pnpm install fails with ERR_PNPM_PREPARE_PKG_FAILURE

[AbhinavMV]

pnpm version: 7.20.0

Code to reproduce the issue:

https://github.com/web3ui/web3uikit this is the mono repo on which I am facing the issue

Expected behavior:

pnpm install should install all dependencies without any error

Actual behavior:

pnpm install command fails with errors in GitHub action

Additional information:

I have solved the issue with hardcoding the pnpm version to 7.11.0

Github actions run for node version 14 and 16 for windows,macOS and linux

• node -v prints: tried with 14 and 16
• Windows, macOS, or Linux?: all

[inglkruiz]

Using v7.19.0 still works for me

[AbhinavMV]

yes, I saw this problem with v7.20.0 and reverted back to the last version I was sure it would work which is 7.11.0. Did not spend time testing other versions 🙂

Thanks for checking and letting me know @inglkruiz 🙌🏻

[zkochan]

pnpm v7.20 runs the prepublish script to build any githosted dependencies (as requested in #5826).

In your case, there is a githosted dependency, the ethereumjs-abi from https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-abi
And the prepublish script of the package fails with this error:

[AbhinavMV]

@zkochan Thanks for letting me know.
Is there a workaround to avoid this? or a way to fix this error in the repo? Since in my case everything was running perfectly before the new update.
or do I have to wait for the maintainers of ethereumjs-abi to fix this?

[RoyRao2333]

Getting this error too.

Not sure where did yarn come from?

Switch back to 7.19.0 for now... 😔

[zkochan]

You have a git-hosted dependency that has a prepublishOnly script and uses yarn as a package manager.

Installing Yarn globally might fix the issue.

[RoyRao2333]

You have a git-hosted dependency that has a prepublishOnly script and uses yarn as a package manager.

Installing Yarn globally might fix the issue.

Thanks for the reply. :)

Yes, I already have Yarn installed globally, and still got this error...

Anyway, hope this issue can be fixed somehow... 😊

[toniengelhardt]

Also managed to resolve it by downgrading pnpm to 7.19.0, but a fix would be amazing. Also using @wagmi/core btw.

[ghost]

This is still an issue for us, I'm using a git-hosted dependency with a prePublishOnly script and the output is the follwing:

Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
Progress: resolved 18, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
Progress: resolved 22, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
Progress: resolved 26, reused 0, downloaded 7, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 16, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 19, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 23, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 25, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 29, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 30, added 0
Progress: resolved 31, reused 0, downloaded 31, added 0
 ERR_PNPM_PREPARE_PKG_FAILURE  Command failed with exit code 1: npm install

I downgraded to 7.19.0 but still failing.

[Dzhuneyt]

@carlos-mta closed issues receive less exposure and are unlikely to be spotted by maintainers. I suggest you open a new issue with minimal reproducable example and link it to this one as further reference.