Laravel-mix: Laravel Mix 4 installs vue-template-compiler package even if it is redundant

Created on 26 Dec 2018 · 7Comments · Source: JeffreyWay/laravel-mix

Laravel Mix Version: 4.0.12
Node Version: 8.11.1
NPM Version: 6.4.1
OS: Microsoft Windows 10

Description:

I have started new Laravel project using latest version (5.7.19) and it is shipped with Laravel Mix 4.0.7. In this project I don't need any frontend scaffolding so I removed Vue scaffolding. After that when I ran npm install and then npm run watch I am getting this in the console:

Additional dependencies must be installed. This will only take a moment.

Running: yarn add vue-template-compiler --dev --production=false
warning " > [email protected]" has unmet peer dependency "webpack@^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0".

Okay, done. The following packages have been installed and saved to your package.json dependencies list:

vue-template-compiler

Why Laravel Mix 4 install this additional and obviously redundant package vue-template-compiler on the fly when I have removed Vue from scaffolding and how to get a rid of that package?

After all, I have tried to use Laravel Mix 4.0.7 and 4.0.12 - same thing in both cases.

Steps To Reproduce:

Install new fresh copy of Laravel
Run php artisan preset none
Run npm install
Run npm run watch

Source

filipkrstic

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Most helpful comment

Hey, @JeffreyWay you mentioned that this dependency needs to stay until the next major release.
I am on v5 right at the moment and still getting it. Any chance removing it anytime soon?

MunGell on 3 Feb 2020

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All 7 comments

I have a similar problem without setting preset to none, but using default one shipped for Laravel.

I was able to run my npm run ... after
npm install vue-template-compiler

vladshoob on 30 Dec 2018

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My project is using react and yet it still installs this package.

billriess on 30 Dec 2018

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Mix has always installed this package. The only difference is it's now being pulled in locally.

Mix was originally built with Vue in mind, so until the next major release, this dependency needs to stay. Just ignore it.

JeffreyWay on 3 Jan 2019

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Duplicate of https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/issues/1877

lkraav on 10 Jan 2019

I do not want to have vue-template-compiler dependency in my package.json file. Can it not be forced to install?

mabasic on 13 May 2019

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Hey, @JeffreyWay you mentioned that this dependency needs to stay until the next major release.
I am on v5 right at the moment and still getting it. Any chance removing it anytime soon?

MunGell on 3 Feb 2020

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If you need a quick-fix before my PR is merged, I also gived a hack to remove the dependency by hand. https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/issues/1877#issuecomment-596111404