Quick start instructions fail

[akaihola]

I followed the Quick Start instructions in the README on my NixOS system, and it failed. See further below for the log file.

$ cd /tmp
$ npx create-turbo@latest -e https://github.com/Meeting-Baas/transcript-seeker
? Where would you like to create your Turborepo? ./my-turborepo
? Which package manager do you want to use? npm

>>> Creating a new Turborepo with:

Application packages
 - apps/api
 - apps/docs
 - apps/proxy
 - apps/web
Library packages
 - packages/db
 - packages/shared
 - packages/ui
tooling
 - tooling/eslint
 - tooling/github
 - tooling/prettier
 - tooling/tailwind
 - tooling/typescript

    Installing dependencies...
>>> Unexpected error. Please report it as a bug:
Error: Command failed with exit code 1: npm install
npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
npm error Unsupported URL Type "catalog:": catalog:react19
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log
    at CM (/home/akaihola/.npm/_npx/e8c68b66aeb1424f/node_modules/create-turbo/dist/cli.js:23:57)
    at /home/akaihola/.npm/_npx/e8c68b66aeb1424f/node_modules/create-turbo/dist/cli.js:23:8077
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)
    at async fh (/home/akaihola/.npm/_npx/e8c68b66aeb1424f/node_modules/create-turbo/dist/cli.js:69:2093)
    at async Command.Eg (/home/akaihola/.npm/_npx/e8c68b66aeb1424f/node_modules/create-turbo/dist/cli.js:94:7670)
    at async Command.parseAsync (/home/akaihola/.npm/_npx/e8c68b66aeb1424f/node_modules/commander/lib/command.js:936:5) {
  shortMessage: 'Command failed with exit code 1: npm install',
  command: 'npm install',
  escapedCommand: 'npm install',
  exitCode: 1,
  signal: undefined,
  signalDescription: undefined,
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL\n' +
    'npm error Unsupported URL Type "catalog:": catalog:react19\n' +
    'npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log',
  failed: true,
  timedOut: false,
  isCanceled: false,
  killed: false
}

Open this for the content of the log file:

/home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log

$ cat /home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log
0 verbose cli /nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/bin/node /home/akaihola/.nix-profile/bin/npm
1 info using npm@10.9.2
2 info using node@v22.14.0
3 silly config load:file:/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc
4 silly config load:file:/tmp/my-turborepo/.npmrc
5 silly config load:file:/home/akaihola/.npmrc
6 silly config load:file:/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/etc/npmrc
7 verbose title npm install
8 verbose argv "install"
9 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-
10 verbose logfile /home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log
11 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
12 silly packumentCache heap:4345298944 maxSize:1086324736 maxEntrySize:543162368
13 silly logfile done cleaning log files
14 silly idealTree buildDeps
15 verbose stack Error: Unsupported URL Type "catalog:": catalog:react19
15 verbose stack     at unsupportedURLType (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/lib/npa.js:310:15)
15 verbose stack     at fromURL (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/lib/npa.js:367:13)
15 verbose stack     at Function.resolve (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-package-arg/lib/npa.js:83:12)
15 verbose stack     at #nodeFromEdge (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:1039:22)
15 verbose stack     at #buildDepStep (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:904:35)
15 verbose stack     at async Arborist.buildIdealTree (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/build-ideal-tree.js:181:7)
15 verbose stack     at async Promise.all (index 1)
15 verbose stack     at async Arborist.reify (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/arborist/lib/arborist/reify.js:131:5)
15 verbose stack     at async Install.exec (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/commands/install.js:150:5)
15 verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (/nix/store/bmakyv5ip1wc9jk155glzdw4vnnrym04-nodejs-22.14.0/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9)
16 error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
17 error Unsupported URL Type "catalog:": catalog:react19
18 silly unfinished npm timer reify 1743927598575
19 silly unfinished npm timer reify:loadTrees 1743927598575
20 silly unfinished npm timer idealTree:buildDeps 1743927598606
21 silly unfinished npm timer idealTree:#root 1743927598606
22 verbose cwd /tmp/my-turborepo
23 verbose os Linux 6.6.80
24 verbose node v22.14.0
25 verbose npm  v10.9.2
26 verbose exit 1
27 verbose code 1
28 error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/akaihola/.npm/_logs/2025-04-06T08_19_58_316Z-debug-0.log

[Lazare-42]

Hi @akaihola

Thanks for your detailed issue.

Love that you use NixOS!

For now I don't have an immediate answer, but I'll review your issue in a 2-3 days.

We already have this PR which you could try - #9

[techwithanirudh]

Hey, you need to use PNPM for transcript-seeker to work.