generator-jhipster: "jhipster aws" error "/node_modules/generator-jhipster/node_modules/less" not found

Overview of the issue

Error running “jhiptser aws” on multiple macOS and Linux machines.

jhispter aws


Installing AWS dependencies into your JHipster folder
events.js:182
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: ERROR! Something went wrong while installing:
warning Pattern ["uuid@^3.1.0"] is trying to unpack in the same destination "/usr/local/share/.cache/yarn/v1/npm-uuid-3.1.0-3dd3d3e790abc24d7b0d3a034ffababe28ebbc04" as pattern ["uuid@^3.0.0"]. This could result in a non deterministic behavior, skipping.
warning There appears to be trouble with your network connection. Retrying...
warning fsevents@1.1.2: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
error An unexpected error occurred: "ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat '/home/supercobra/workspace/q-cloud-jhipster/node_modules/generator-jhipster/node_modules/less'".

    at Environment.error (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/yeoman-environment/lib/environment.js:140:40)
    at child.error (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/generator-base.js:1682:18)
    at AwsFactory.shelljs.exec (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/generator-jhipster/generators/aws/lib/aws.js:21:39)
    at /usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/shelljs/src/exec.js:204:9
    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:277:5)
    at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:927:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:211:5)
Reproduce the error

Run same command: jhipster aws.

Workaround

In some cases, running npm install aws-sdk before running jhipster aws solves the issue.

JHipster Version(s)

v4.7.0

JHipster Version(s)
q@0.0.0 /home/supercobra/workspace/q-cloud-jhipster
└── (empty)
JHipster configuration, a .yo-rc.json file generated in the root folder
.yo-rc.json file 
{
  "generator-jhipster": {
    "promptValues": {
      "packageName": "com.metadot.q",
      "nativeLanguage": "en"
    },
    "jhipsterVersion": "4.6.2",
    "baseName": "q",
    "packageName": "com.metadot.q",
    "packageFolder": "com/metadot/q",
    "serverPort": "8080",
    "authenticationType": "oauth2",
    "hibernateCache": "no",
    "clusteredHttpSession": false,
    "websocket": "spring-websocket",
    "databaseType": "sql",
    "devDatabaseType": "postgresql",
    "prodDatabaseType": "postgresql",
    "searchEngine": false,
    "messageBroker": false,
    "serviceDiscoveryType": false,
    "buildTool": "gradle",
    "enableSocialSignIn": false,
    "clientFramework": "angularX",
    "useSass": false,
    "clientPackageManager": "yarn",
    "applicationType": "monolith",
    "testFrameworks": [
      "gatling",
      "protractor"
    ],
    "jhiPrefix": "jhi",
    "enableTranslation": true,
    "nativeLanguage": "en",
    "languages": [
      "en",
      "ar-ly",
      "zh-cn",
      "da",
      "nl",
      "fa",
      "fr",
      "de",
      "hi",
      "id",
      "it",
      "ja",
      "ko",
      "pl",
      "pt-br",
      "pt-pt",
      "ro",
      "ru",
      "sk",
      "sr",
      "sv",
      "th",
      "ua",
      "vi"
    ]
  }
}
JDL for the Entity configuration(s) entityName.json files generated in the .jhipster directory
JDL entity definitions 
entity SystemMessage (system_message) {
  message String required maxlength(250),
  url String maxlength(1999),
  importance Integer min(0) max(2),
  isLive Boolean,
  isClosableByUser Boolean
}



paginate SystemMessage with infinite-scroll
service SystemMessage with serviceClass
angularSuffix SystemMessage with x
Environment and Tools

java version “1.8.0_144” Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_144-b01) Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.144-b01, mixed mode)

git version 2.7.4

node: v8.4.0

npm: 5.3.0

bower: 1.8.0

gulp: [12:44:21] CLI version 1.4.0

yeoman: 2.0.0

yarn: 0.27.5

Entity configuration(s) entityName.json files generated in the .jhipster directory

N/A

Browsers and Operating System

Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya Linux 4.8.0-53-generic #56~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 16 01:18:56 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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About this issue

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  • State: closed
  • Created 7 years ago
  • Reactions: 2
  • Comments: 27 (18 by maintainers)

Commits related to this issue

Most upvoted comments

~~probably missing install part here for Yarn: https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/blob/master/generators/aws/lib/aws.js#L17~~

EDIT: forgot this comment

+3
pascalgrimaud on Sep 3, 2017

The reason was that’s how our AWS docs originally directed with npm, not a good reason 😛. I didn’t know yarn add aws-sdk or npm install aws-sdk was enough, thank you.

+1
ruddell on Sep 25, 2017

I think first step is to make aws sdk installation not silent, this way user can understand what’s wrong and report it. Similar approach as jhipster upgrade

+1
gmarziou on Sep 22, 2017

So maybe we should update the doc and do a check? Installing through the sub generator isn’t a great idea, it’s going to depend wether you use Yarn or NPM.

+1
jdubois on Sep 22, 2017

Running the commands like below works well:

yarn add aws-sdk
yarn add progress
yarn add uuid

then jhipster aws works as well.

+1
supercobra on Sep 4, 2017
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