New install of Node, Yo,@microsoft/sharepoint - error running sharepoint generator "generator.run is not a function"

Question

New to sharepoint development and following instructions here --> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/web-parts/get-started/build-a-hello-world-web-part

Installed fresh:

Node v20.18.0

npm 10.8.2

Yo 5.0.0

running "yo @microsoft/sharepoint" as instructed and get:

C:\Users\Shawn\spdev\test1>yo @microsoft/sharepoint

 _-----_

|       |    .--------------------------.

|--(o)--|    |      Welcome to the      |

`---------´ | SharePoint Client-side |

( _´U`_ )    |    Solution Generator    |

/___A___\    '--------------------------'

 |  ~  |

'._.'__

´ |° ´ Y

Error: generator.run is not a function

Error @microsoft/sharepoint

generator.run is not a function

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Hi @Shawn Persels,

Per my research, you could fix the issue by downgrade to version 4.3.1. You could use the following command

npm install -g yo@4.3.1 generator-generator

And here is a similar issue with yours, please make a reference

https://github.com/yeoman/generator-generator/issues/258

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