why doesn't npm install work properly in NestJS/ubuntu

July 16, 2024

I was working on a NestJS project, I recently moved from windows to Ubuntu and once I cloned the project from github on my linux, the npm install command doesn’t work with the following error:

Precision-5530:~/projects/warehousing$ npm install
npm warn deprecated inflight@1.0.6: This module is not supported, and leaks memory. Do not use it. Check out lru-cache if you want a good and tested way to coalesce async requests by a key value, which is much more comprehensive and powerful.
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated superagent@8.1.2: Please upgrade to v9.0.0+ as we have fixed a public vulnerability with formidable dependency. Note that v9.0.0+ requires Node.js v14.18.0+. See https://github.com/ladjs/superagent/pull/1800 for insight. This project is supported and maintained by the team at Forward Email @ https://forwardemail.net

> warehousing@0.0.1 postinstall
> patch-package

sh: 1: patch-package: not found
npm error code 127
npm error path /home/ikianm/projects/warehousing
npm error command failed
npm error command sh -c patch-package

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/ikianm/.npm/_logs/2024-07-16T17_49_41_064Z-debug-0.log

Everything was working fine on my windows and now this doesn’t work.
I have NodeJS version 20.15.1 and npm version 10.7.0 installed.
here’s the content of package.json just in case:

{
  "name": "warehousing",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "author": "",
  "private": true,
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "patch-package",
    "build": "nest build",
    "format": "prettier --write \"src//*.ts\" \"test//*.ts\"",
    "start": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development nest start",
    "start:dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development nest start --watch",
    "start:debug": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development nest start --debug --watch",
    "start:prod": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node dist/main",
    "lint": "eslint \"{src,apps,libs,test}/**/*.ts\" --fix",
    "test": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest",
    "test:watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --watch",
    "test:cov": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --coverage",
    "test:debug": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
    "test:e2e": "cross-env NODE_ENV=test jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json --logHeapUsage --runInBand --detectOpenHandles  --verbose --watchAll"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@nestjs/common": "^10.0.0",
    "@nestjs/config": "^3.2.2",
    "@nestjs/core": "^10.0.0",
    "@nestjs/mapped-types": "^2.0.5",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.0.0",
    "@nestjs/typeorm": "^10.0.2",
    "axios": "^1.7.2",
    "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
    "class-validator": "^0.14.1",
    "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.2",
    "mysql2": "^3.10.0",
    "nestjs-request-context": "^3.0.0",
    "qs": "^6.12.1",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.0",
    "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
    "typeorm": "^0.3.20"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@commitlint/cli": "^19.3.0",
    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.2.2",
    "@nestjs/cli": "^10.0.0",
    "@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.0",
    "@nestjs/swagger": "^7.3.1",
    "@nestjs/testing": "^10.0.0",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.17",
    "@types/jest": "^29.5.2",
    "@types/node": "^20.3.1",
    "@types/supertest": "^6.0.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
    "eslint": "^8.42.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
    "husky": "^9.0.11",
    "jest": "^29.5.0",
    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
    "source-map-support": "^0.5.21",
    "supertest": "^6.3.3",
    "ts-jest": "^29.1.0",
    "ts-loader": "^9.4.3",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
    "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
    "typescript": "^5.1.3"
  },
  "jest": {
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "js",
      "json",
      "ts"
    ],
    "rootDir": "src",
    "testRegex": ".*\\.spec\\.ts$",
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
    },
    "collectCoverageFrom": [
      "**/*.(t|j)s"
    ],
    "coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
    "testEnvironment": "node"
  }
}