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Cannot install scaffolder-backend-module-http-request in Backstage

See original GitHub issue

Expected Behavior

Running yarn install should succeed.

Current Behavior

I see this error: error An unexpected error occurred: "expected workspace package to exist for \"@types/webpack\"".

**cd packages/backend**
**yarn add @roadiehq/scaffolder-backend-module-http-request**
yarn add v1.22.1
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
warning Lockfile has incorrect entry for "ws@7.4.5". Ignoring it.
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
info esbuild-android-arm64@0.14.10: The platform "darwin" is incompatible with this module.
# [...]
**error An unexpected error occurred: "expected workspace package to exist for \"@types/webpack\"".**
info If you think this is a bug, please open a bug report with the information provided in yarn-error.log

Manually editing the packages/backend/package.json to add @roadiehq/scaffolder-backend-module-http-request and running yarn install works successfully.

Steps to Reproduce

See above.

Possible Solution

Possibly related to https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/7807?

Your Environment

I’m on an M1 Mac Air

yarn --version
1.22.1

node --version
v16.4.0

My backend package is:

{
  "name": "example-backend",
  "version": "0.2.59",
}

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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dtuitecommented, Jan 3, 2022

Once again, manually adding the package works ok.

diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index f20465978..3dd5e2a98 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-todo-backend": "^0.1.17",
     "@gitbeaker/node": "^34.6.0",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.5.3",
+    "@roadiehq/scaffolder-backend-module-http-request": "2.1.2",
     "azure-devops-node-api": "^11.0.1",
     "dockerode": "^3.3.1",
     "example-app": "^0.2.58",

cd ../..
yarn install
✨  Done in 146.57s

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dtuitecommented, Jan 3, 2022

@Xantier I am still experiencing this problem. Here’s my reproduction steps:

git clone git@github.com:RoadieHQ/backstage.git
cd backstage
yarn && yarn clean && yarn tsc && yarn build
cd packages/backend
yarn add @roadiehq/scaffolder-backend-module-http-request@latest
error An unexpected error occurred: "expected workspace package to exist for \"@types/webpack\"".

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