v2.2.27 is failing install with pnpm because of @clerk/ui referencing file-based packages

[ravikatha]

Preliminary Checks

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Reproduction

A repo is not required for reproducing. The issue occurs with a fresh project, as outlined below.

Publishable key

pk_test_bGl2ZS1jbGFtLTk1LmNsZXJrLmFjY291bnRzLmRldiQ

Description

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create an empty pnpm project
2. Add @clerk/clerk-expo@latest package

pnpm init
pnpm install
pnpm add @clerk/clerk-expo@latest

Expected behavior:

The package should install into the project without any errors.

Actual behavior:

An error occurs
` ERR_PNPM_LINKED_PKG_DIR_NOT_FOUND  Could not install from "C:\Workspace\Temp\elements" as it does not exist.

This error happened while installing the dependencies of @clerk/clerk-expo@2.2.27
at @clerk/clerk-js@5.28.0
at @clerk/ui@0.1.9
Progress: resolved 64, reused 62, downloaded 1, added 0`

Below are my observations by looking at the source code

1. @clerk/clerk-expo@2.2.26 does not have this problem. It depends on @clerk/clerk-js@5.27.0.
2. @clerk/clerk-expo@2.2.27 depends on @clerk/clerk-js@5.28.0.
3. @clerk/clerk-js@5.28.0 depends on @clerk/ui@0.1.9 while @clerk/clerk-js@5.27.0 did not have this dependency.
4. @clerk/ui@0.1.9 defines its dependencies using "file://" protocol which is the source of the problem

Using npm instead of pnpm
When I ran the same commands using npm instead of pnpm, it didn't complain anything. However, npm did not install the file protocol dependencies of @clerk/ui. @clerk/types and @clerk/shared got installed because they are dependencies of other clerk packages. @clerk/elements didn't get installed which is the dependency of only @clerk/ui.

Environment

System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.22621
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz
    Memory: 3.56 GB / 15.79 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.16.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 10.9.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
    pnpm: 9.12.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\pnpm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Chromium (127.0.2651.74)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.22621.3527

[mateussmohamed]

Same here 🆙