[BUG] Getting "Please install @playwright/test package to use Playwright Test." #6981

thecodrr · 2021-06-09T03:53:37Z

Context:

System:

OS: Linux 5.4 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
Memory: 502.32 MB / 15.52 GB
Container: Yes

Binaries:

Node: 15.14.0 - ~/.volta/tools/image/node/15.14.0/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.10 - ~/.volta/tools/image/yarn/1.22.10/bin/yarn
npm: 7.15.0 - ~/.volta/tools/image/npm/7.15.0/bin/npm

Languages:

Bash: 5.1.4 - /usr/bin/bash

npmPackages:

playwright: ^1.12.0 => 1.12.0

Describe the bug

I just installed playwright version 1.12 to try out the new test runner but I am consistently getting Please install @playwright/test package to use Playwright Test. no matter how many times I do yarn add --dev @playwright/test.

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pavelfeldman · 2021-06-09T04:18:33Z

You don't need playwright when using @playwright/test:

yarn init -y
yarn add --dev @playwright/test
npx playwright test

cyrilletuzi · 2021-06-09T08:31:41Z

Had the same issue, because previous beta versions of @playwright/test did require playwright.

Solution:

npm rm playwright
npm install @playwright/test -D

Then it works.

cyrilletuzi · 2021-06-09T14:23:04Z

Note/question: for projects using Playwright for both unit tests and e2e tests, could this be a problem? or is @playwright/test-only the way to go in this scenario?

mpuertao · 2021-06-09T15:52:29Z

In my case,

Delete playwright,
Install @playwright/test
Reinstall playwright.

Success!!!

thecodrr · 2021-06-09T18:05:09Z

You don't need playwright when using @playwright/test:
yarn init -y
yarn add --dev @playwright/test
npx playwright test

Yep. This worked.

mariusc23 · 2021-07-11T18:30:10Z

I ran into this issue because I had test in my .yarnclean file. Yarn removed the lib/test folder and the entire node_modules/@playright/test folder because of this 🤦

I fixed by adding this to .yarnclean:

!@playwright/test/**

mrienstra · 2021-08-27T20:15:56Z

The solutions above did not work for me, I couldn't figure out how to get past

Please install @playwright/test package to use Playwright Test.
  npm install -D @playwright/test

... when running npx playwright test.

Resolved by running yarn playwright test instead of npx playwright test.

See also #8495 for another snag one may encounter when using Yarn 2 PnP and @playwright/test (will likely be fixed in the next release).

(props to @merceyz)

nathanchase · 2021-09-21T13:33:58Z

I've been trying everything I can think of to get testing to work in an Azure Pipeline.

My YAML:

resources:
  containers:
  - container: playwright
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:focal

  repositories:
  - repository: self
    type: git
    ref: refs/heads/develop

jobs:
- job: e2e_testing
  container: playwright
  displayName: E2E Testing

  pool:
    vmImage: ubuntu-latest

  steps:
  - checkout: self

  - script: |
      yarn
      npx playwright test
    displayName: 'Run test'

  - task: PublishTestResults@2
    inputs:
      testResultsFormat: 'JUnit'
      testRunTitle: 'Test Report'
    displayName: 'Publish Reports'

but I get...

Please install @playwright/test package to use Playwright Test.
  npm install -D @playwright/test
##[error]Bash exited with code '1'.

If I try to use yarn playwright test, then I get...

yarn run v1.22.11
$ playwright test
/bin/sh: 1: playwright: not found
error Command failed with exit code 127.

What is the magic combination to make this work??

mrienstra · 2021-09-29T22:19:24Z

@nathanchase, does yarn playwright test work locally? Might be hard to diagnose without knowing more.

nathanchase · 2021-09-30T11:42:40Z

@nathanchase, does yarn playwright test work locally? Might be hard to diagnose without knowing more.

Yes, works fine locally.

mrienstra · 2021-10-01T00:59:27Z

@nathanchase, stab in the dark, but maybe you need to run yarn playwright install in CI?

nathanchase · 2021-10-01T01:02:52Z

@nathanchase, stab in the dark, but maybe you need to run yarn playwright install in CI?

Well, that's why I was using their Docker container, since it's supposed to have all that stuff preinstalled and ready to go. I tried manually installing everything and not using the container, and still had the same result.

I just need to find someone that actually has a working Azure DevOps .yaml for Playwright. I've come across some that are for Windows/.NET, but nothing for Linux/Node based projects.

mrienstra · 2021-10-06T16:19:53Z

@nathanchase, just realized it should be yarn playwright install-deps and yarn playwright install in CI.

I assume using Windows or macOS is not an option? https://playwright.dev/docs/ci/#azure-pipelines mentions that possibility.

If you haven't already, try not using their Docker container and instead running yarn playwright install-deps.

(I was previously using microsoft/playwright-github-action@v1 -- not applicable to you of course -- but looks like that's been deprecated)

devzerker · 2021-10-26T05:56:11Z

Faced with the same problem on node version 12.19.1
After updating to the latest lts the problem is gone

nathanchase · 2021-10-26T13:27:43Z

Faced with the same problem on node version 12.19.1 After updating to the latest lts the problem is gone

Latest node version or latest playwright version?

devzerker · 2021-10-26T14:35:28Z

Latest node version or latest playwright version?

Latest node version

viveleroi · 2022-11-12T19:37:50Z

I'm running into this as well, yarn 3.2.4 on Windows 11. I installed playwright for the first time using yarn create playwright. npx playwright test was giving me this error. Trying yarn playwright test instead throws a different error, which I opened here:

#18759

pereorga · 2023-05-22T08:45:46Z

For anybody experiencing this after upgrading to 1.34.0 (I am), I think this may be related to #23098

dman777 · 2023-06-08T01:20:17Z

I am getting this issue only in Azure pipelines. And I don't have playwright installed

   "keywords": [],
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC",
    "devDependencies": {
      "@playwright/test": "^1.34.3",
      "chai": "^4.3.7"
    },
    "dependencies": {
      "nodemon": "^2.0.22"
    }
  }

warorc · 2023-06-09T04:27:31Z

You don't need playwright when using @playwright/test:
yarn init -y
yarn add --dev @playwright/test
npx playwright test

Why I can't use both. In our project we use monorepo. And one of application in this monorepo uses crawlee: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crawlee

where in dependencies it use playwright. So now we have to choose should we test out product, or use one of our critical application. And it means that we need to use cypress instead of playwright for testing or other framework.

jasonk · 2023-06-09T13:26:02Z

If anyone else ends up here looking for a solution. The root cause of this problem is that the playwright package and the @playwright/test package both provide a cli tool named playwright. The one in the playwright package just throws this error if you attempt to run playwright test or something else.

If you have both packages installed then whether playwright test works or not depends entirely on what order they were installed in. If playwright was installed last then it won't work, if @playwright/test was installed last then it will work.

If you need to have both installed, the only way I've found to work around this is to install postinstall-postinstall and add a postinstall script that does this:

cd node_modules/.bin
ln -sf ../@playwright/test/cli.js playwright

This will force the symlink to the package to be replaced with the @playwright/test version every time you run npm install (or yarn install, or whatever).

utkarshkukreti · 2023-06-17T07:17:58Z

@jasonk thanks for the pointer! I used a different workaround - pass the full path to cli.js in package.json's scripts.test:

-    "test": "playwright test",
+    "test": "node_modules/@playwright/test/cli.js test",

kasper573 · 2023-06-22T22:48:18Z

You don't need playwright when using @playwright/test:
yarn init -y
yarn add --dev @playwright/test
npx playwright test
Why I can't use both. In our project we use monorepo. And one of application in this monorepo uses crawlee: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crawlee

where in dependencies it use playwright. So now we have to choose should we test out product, or use one of our critical application. And it means that we need to use cypress instead of playwright for testing or other framework.

I'm also using a monorepo facing this exact issue. With monorepos becoming increasingly popular I think this problem really needs a better solution. Even without a monorepo, it's entirely possible that you have a project that has a different dependency that installs playwright under the hood, meaning you can't remove playwright to fix this unless you remove the dependency that is using it.

alexn-s · 2023-06-23T13:32:27Z

i just encountered this issue. it really is problematic and counter intuitive that both packages have the same cli name and conflict.
i think the best way forward (altough it breaks a lot of package.json script and ci pipelines) to change the name of the playwright test script and resolve the conflict. it is quite shame but i probably use puppeteer again. there are multiple use case for testing and automation in one "project". would love to use playwright again in the future

yordan-kanchelov · 2023-09-14T07:35:34Z

with the attempt to migrate to pnpm i started reproducing this issue as well

Shruthi-DN · 2023-10-26T00:32:07Z

Had the same issue, because previous beta versions of @playwright/test did require playwright.

Solution:

npm rm playwright

npm install @playwright/test -D

Then it works.

Thank you! I just had to explicitly install @playwright/test in the github workflow yml. This error was bothering as it didn't happen in my local runs. I didn't have to remove playwright. Not sure if/where that package is installed.

sturoid · 2023-11-10T05:57:43Z

Reproducing this issue using pnpm.

averyjl1 · 2024-01-16T19:31:16Z

Solved! In my case I was having same problems as @thecodrr - My solution was to disable Forcepoint/Websense

andersekdahl · 2024-03-08T17:11:32Z

I had this issue in a repo using npm workspaces. npx playwright install gave a not found error when run in the root. When I changed to run it inside the workspace package that needed playwright instead it worked fine.

zhkostadinov · 2024-07-29T14:14:48Z

Hey, team
The issue is still there:
`Require stack:

/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/config.js
/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/reporters/json.js
/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/runner/reporters.js
/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/runner/runner.js
/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/program.js
/demo/node_modules/@playwright/test/cli.js
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143:15)
at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:190:19)
at /demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/config.js:205:21
at Array.map ()
at resolveReporters (/home/kosta/Desktop/52Entertainment/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/config.js:203:110)
at new FullConfigInternal (/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/config.js:77:56)
at loadConfig (/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/configLoader.js:103:22)
at loadConfigFromFileRestartIfNeeded (/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/configLoader.js:258:10)
at runTests (/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/program.js:192:18)
at t. (/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/program.js:54:7) {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: [
'demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/common/config.js',
'/node_modules/playwright/lib/reporters/json.js',
'/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/runner/reporters.js',
'/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/runner/runner.js',
'/demo/node_modules/playwright/lib/program.js',
'/demo/node_modules/@playwright/test/cli.js'
]
}
`

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JoshuaKGoldberg mentioned this issue May 24, 2023

[BUG] Getting "Please install @playwright/test package..." after upgrading from 1.34.0 to 1.34.1 #23228

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[BUG]Error: Cannot find module '@playwright/test' Playwright Version 1.33.0 #23098

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chore(deps): update dependency @playwright/test to v1.35.0 nhost/nhost#2047

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