Build for production fails when dev dependency

[AntonLindell]

Hi,

I am about to deploy my app and building with production flags (either NODE_ENV=production or --only=production), but the build crashes since my dependency is, as per the installation instructions, only for dev. But the @nuxtjs/tailwindcss is declared as any other module in the nuxt config, so the build fails with this message:

.449 > postinstall 9.449 > nuxt prepare 9.449 10.21 10.21 ERROR Could not load @nuxtjs/tailwindcss. Is it installed? 10.21 10.21 at loadNuxtModuleInstance (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:2470:11) 10.21 at async installModule (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:2388:67) 10.21 at async initNuxt (node_modules/nuxt/dist/index.mjs:5275:5) 10.21 at async loadNuxt (node_modules/nuxt/dist/index.mjs:5459:5) 10.21 at async loadNuxt (node_modules/@nuxt/kit/dist/index.mjs:2640:19) 10.21 at async Object.run (node_modules/nuxi/dist/chunks/prepare.mjs:60:18) 10.21 at async runCommand$1 (node_modules/nuxi/dist/shared/nuxi.DSPrE7vg.mjs:1767:16) 10.21 at async runCommand$1 (node_modules/nuxi/dist/shared/nuxi.DSPrE7vg.mjs:1758:11) 10.21 at async runMain$1 (node_modules/nuxi/dist/shared/nuxi.DSPrE7vg.mjs:1896:7) 10.21 10.21 10.21 10.21 ERROR Could not load @nuxtjs/tailwindcss. Is it installed?

Does anyone have a solution for this? It feels like I am missing something, this should be a no-brainer IMO.

Thanks!

[hacknug]

Both nuxt and @nuxtjs/tailwindcss should be installed as the same type of dependency (doesn't matter if dependencies or devDependencies). Can you check if that's the case? This applies to any other modules you might be using too.

[AntonLindell]

I see, nuxt is installed as a normal dependency. Can I have it as a devDependency and still make the build work when using --only=production flag?

[hacknug]

I see, nuxt is installed as a normal dependency. Can I have it as a devDependency and still make the build work when using --only=production flag?

Not sure. You can probably try it yourself and report back in case someone else experiences this issue.

Did installing nuxt and all modules as the same type of dependency solve your initial issue?

[AntonLindell]

No unfortunately. But it works when the tailwind plugin is not a dev dependency!

[ineshbose]

Could you share your package.json and nuxt.config please?