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FAQ

I’m getting the error Cannot find package 'x' imported from 'y', but I’m not using this package. Why?

Section titled “I’m getting the error Cannot find package 'x' imported from 'y', but I’m not using this package. Why?”

This issue typically arises when package ‘y’ has a peerDependency on package ‘x’, and package ‘x’ isn’t installed. This can occur if you’re using a package manger that doesn’t auto install implicit peer dependencies. It is the case for

  • npm (before version 7)
  • yarn
Package ManagerAction
npmUpgrade npm npm install -g npm
yarnAdd x intermediate dependency to your package.json dependencies