Error office Cannot find module '.../v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry

[elmeet]

Prerequisites

> npm install -g yo generator-office
> yo office
Error office
Cannot find module '/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry

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Expected behavior

Expect normal execution and template generation

Current behavior

Failed to execute yo office

> yo office
Error office
Cannot find module '/Users/xxx/.nvm/versions/node/v12.18.2/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry

Steps to Reproduce

1. npm install -g yo generator-office
2. yo office

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup. This is important in case the issue is not reproducible except for under certain conditions.

• Operating System: macOS 10.15.4
• Node version: 12.18.2
• Office version: 16.93(20071300)
• Tool version: 1.5.5

Failure Logs

[saschwarz]

I'm getting the same error with a freshly install node v12.16.3

> yodoctor

Yeoman Doctor
Running sanity checks on your system

✔ No .bowerrc file in home directory
✔ Global configuration file is valid
✔ NODE_PATH matches the npm root
✔ No .yo-rc.json file in home directory
✔ Node.js version
✔ npm version
✔ yo version

Everything looks all right!
+ generator-office@1.7.1
+ yo@3.1.1
added 1195 packages from 454 contributors in 21.309s

> yo
? 'Allo Steve! What would you like to do? Office

Make sure you are in the directory you want to scaffold into.
This generator can also be run with: yo office

Error  

Cannot find module '/Users/saschwarz/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry

The referenced file does not exist nor does it's parent lib directory:

/tmp/foo ➜ ls /Users/saschwarz/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js
ls: /Users/saschwarz/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/lib/main.js: No such file or directory

/tmp/foo ➜ ls /Users/saschwarz/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.3/lib/node_modules/generator-office/node_modules/office-addin-manifest/           
LICENSE      README.md    cli.js       node_modules package.json

[AGDholo]

Same error on

• nodejs v14.5.0
• windows 10 1909

Cannot find module 'C:\Users\agdho\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\generator-office\node_modules\office-addin-manifest\lib\main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry

[TCourtneyOwen]

Thanks for reporting this issue. I will look into this today and get back to you.

-Courtney

[rpfeuti]

Same problem here, windows 10, tried on Node.js 12.18.2 LTS and 14.6.0 yo office --projectType react --name "Testing" --host excel --ts true

[TCourtneyOwen]

I think it must be an issue with the new version of office-addin-manifest that was published yesterday. I noticed in the latest version there is no tsconfig contained in the package, so this would cause build of the lib file to fail. I suspect this was a problem with the NPM publishing process. I will get a new version of the package published today

[saschwarz]

@TCourtneyOwen FWIW I manually linked an old version office-addin-manifest in the installed generator-office package in node_modules and was able to progress further. Then I got the same error on office-addin-usage-data.

[FabianValenciaR]

Same problem here.

Windows Version: 10.0.18363 Build 18363 Node Version: 12.18.2 yo version: 3.1.1

Error office Cannot find module 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\generator-office\node_modules\office-addin-manifest\lib\main.js'. Please verify that the package.json has a valid "main" entry.

[TCourtneyOwen]

@saschwarz Yes something seems to have happened during lerna publish to NPM yesterday. While there were no errors thrown, the publish process seems to have failed in some way

[TCourtneyOwen]

OK, I republished all the packages I published yesterday (including office-addin-manifest) without making any changes, but the versions will be bumped up one. Yo office is now working for me locally on three different machines.

Can you all please try the following:

• npm uninstall -g yo generator-office
• npm install -g yo generator-office
• run "yo office" again

I hope this fixes things for you.

Thanks,

Courtney

[saschwarz]

I just pulled down generator-office@1.7.1 again and with office-addin-manifest@1.5.6 it works now. Thanks for resolving this so quickly!!

[TCourtneyOwen]

Awesome, glad to hear it! As far as I can tell, there just must have been some publishing hiccup to NPM yesterday that didn't return any sort of error. I merely republished and this time it appears to have worked as expected

[rpfeuti]

Is working. Thank you guys for so fast response. Best regards

[Alex-Willenbrink]

YES! THANKS FOR THE FIX

[TCourtneyOwen]

Seems like everyone is good to now. I am closing this issue.