Issue with default Laravel 10 Setup Using NPM: The package "@esbuild/darwin-x64" could not be found, and is needed by esbuild

[danielh-official]

Laravel Version

10.10

PHP Version

8.1

Database Driver & Version

No response

Description

When I run npm run dev, I get this in the terminal:

failed to load config from /{project-root}/vite.config.js
error when starting dev server:
Error: The package "@esbuild/darwin-x64" could not be found, and is needed by esbuild.

If you are installing esbuild with npm, make sure that you don't specify the
"--no-optional" or "--omit=optional" flags. The "optionalDependencies" feature
of "package.json" is used by esbuild to install the correct binary executable
for your current platform.

Installing es-build via npm install es-build yields this instead:

Cannot start service: Host version "0.18.20" does not match binary version "0.19.5"

Using yarn works, however.

1. yarn install
2. yarn dev

Steps To Reproduce

1. Run composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app in the path of your choice. You can use a name other than "example-app".
2. Open in PhpStorm or VS Code.
3. Run npm i in terminal.
4. Run npm run dev in the terminal.
5. Install via npm install es-build and check if you get the second issue in the description.

I'm using an Intel Mac (OS: Sonoma 14.0), so the problem might not exist on Windows or Linux.

[Rizky92]

This issue doesn't seem related to laravel, but the javascript package manager you're using. See evanw/esbuild#1646 for details

[crynobone]

Thank you @Rizky92