[bug]: Canary monorepo CLI ENOENT error

[innovations-dev]

Describe the bug

The followin error occurs after running the cli install command:
pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init

✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with ENOENT: cd /home/gsdev/dev/w82
spawn cd ENOENT

NOTE: The monorepo seems to install but only apps/web gets installed. I also tested this on an M1 mac and that worked fine.

Affected component/components

n/a

How to reproduce

1. Install using the command provided in the monorepo docs: pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init
2. Complete install wizard
3. Error is thrown shortly after

Codesandbox/StackBlitz link

n/a

Logs

No response

System Info

Windows 11, WSL, Ubuntu 24.04

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[AnasSahel]

Hello,
I got the same error

[apophis30]

Same with bun got an error
I am using WSL and I think it's most likely a problem with WSL

✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with exit code 1: bun install
Resolving dependencies
Resolved, downloaded and extracted [24]
error: Workspace dependency "@workspace/eslint-config" not found

Searched in "./*"

Workspace documentation: https://bun.sh/docs/install/workspaces


error: Workspace dependency "@workspace/typescript-config" not found

Searched in "./*"

Workspace documentation: https://bun.sh/docs/install/workspaces

error: @workspace/eslint-config@* failed to resolve
error: @workspace/typescript-config@* failed to resolve
bun install v1.1.42 (50eec002)

[Qodestackr]

used pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init and hit the same error

[Qodestackr]

Same with bun got an error I am using WSL and I think it's most likely a problem with WSL

✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with exit code 1: bun install
Resolving dependencies
Resolved, downloaded and extracted [24]
error: Workspace dependency "@workspace/eslint-config" not found

Searched in "./*"

Workspace documentation: https://bun.sh/docs/install/workspaces


error: Workspace dependency "@workspace/typescript-config" not found

Searched in "./*"

Workspace documentation: https://bun.sh/docs/install/workspaces

error: @workspace/eslint-config@* failed to resolve
error: @workspace/typescript-config@* failed to resolve
bun install v1.1.42 (50eec002)

Am on Ubuntu though lol

[ericmesmo]

+1

[ohexa]

+1

[ox1212]

+1

[santosh-marar]

ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-98:~$ pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init
✔ The path /home/ubuntu does not contain a package.json file.
Would you like to start a new project? › Next.js (Monorepo)
✔ What is your project named? … en
✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with ENOENT: cd /home/ubuntu
spawn cd ENOENT

ubuntu@ip-172-31-9-98:~$ npx shadcn@canary init
Need to install the following packages:
shadcn@2.4.0-canary.10
Ok to proceed? (y) y

✔ The path /home/ubuntu does not contain a package.json file.
Would you like to start a new project? › Next.js (Monorepo)
✔ What is your project named? … en

A project with the name en already exists.
Please choose a different name and try again.
same error please fix it @shadcn

[shadcn]

Should be fixed now. can you try again?

[ohexa]

Should be fixed now. can you try again?

Result:

➜  ~ pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init

✔ The path /home/noname does not contain a package.json file.
  Would you like to start a new project? › Next.js (Monorepo)

✔ What is your project named? … test

✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.

If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with ENOENT: cd /home/noname
spawn cd ENOENT

➜  ~ cd test

➜  test git:(master) ls 
apps  node_modules  package.json  packages  pnpm-lock.yaml  pnpm-workspace.yaml  README.md  tsconfig.json  turbo.json

[santosh-marar]

pnpm dlx shadcn@canary init
✔ The path /home/ubuntu does not contain a package.json file.
Would you like to start a new project? › Next.js (Monorepo)
✔ What is your project named? … my-app
✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with ENOENT: cd /home/ubuntu
spawn cd ENOENT

and while using npm
npx shadcn@canary init
✔ The path /home/ubuntu does not contain a package.json file.
Would you like to start a new project? › Next.js (Monorepo)
✔ What is your project named? … my-app
✖ Something went wrong creating a new Next.js monorepo.
Something went wrong. Please check the error below for more details.
If the problem persists, please open an issue on GitHub.

Command failed with exit code 1: npm install
npm error code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL
npm error Unsupported URL Type "workspace:": workspace:*
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2025-03-12T03_03_34_944Z-debug-0.log
hey, @shadcn this problem is still not solve please fix it

[shadcn]

Taking a look. Will see if I can reproduce.

[adriano-tirloni]

Same here, WSL on WIndows 11