spawn esbuild ENOENT

[JohnGurin]

> pnpm exec purs-backend-es bundle-module --no-build

node:events:497
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn esbuild ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:292:12)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn esbuild',
  path: 'esbuild',
  spawnargs: [
    '--platform=browser',
    '--format=esm',
    '--outfile=index.js',
    '--bundle',
    'C:\\Users\\John\\Documents\\purescript-2\\output-es\\Main\\index.js'
  ]
}

> pnpm ls

dependencies:
esbuild 0.20.2
purescript 0.15.15
purs-backend-es 1.4.2
spago 0.21.0

The same with npm install and npm instal --global. pnpm exec spago build works and output-es folder exists.

[natefaubion]

Does output-es/Main/index.js exist? Do you have a Main module?

[jmmaa]

Same issue here

[mister-what]

It looks like esbuild should be listed as either a dependency or, ideally, a peer dependency of purs-backend-es. To address this locally, you can manually install esbuild in your project using the following command:

npm install -D esbuild

However, this issue should be resolved directly within this project to prevent others from encountering the same problem. Would it be possible to update the package to include esbuild as a peer dependency?

[natefaubion]

The original ticket notes that esbuild is installed.