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Error: Unable to find a valid AutoRest core package

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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported command with Node v10.24.1 and the selected AutoRest core version ~2.0.4413. Inspect autorest/dist/src_autorest-as-a-service_ts.js at selectVersion and how the @autorest/core package is resolved. Done means the command can locate a valid core package and proceed without this error.

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Description

  1. Installed the module locally on macosx
  2. node v10.24.1
Error: Unable to find a valid AutoRest core package '@autorest/core' @ '~2.0.4413'.
    at selectVersion (/Users/anktiwari/.nvm/versions/node/v10.24.1/lib/node_modules/@azure/oad/node_modules/autorest/dist/src_autorest-as-a-service_ts.js:393:23)

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:294:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:198:13)
    at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:982:16)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:259:5)
  killed: false,
  code: 1,
  signal: null,
  cmd:
   'node /Users/anktiwari/.nvm/versions/node/v10.24.1/lib/node_modules/@azure/oad/node_modules/autorest/dist/app.js --v2 --input-file=swagger-c.json --output-artifact=swagger-document.json --output-artifact=swagger-document.map --output-file=old --output-folder=/var/folders/mw/kyxpq1hs3xjg1bybxm_cw1lm0000gq/T',
  stdout:
   'AutoRest code generation utility [cli version: 3.6.2; node: v10.24.1]\n(C) 2018 Microsoft Corporation.\nhttps://aka.ms/autorest\ninfo    | AutoRest core version selected from configuration: ~2.0.4413.\nFailure:\n',
  stderr:
   'Error: Unable to find a valid AutoRest core package \'@autorest/core\' @ \'~2.0.4413\'.\nError: Unable to find a valid AutoRest core package \'@autorest/core\' @ \'~2.0.4413\'.\n    at selectVersion (/Users/anktiwari/.nvm/versions/node/v10.24.1/lib/node_modules/@azure/oad/node_modules/autorest/dist/src_autorest-as-a-service_ts.js:393:23)\n' }

I even tried installing autorest/core node module globally which was successful but still the same error

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