Error: Cannot find module 'is-color-stop' in Tailwind CLI

While compiling the code for production in Tailwind CLI using:

npx tailwindcss -m -o ./build/tailwind.css --purge "./**/*.html" 

I get:

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:941
  const err = new Error(message);
              ^

Error: Cannot find module 'is-color-stop'
Require stack:
- C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js
- C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\lib\cli.js    
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:941:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:774:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:93:18)
    at Object.16087 (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:88523:33)        
    at __nccwpck_require__ (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:89292:43) 
    at Object.33683 (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:52000:43)        
    at __nccwpck_require__ (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:89292:43) 
    at Object.64524 (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:33988:54)        
    at __nccwpck_require__ (C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\bc7494899bbce1ca\node_modules\tailwindcss\peers\index.js:89292:43) 
{
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\Users\\kevin\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\bc7494899bbce1ca\\node_modules\\tailwindcss\\peers\\index.js',
    'C:\\Users\\kevin\\AppData\\Local\\npm-cache\\_npx\\bc7494899bbce1ca\\node_modules\\tailwindcss\\lib\\cli.js'
  ]
}
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\kevin\Desktop\Portfolio
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c tailwind -m -o build\tailwind.css --purge **\*.html

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\kevin\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2021-09-06T22_55_15_499Z-debug.log

But when I try to compile without the -m flag:

npx tailwindcss -o ./build/tailwind.css --purge "./**/*.html" 

It works well without problems.

According to the help of the CLI (npx tailwindcss -h), the -m (--minify) flag should minify the CSS production file. What did I miss?

posted over 3 years ago

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Kevin M. Mansour‭

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