nx: Cannot find module '@nrwl/linter/package.json' when running lint

Current Behavior

An error is shown when running lint command

 Cannot find module '@nrwl/linter/package.json'
   Require stack:
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\src\utils\package-json.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\src\utils\package-manager.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\bin\init-local.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\bin\nx.js
   Pass --verbose to see the stacktrace.

Expected Behavior

No error

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

upgraded from 16.6.0 to 17.0.3
run nx affected -t lint

Nx Report

Node   : 18.16.0
   OS     : win32-x64
   yarn   : 1.22.19

   nx                 : 17.0.3
   @nx/js             : 17.0.3
   @nx/jest           : 17.0.3
   @nx/linter         : 17.0.3
   @nx/eslint         : 17.0.3
   @nx/workspace      : 17.0.3
   @nx/angular        : 17.0.3
   @nx/cypress        : 17.0.3
   @nx/devkit         : 17.0.3
   @nx/eslint-plugin  : 17.0.3
   @nx/node           : 17.0.3
   @nx/plugin         : 17.0.3
   @nx/storybook      : 17.0.3
   @nrwl/tao          : 17.0.3
   @nx/web            : 17.0.3
   @nx/webpack        : 17.0.3
   typescript         : 5.1.6
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
   @compodoc/compodoc         : 1.1.21
   @ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap : 14.1.1
   @ngrx/component-store      : 16.1.0
   @ngrx/effects              : 16.1.0
   @ngrx/router-store         : 16.1.0
   @ngrx/schematics           : 16.1.0
   @ngrx/store                : 16.1.0
   @ngrx/store-devtools       : 16.1.0
   @storybook/angular         : 7.2.1
   ---------------------------------------

Failure Logs

Cannot find module '@nrwl/linter/package.json'
   Require stack:
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\src\utils\package-json.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\src\utils\package-manager.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\bin\init-local.js
   - <path>\node_modules\nx\bin\nx.js
   Pass --verbose to see the stacktrace.



### Package Manager Version

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### Operating System

- [ ] macOS
- [ ] Linux
- [X] Windows
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### Additional Information

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About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 8 months ago
Reactions: 6
Comments: 18 (6 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

We are getting the same thing.

jaibeales on Nov 6, 2023

@HerrBertling can you paste here the config for one of your apps and libs (ideally before the migration to v17) to see what is different about them that made it break the migration.

meeroslav on Nov 17, 2023

Same with us migration largely did the above to all the project files. This is the output from CI:

 >  NX   Unable to resolve @nrwl/linter:eslint.

   Cannot find module '@nrwl/linter/package.json'
   Require stack:
   - /runner/_work/frontend/frontend/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-json.js
   - /runner/_work/frontend/frontend/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-manager.js
   - /runner/_work/frontend/frontend/node_modules/nx/bin/init-local.js
   - /runner/_work/frontend/frontend/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js
   Pass --verbose to see the stacktrace.

jaibeales on Nov 7, 2023