[bug]: Unknown command: "install$1$1" when initializing on existing Next.js 14 project

[hikxri]

Describe the bug

I have an existing Next.js 14 project I'd like to add shadcn to. But whenever I try to initialize it with npx shadcn@latest init, it has this error: Unknown command: "install$1$1". I tried to do the Manual Installation, but when I try to add a component using the CLI, it still yields the same error.

Affected component/components

All

How to reproduce

1. Run the command npx shadcn@latest init on an existing project, or npx shadcn@latest add <component> after doing a manual install.
2. Follow on-screen instructions. (I selected Default-Gray-Yes)
3. Error will occur after Installing dependencies

Codesandbox/StackBlitz link

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Logs

PS C:\Users\hikari\Desktop\Project\myProgram> npx shadcn@latest init
✔ Preflight checks.
✔ Verifying framework. Found Next.js.
✔ Validating Tailwind CSS.
✔ Validating import alias.
√ Which style would you like to use? » Default
√ Which color would you like to use as the base color? » Gray
√ Would you like to use CSS variables for theming? ... no / yes
✔ Writing components.json.
✔ Checking registry.
✔ Updating tailwind.config.js
✔ Updating src\app\globals.css
⠧ Installing dependencies.
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 tailwindcss-animate class-variance-authority lucide-react clsx tailwind-merge
Unknown command: "install$1$1"


Did you mean this?
  npm install # Install a package
To see a list of supported npm commands, run:
  npm help

System Info

Windows 11 64-bit
Node version: v22.6.0
npm version: 10.9.0

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[zeNn-G]

Happens on Vite too. Pnpm and npm didn't work but the bun were able to install it.

[hikxri]

Happens on Vite too. Pnpm and npm didn't work but the bun were able to install it.

Can you explain how to install it with bun? I don't see any documentations anywhere.

[zeNn-G]

First i tried to use the init but i got the same error, than i manually installed the starting deps(with pnpm) than i tried to add components, but i got the same error on the dependency part after that i used the bun command to add component

bunx --bun shadcn@latest add button

and it correctly installed the deps and added the button to the ui/button

[hikxri]

Thanks, it worked. I installed and initialized shadcn with bun, then added components normally with npx.

bunx install shadcn@latest
bunx shadcn@latest init
npx shadcn@latest add label

[JoaoTaranto]

Thanks so much!! It worked for me too!

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