'frontend-maven-plugin fails npm install

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>


Solution 1:[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.

Solution 2:[2]

I upgraded the Node LTS version and now it works.

Solution 3:[3]

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.

Solution 4:[4]

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

Solution 5:[5]

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>

Solution 6:[6]

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.

Sources

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Solution Source
Solution 1 flareback
Solution 2 concision
Solution 3
Solution 4 Gullian Van Der Walt
Solution 5 venkatesh A
Solution 6 Kasun Lakshitha