Error Running pnpm dev on VSCode with Docker

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A community member encountered an error while running pnpm dev in VSCode with Docker, indicating missing node_modules. They attempted to resolve it by trying pnpm install node_modules -w, which was an improvised solution that didn't work. The error suggested that node_modules was missing and needed to be installed.

While there were references to documentation in the webstudio-community GitHub repository for contributing developers, the issue persisted even when following the VSCode-specific instructions. Another community member reported having the same issue, but after two hours of attempting both VSCode and non-VSCode methods, they were unable to resolve the problem and gave up.

No solution was found, and the community member with VSCode expertise was unavailable at the time.

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ddigizone

Hi all, I get an error while running pnpm dev on VSCode (selfhosting with docker). The error is:

node ➜ /workspaces/webstudio $ pnpm dev

webstudio-root@0.0.0 dev /workspaces/webstudio
pnpm --filter='@webstudio-is/builder' dev

@webstudio-is/builder@0.0.0 dev /workspaces/webstudio/apps/builder
remix vite:dev

sh: 1: remix: not found
/workspaces/webstudio/apps/builder:
ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_RUN_FIRST_FAIL @webstudio-is/builder@0.0.0 dev: remix vite:dev
spawn ENOENT
WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?
ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.

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BBogdan

WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

ddigizone

I tried to install that with

pnpm install node_modules -w

but it failed

BBogdan

Where did you find this command?

ddigizone

I invented it lol

ddigizone

I do not know how to install those node_modules

BBogdan

https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio-community/blob/main/docs/contributing/contributing-for-developers.md

ddigizone

The error I got is

ERR_PNPM_ADDING_TO_ROOT Running this command will add the dependency to the workspace root, which might not be what you want - if you really meant it, make it explicit by running this command again with the -w flag (or --workspace-root). If you don't want to see this warning anymore, you may set the ignore-workspace-root-check setting to true.
node ➜ /workspaces/webstudio $ pnpm install node_modules -w

(I then ran with -w)

ERR_PNPM_SPEC_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_ANY_RESOLVER node_modules isn't supported by any available resolver.