npx create-nx-workspace@latest fails - unable to build workspace

Current Behavior

npx create-nx-workspace@latest fails to run and exits with errors “Unable to resolve @nrwl/workspace/collection.json:new.”

Expected Behavior

npx create-nx-workspace@latest should build the workspace and allow apps to be added

Steps to Reproduce

create new folder, cd into folder. type npx create-nx-workspace@latest in the terminal

Failure Logs

➜  multipleNX npx create-nx-workspace@latest 
npx: installed 192 in 7.769s
? Workspace name (e.g., org name)     chicnraw
? What to create in the new workspace angular           [a workspace with a single Angular application]
? Application name                    webstore
? Default stylesheet format           CSS
? Default linter                      TSLint [ Used by Angular CLI ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) No
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
added 192 packages from 155 contributors and audited 193 packages in 4.786s

23 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

new chicnraw --no-interactive --preset=angular --appName=webstore --style=css --linter=tslint --no-nxCloud --collection=@nrwl/workspace
Unable to resolve @nrwl/workspace/collection.json:new.
Cannot find generator 'new' in /Users/cuznerdexter/node_modules/@nrwl/workspace/collection.json.
(node:32464) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: npx tao new chicnraw --no-interactive --preset=angular --appName=webstore --style=css --linter=tslint --no-nxCloud --collection=@nrwl/workspace/collection.json --cli=angular --nxWorkspaceRoot="/Users/cuznerdexter/Development/Projects/experiments/multipleNX"
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:629:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:666:13)
    at createApp (/Users/cuznerdexter/.npm/_npx/32459/lib/node_modules/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.js:366:21)
    at askAboutNxCloud.then (/Users/cuznerdexter/.npm/_npx/32459/lib/node_modules/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.js:92:29)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
(node:32464) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). (rejection id: 1)
(node:32464) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
➜  multipleNX 

Environment

unable to use nx report as no workspace is created. OS: MacOS Catalina NVM installed. Using node v12.4.0 Using npm 6.14.4

[vsavkin]

I think the issue is that you somehow got node_module in your home folder, and they have an old version of @nrwl/workspace in them. So basically you are trying to create a new nx workspace from within another nx workspace, which happens to be old. Just remove the node modules in your home dir and it should fix the issue.

[cuznerdexter]

If anyone has the same issue. My current work-around is to run npx create-nx-workpspace@11.0.15 in my /tmp folder then move the folder to somewhere useful. After this all the nx commands are working as normal for me so far.

Not a great solution but will do for now.