A repo that demonstrates a possible Nuxt 2.9.1 dependency bug
cd nuxt291bugnpm inpm run dev
A successful Nuxt build and dev server.
$ npm run dev
> app@1.0.0 dev <REDACTED>/nuxt291bug
> nuxt
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ Nuxt.js v2.9.1 │
│ Running in development mode (universal) │
│ │
│ Listening on: http://localhost:3000/ │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────╯
ℹ Preparing project for development 13:57:17
ℹ Initial build may take a while 13:57:17
✔ Builder initialized 13:57:17
✔ Nuxt files generated 13:57:17
✖ Client
Compiled with some errors in 1.89s
✔ Server
Compiled successfully in 1.44s
ERROR Failed to compile with 36 errors friendly-errors 13:57:20
These dependencies were not found: friendly-errors 13:57:20
friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.array.find in ./.nuxt/client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.array.iterator in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib??ref--2-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./.nuxt/components/nuxt-error.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js& friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.date.to-string in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.function.name in ./.nuxt/client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.object.assign in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib??ref--2-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./.nuxt/components/nuxt-error.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js& friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.object.keys in ./.nuxt/client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.object.to-string in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.promise in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib??ref--2-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./.nuxt/components/nuxt-error.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js& friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.constructor in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.match in ./.nuxt/client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.replace in ./.nuxt/utils.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.search in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.split in ./.nuxt/utils.js, ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib??ref--2-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./.nuxt/components/nuxt-build-indicator.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js&
* core-js/modules/es6.regexp.to-string in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.string.includes in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.string.iterator in ./.nuxt/client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.string.repeat in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.string.starts-with in ./.nuxt/utils.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es6.symbol in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es7.array.includes in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es7.object.get-own-property-descriptors in ./.nuxt/index.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es7.promise.finally in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib??ref--2-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./.nuxt/components/nuxt-error.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js& friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/es7.symbol.async-iterator in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
* core-js/modules/web.dom.iterable in ./.nuxt/client.js, ./.nuxt/components/nuxt-link.client.js friendly-errors 13:57:20
friendly-errors 13:57:20
To install them, you can run: npm install --save core-js/modules/es6.array.find core-js/modules/es6.array.iterator core-js/modules/es6.date.to-string core-js/modules/es6.function.name core-js/modules/es6.object.assign core-js/modules/es6.object.keys core-js/modules/es6.object.to-string core-js/modules/es6.promise core-js/modules/es6.regexp.constructor core-js/modules/es6.regexp.match core-js/modules/es6.regexp.replace core-js/modules/es6.regexp.search core-js/modules/es6.regexp.split core-js/modules/es6.regexp.to-string core-js/modules/es6.string.includes core-js/modules/es6.string.iterator core-js/modules/es6.string.repeat core-js/modules/es6.string.starts-with core-js/modules/es6.symbol core-js/modules/es7.array.includes core-js/modules/es7.object.get-own-property-descriptors core-js/modules/es7.promise.finally core-js/modules/es7.symbol.async-iterator core-js/modules/web.dom.iterable
ℹ Waiting for file changes 13:57:20
ℹ Memory usage: 147 MB (RSS: 220 MB)