Borislav Hadzhiev
Sat Mar 26 2022·1 min read
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To solve the error "Cannot find module 'prettier'", make sure to install the
prettier
package by opening your terminal in your project's root directory and
running the following command: npm install --save-dev prettier
.
Open your terminal in your project's root directory (where your package.json
file is located) and run the following command:
npm install --save-dev prettier
prettier
package to the development dependencies of your project.If the error is not resolved, try to delete your node_modules
and
package-lock.json
(not package.json
) files, re-run npm install
and restart
your IDE.
# 👇️ delete node_modules and package-lock.json rm -rf node_modules rm -f package-lock.json # 👇️ clean npm cache npm cache clean --force npm install
If you're still getting the "Cannot find module 'prettier'" error, open your
package.json
file and make sure it contains the prettier
package in the
devDependencies
object.
{ // ... rest "devDependencies": { "prettier": "^2.6.1", } }
You can try to manually add the line and re-run npm install
.
npm install
Or try installing the latest version of the package by running the following command:
npm install --save-dev prettier@latest