Running locally doesn't work

[dividor]

I am following the instructions to run locally.

npm install fails ...

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! While resolving: cognitive-search-static-web-apps-demo@0.1.0
npm ERR! Found: react@17.0.2
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^17.0.2" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"^16.8.0 || 16.9.0-alpha.0" from mobx-react@6.3.1
npm ERR! node_modules/mobx-react
npm ERR!   mobx-react@"^6.3.1" from the root project
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! For a full report see:
npm ERR! /home/codespace/.npm/_logs/2024-12-14T18_27_50_280Z-eresolve-report.txt

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/codespace/.npm/_logs/2024-12-14T18_27_50_280Z-debug-0.log

I can install with npm install --legacy-peer-deps, but on starting the app, but running npm run start-with-backend just gives lots and lots of errors. Below is a small excerpt.

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1193:18 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1193      * Check if `setting` is disabled.
                      ~~~~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1204:17 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1204     /** Enable `setting`. */
                     ~~~~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1207:18 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1207     /** Disable `setting`. */
                      ~~~~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1211:31 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1211      * Render the given view `name` name with `options`
                                   ~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1211:48 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1211      * Render the given view `name` name with `options`
                                                    ~~~~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1227:16 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1227      * A node `http.Server` is returned, with this
                    ~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1228:33 - error TS1005: ';' expected.

1228      * application (which is a `Function`) as its
                                     ~~~~~~~~

../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/@types/express-serve-static-core/index.d.ts:1296:1 - error TS1160: Unterminated template literal.

I am using versions:

node: v18.20.4
npm: 9.8.1

Though I also tried with node 19 and 20, resetting my env each time.

Is there something I'm doing wrong perhaps?

[scale-tone]

@dividor , there should not even be such a folder - ../node_modules/@types/express/node_modules/.. (a node_modules inside another node_modules)- on your drive, and I do not have any ideas on where it might come from.

I suggest you try cloning this repo into some other place, then execute npm install --legacy-peer-deps and npm run build there (in the root folder) and see, if it produces same or different results.

[scale-tone]

@dividor , do you still need help on this?

[dividor]

Sorry for the delay, will try your suggestion next week when back in. Thanks!