Playwright giving "npm ERR! could not determine executable to run" failure

Huckleberry Carignan 0
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Just started playing with Playwright. Installed and decided to run the tests that come with it. Can't figure out why it is failing.

$ npx playright tests                                                                                                                                            
[11:09:04]
npm ERR! could not determine executable to run
FAIL

I've double check Typescript installed

$ tsc -v   
Version 4.7.4

and nom

$ npm -v                                                                                                                                                   
8.1.0

I looked up solution on this site, and it mentions removing the .git/hooks file - I don't have that.

package.json is straight forward:

{
  "name": "project01",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {},
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@playwright/test": "^1.25.2"
  }
}

What on earth am I missing? Did a lot of Googling and still stuck. Any help would be appreciated.

playwright npx npm
1 Answers

So, I'm not sure what happened, but when I tried a phone new project and followed the same steps, everything worked fine.

I guess the take away is, if this happens, try re-installing ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Huckleberry Carignan0
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