Getting Started: Start-Up Command Fails

[coreybyrum7]

Attempting to follow getting-started.md

Steps

• Ran npx create-epic-app@latest

❌ Error received

user@machine epic-stack % npx create-epic-app@latest

 remix   v2.4.1 💿 Let's build a better website...

   dir   Where should we create your new project?
         /test-website

      ◼  Template: Using epicweb-dev/epic-stack...
      ✔  Template copied
node:internal/errors:866
  const err = new Error(message);
              ^

Error: Command failed: npx --yes create-remix@latest --install --no-git-init --init-script --template epicweb-dev/epic-stack
    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:890:11)
    at execSync (node:child_process:962:15)
    at createEpicApp (file:///Users/user/.npm/_npx/cac6a35e04d35842/node_modules/create-epic-app/index.js:7:3)
    at file:///Users/coreybyrum/.npm/_npx/cac6a35e04d35842/node_modules/create-epic-app/index.js:10:1
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:217:25)
    at async ModuleLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:316:24)
    at async loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:34:7)
    at async handleMainPromise (node:internal/modules/run_main:66:12) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 38446,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

Node.js v20.9.0

Any help would be appreciated!

[kentcdodds]

I'm a little confused by this step:

Pulled the repo onto my local file system

You shouldn't have to pull any repo. Simply run npx create-epic-app@latest wherever you want the project to go. It will ask you for a name and will create the directory for you.

[coreybyrum7]

I see! Apologies! I'm fairly new to Remix and utilizing templates/stacks.

Unfortunately, the issue above still exists for me when running npx create-epic-app directly from an arbitrary folder (not a repo). I can update the description to reflect the issue.

Could it be my node version? What's the expected node range for create-epic-app?

[kentcdodds]

That's interesting. It seems to be working fine for me. I'm on node v20.10.0 so I don't expect that to be the issue. It does appear that your error is coming from something internal to node. Unfortunately it doesn't really look like there's much helpful info in the error message. Sorry! Maybe someone else has seen this before 🙏

[coreybyrum7]

Coming back to this with an explanation..

create-remix cli wasn't installed. Perhaps an implicit assumption in the getting-started docs. I had tried installing originally from a new machine without the remix cli installed.

[kiliman]

Hmm... create-epic-app calls npx --yes create-remix@latest.

npx will automatically install the create-remix package if it doesn't exist. Unfortunately, the error you're getting doesn't give much detail.

Did you try the create-epic-app command multiple times? I wonder if it was just a temporary error, perhaps with the network.

[coreybyrum7]

Thanks for your reply! It ended up working after running the remix-indie template elsewhere, which asked to install the CLI before continuing.