create @farcaster/mini-app fails #242
Description
I'm trying t get started using the docs, but can not even complete the first step
using node v18.19.0, npm 10.2.3
tried with npm
npm create @farcaster/mini-app
┌ Welcome to Farcaster Mini Apps!
│
◇ Select a template:
│ Basic static site (Vite + TS + React + Wagmi)
node:internal/errors:496
ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
^
TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "paths[0]" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
at validateString (node:internal/validators:162:11)
at resolve (node:path:1097:7)
at init (file:///home/myname/.npm/_npx/e53e8f8092a36863/node_modules/@farcaster/create-mini-app/dist/init.js:25:25)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
}
Node.js v18.19.0
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path /mnt/c/Users/myname/source/repos/freezerverse/freezer-frame
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c create-mini-app
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/myname/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T12_28_11_278Z-debug-0.log
(base) myname@DESKTOP:/mnt/c/Users/myname/source/repos/freezerverse/freezer-frame$ cat /home/myname/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T12_28_11_278Z-debug-0.log
0 verbose cli /home/myname/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/bin/node /home/myname/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/bin/npm
1 info using npm@10.2.3
2 info using node@v18.19.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 2ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 3ms
5 timing config:load:file:/home/myname/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 1ms
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7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 2ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
9 timing config:load:file:/mnt/c/Users/myname/source/repos/freezerverse/freezer-frame/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 7ms
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17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 16ms
18 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 2ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 0ms
20 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
21 verbose title npm create @farcaster/mini-app
22 verbose argv "create" "@farcaster/mini-app"
23 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 0ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 1ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/myname/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T12_28_11_278Z-
26 verbose logfile /home/myname/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T12_28_11_278Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 7ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 42ms
31 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 3 files
32 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 1ms
33 silly logfile done cleaning log files
34 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@farcaster%2fcreate-mini-app 992ms (cache updated)
35 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
36 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 1ms
37 timing command:create Completed in 2836ms
38 verbose stack Error: command failed
38 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/home/myname/.nvm/versions/node/v18.19.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/promise-spawn/lib/index.js:53:27)
38 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:517:28)
38 verbose stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1098:16)
38 verbose stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:303:5)
39 verbose cwd /mnt/c/Users/myname/source/repos/freezerverse/freezer-frame
40 verbose Linux 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2
41 verbose node v18.19.0
42 verbose npm v10.2.3
43 error code 1
44 error path /mnt/c/Users/myname/source/repos/freezerverse/freezer-frame
45 error command failed
46 error command sh -c create-mini-app
47 verbose exit 1
48 timing npm Completed in 3154ms
49 verbose code 1
50 error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/myname/.npm/_logs/2025-05-10T12_28_11_278Z-debug-0.log
What am i doing wrong?