frontend-maven-plugin fails npm install - maven

Question

I can use the command line to run npm install and npm run build on my project but when I try to use the frontend-maven-plugin it fails with the following error
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Build Order:
[INFO]
[INFO] app_name [pom]
[INFO] frontend [jar]
[INFO] backend [jar]
[INFO]
[INFO] ---------------------< com.flareback-domain:app_name >----------------------
[INFO] Building app_name 1.0-SNAPSHOT [1/3]
[INFO] --------------------------------[ pom ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) # app_name ---
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-install-plugin:2.5.2:install (default-install) # app_name ---
[INFO] Installing /Users/flareback/code/app_name/pom.xml to /Users/flareback/.m2/repository/com/flareback-domain/app_name/1.0-SNAPSHOT/app_name-1.0-SNAPSHOT.pom
[INFO]
[INFO] ----------------------< com.flareback-domain:frontend >----------------------
[INFO] Building frontend 1.0-SNAPSHOT [2/3]
[INFO] --------------------------------[ jar ]---------------------------------
[INFO]
[INFO] --- maven-clean-plugin:3.1.0:clean (default-clean) # frontend ---
[INFO] Deleting /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/target
[INFO]
[INFO] --- frontend-maven-plugin:1.9.1:install-node-and-npm (install node and npm) # frontend ---
[INFO] Node v12.14.1 is already installed.
[INFO]
[INFO] --- frontend-maven-plugin:1.9.1:npm (npm install) # frontend ---
[INFO] Running 'npm install' in /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend
[INFO] internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:796
[INFO] throw err;
[INFO] ^
[INFO]
[INFO] Error: Cannot find module './internal/streams/buffer_list'
[INFO] Require stack:
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/readable.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-stream.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/index.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js
[INFO] - /Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
[INFO] at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:793:17)
[INFO] at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:686:27)
[INFO] at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:848:19)
[INFO] at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)
[INFO] at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:72:18)
[INFO] at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:955:30)
[INFO] at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:991:10)
[INFO] at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:811:32)
[INFO] at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:723:14)
[INFO] at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:848:19) {
[INFO] code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
[INFO] requireStack: [
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/readable.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-stream.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/index.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js',
[INFO] '/Users/flareback/code/app_name/frontend/node/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js'
[INFO] ]
[INFO] }
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary for app_name 1.0-SNAPSHOT:
[INFO]
[INFO] app_name ........................................... SUCCESS [ 0.279 s]
[INFO] frontend ........................................... FAILURE [ 0.438 s]
[INFO] backend ............................................ SKIPPED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.902 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2020-02-04T10:34:21-05:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin:1.9.1:npm (npm install) on project frontend: Failed to run task: 'npm install' failed. org.apache.commons.exec.ExecuteException: Process exited with an error: 1 (Exit value: 1) -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
[ERROR]
[ERROR] After correcting the problems, you can resume the build with the command
[ERROR] mvn <args> -rf :frontend
My frontend pom file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<artifactId>frontend</artifactId>
<parent>
<artifactId>app_name</artifactId>
<groupId>com.flareback-domain</groupId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.9.1</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
</properties>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
<artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${frontend-maven-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>install node and npm</id>
<goals>
<goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<nodeVersion>v12.14.1</nodeVersion>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>npm install</id>
<goals>
<goal>npm</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<arguments>install</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>npm run build</id>
<goals>
<goal>npm</goal>
</goals>
<configuration>
<arguments>run build</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Answer 1

I changed my pom to use a different node version
<nodeVersion>v9.11.1</nodeVersion>
I then ran mvn clean install. That failed but it got past the install part and failed on the run build. Then I switched back to <nodeVersion>v12.14.1</nodeVersion> and re-ran the mvn clean install and it worked.

Answer 2

I added node and npm version same as my local machine version then this error disappered
<properties>
<frontend-maven-plugin.version>1.6</frontend-maven-plugin.version>
<node.version>v12.18.1</node.version>
<npm.version>6.14.5</npm.version>
</properties>

Answer 3

I have this error but my issue is that I added "v" before npm version.
If you get node version, node --version you'll get "v12.3.4" but if you get npm version, you 'll get "5.4.3".
In pom file,
<properties>
<node.version>v16.13.0</node.version>
<npm.version>8.1.0</npm.version> <java.version>11</java.version>
</properties>

Answer 4

I upgraded the Node LTS version and now it works.

Answer 5

It's node version issue. Also possible that your global node version mismatches.
I have implemented following code with node version 10.16.0
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
<artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.7.6</version>
<configuration>
<nodeVersion>v10.16.0</nodeVersion>
<npmVersion>6.10.2</npmVersion>
<workingDirectory>./angular</workingDirectory>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>install node and npm</id>
<goals>
<goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
</goals>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>npm install</id>
<goals>
<goal>npm</goal>
</goals>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<configuration>
<arguments>install</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>npm run-script build</id>
<goals>
<goal>npm</goal>
</goals>
<phase>generate-resources</phase>
<configuration>
<arguments>run-script build</arguments>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
If this still not work, try clearing npm cache with force attribute
npm cache clean --force
Thanks for reading.

Answer 6

Had the same problem. Turn out I just had forgotten to add the 'v' in my node version.

Answer 7

change node version and npm version in the pom file to the node and npm versions that are installed in your local machine. Then run a mvn clean install. It will solve your issue.
This is how i did it.
(1) This is the node and npm versions that are in the project earlier
node - v10.15.2
npm - 6.4.1
(2)This is after i changed the versions
node - v14.19.1
npm - 6.14.16
(3)Then run mvn clean install.
Your problem sould be solved.