is that @nrwl/cli is brought in by @nrwl/workspace which npm brings in to .bin but pnpm does not. To fix, @nrwl/cli should be a direct dependency. We wanted to avoid that to avoid so many dependencies when possible 🤔.

cc @vsavkin

[smasala]

For the record (if migrating to pnpm), you will need "nx": "nx" listed in your package.json under scripts

[npwork]

pnpm nx
simply returns empty line and it's not in .bin

[smitroshin]

System info:

WSL Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

Packages:

nx: v14.1.4
pnpm: v7.0.1

I installed nx globally using pnpm add -g nx.
And it works using just nx command, but I receive warning:

After, I tried two ways: pnpm nx and pnpm exec nx.

Outside nx workspace:

Inside nx workspace:

So, inside the project from some reason these commands just returns new line.
I think I need to mention that nx is listed in project devDependecies.

After removing nx from project devDependecies, nx started to execute command twice and continue to return warning even if I use pnpm exec.

[Ontic-Entity]

Having similar issues on migration attempt.

[JoshuaEN]

The "bin" field is no longer specified in the @nrwl/cli package ( #9394 ).

"bin" is still specified in the nx package:

nx/packages/nx/package.json

Line 25 in ba592f8

"nx": "./bin/nx.js"

Thus adding nx (note: not @nrwl/nx) as a direct dev dependency causes pnpm to correctly add nx to .bin, and thus should resolve the nx not found error.

[electroheadfx]

I have the same issue, "nx": "./bin/nx.js" are there, what is the advice to run pnpm with NX, locally (no work) or globally (with the warning) ?

[alexgorbatchev]

There are still issues with pnpm. Simply following NX tutorial and generating a new project then running pnpm i, nothing works in VSCode. The NX Console extension doesn't work and VSCode doesn't pick up on any types or modules. Removing node_modules and running npm i fixes all issues.

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