Can't add internal package (Error: 404 Not Found) using latest Lerna (v3.16.4)

I can't add internal package using these commands (I tried all of them). I issue these commands in the root of monorepo. Yarn version is 1.17.3:

lerna add [email protected] --scope=web-server --no-bootstrap
lerna add [email protected] --scope=web-serve
lerna add [email protected] --scope=web-server --exact
lerna add packages/accounting-logic --scope=web-server --exact
lerna add accounting-logic --scope=web-server --exact

My repository has all packages in packages directory.

The packages/accounting-logic has this package.json:

{
  "name": "domain",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "description": "",
  "author": "",
  "homepage": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "NODE_LOG_LEVEL=fatal NODE_ENV=test mocha --opts mocha.opts ./src/**/*-test.ts",
    "lint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json -c tslint.json",
    "check": "yarn run lint && yarn run test"
  },
  "workspaces": {
    "nohoist": [
      "jsdom",
      "ws",
      "@types/node",
      "@types/jsdom"
    ]
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/node": "11.13.5",
    "currency.js": "1.2.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "mocha": "5.2.0",
    "ts-node": "8.1.0"
  }
}

The packages/web-server package.json is much longer but I assure you it has its private:true property and workspaces looks like this:

  "workspaces": {
    "nohoist": [
      "**"
    ]
  },

Expected Behavior

I should be able to add link to the accounting-logic

Current Behavior

lerna notice cli v3.16.4
lerna ERR! Error: 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/accounting-logic - Not found
lerna ERR!     at res.buffer.catch.then.body (/home/user/workspace/project/node_modules/@evocateur/npm-registry-fetch/check-response.js:104:15)
lerna ERR! lerna 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/accounting-logic - Not found

{
  "packages": [
    "packages/*"
  ],
  "npmClient": "yarn",
  "useWorkspaces": true,
  "version": "0.0.0"
}

0 silly argv { _: [ 'add' ],
0 silly argv   scope: 'web-server',
0 silly argv   exact: true,
0 silly argv   E: true,
0 silly argv   globs: [],
0 silly argv   lernaVersion: '3.16.4',
0 silly argv   '$0': '/home/user/workspace/project/node_modules/.bin/lerna',
0 silly argv   pkg: 'accounting-logic' }
1 notice cli v3.16.4
2 verbose rootPath /home/user/workspace/project
3 error Error: 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/accounting-logic - Not found
3 error     at res.buffer.catch.then.body (/home/user/workspace/project/node_modules/@evocateur/npm-registry-fetch/check-response.js:104:15)

Context

I can't proceed with development, I can't make accounting-logic package a dependency for web-server package.

Your Environment

Linux Ubuntu 18.04

Sep 13 '19 07:09 gitowiec

Soooo... The problem was that package.json of accounting-logic had bad value in "name" field. It should be equal to the name of the directory (which is accounting-logic). IMHO this is the flaw in Lerna. This tool should analyze configuration and propose the correction. The error which appeared on the screen didn't say exactly what was wrong (the missing package in npmjs registry was not the true error from the point of user). So if I could propose some good behavior for Lerna, to make user experience better, Lerna should compare "name" fileds and directory names, and if they are not equal, prompt user for correction.

Sep 13 '19 11:09 gitowiec

I faced in same problem when mistakenly try to run npm i in packet directory instead of lerna root...

Sep 29 '20 13:09 sanjcho

@gitowiec Thanks!

Oct 19 '21 15:10 hcz

@gitowiec Thanks 🙏

Dec 29 '21 16:12 sam-frampton

I had the same problem but in my case, I forgot to add the new folder in the workspaces. Could help someone :)

i.e. "workspaces": { "packages": [ "packages/**" ] },

Mar 24 '22 17:03 josearaujo-td