nx migrate latest - Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'schematics')

[coreConvention]

Current Behavior

Attempting to upgrade an angular 16 project to 18, however I assume I need to upgrade nx as well. I am currently using 16.3.2, but I have installed nx 20.1.2 globally. Running the nx migrate latest command on the project results in the following error:

NX   The migrate command failed.
NX   Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'schematics')

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'schematics')
   at C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:561:24
   at async Migrator.populatePackageJsonUpdatesAndGetPackagesToCheck (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:148:31)
   at async Promise.all (index 2)
   at async Migrator.populatePackageJsonUpdatesAndGetPackagesToCheck (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:178:17)
   at async Migrator.buildPackageJsonUpdates (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:118:33)       
   at async Migrator.migrate (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:84:9)
   at async generateMigrationsJsonAndUpdatePackageJson (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:769:78)
   at async C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\migrate.js:1048:13
   at async handleErrors (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\utils\handle-errors.js:8:24)
   at async Object.handler (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86904-gDlI6u6BSBlc\node_modules\nx\src\command-line\migrate\command-object.js:21:43)

I see some other issues recommending renaming "@nx/linter" to "@nx/eslint" as that is documented. But I was under the impression the nx migrate command would handle that? Also I am not sure about where that is supposed to be renamed if that is the solution. In the project.json file? Not really sure what to do about this. A quick search of this issue returns only one result pointing to here, which is not helpful.

Expected Behavior

I expect the nx migrate command to properly generate the migrations.json file...? Not sure what else to say here.

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. run nx migrate latest --verbose

Nx Report

>  Node   : 22.5.1
   OS     : win32 x64
   npm    : 10.8.2
   Hasher : Native

   nx (global)        : 20.1.2
   nx                 : 16.3.2
   @nx/js             : 16.3.2
   @nx/jest           : 16.3.2
   @nx/linter         : 16.3.2
   @nx/workspace      : 16.3.2
   @nx/angular        : 16.3.2
   @nx/cypress        : 16.3.2
   @nx/devkit         : 16.3.2
   @nx/eslint-plugin  : 16.3.2
   @nrwl/tao          : 16.3.2
   @nx/web            : 16.3.2
   @nx/webpack        : 16.3.2
   typescript         : 5.0.4
   ---------------------------------------
   Community plugins:
   @auth0/auth0-angular : 2.2.3

Failure Logs

0 verbose cli C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
1 info using [email protected]
2 info using [email protected]
3 silly config load:file:C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\npmrc
4 silly config load:file:C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86668-p4IbSbzgo6tu\.npmrc
5 silly config load:file:C:\Users\[removed]\.npmrc
6 silly config load:file:C:\Program Files\nodejs\etc\npmrc
7 verbose title npm install @nx/[email protected]
8 verbose argv "install" "@nx/[email protected]"
9 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-11-17T16_37_32_787Z-
10 verbose logfile C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-11-17T16_37_32_787Z-debug-0.log
11 silly packumentCache heap:4345298944 maxSize:1086324736 maxEntrySize:543162368
12 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 2 files
13 silly logfile done cleaning log files
14 silly idealTree buildDeps
15 silly fetch manifest @nx/[email protected]
16 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@nx%2flinter cache-miss
17 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/@nx%2flinter 14ms (cache hit)
18 silly packumentCache full:https://registry.npmjs.org/@nx%2flinter set size:1398210 disposed:false
19 silly placeDep ROOT @nx/linter@ OK for:  want: 20.1.2
20 verbose type version
21 verbose stack @nx/linter: No matching version found for @nx/[email protected].
21 verbose stack     at module.exports (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-pick-manifest\lib\index.js:215:23)
21 verbose stack     at RegistryFetcher.manifest (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\pacote\lib\registry.js:130:54)
21 verbose stack     at async #fetchManifest (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:1199:20)
21 verbose stack     at async #nodeFromEdge (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:1037:19)
21 verbose stack     at async #buildDepStep (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:901:11)
21 verbose stack     at async Arborist.buildIdealTree (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\build-ideal-tree.js:181:7)
21 verbose stack     at async Promise.all (index 1)
21 verbose stack     at async Arborist.reify (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\reify.js:131:5)
21 verbose stack     at async Install.exec (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\lib\commands\install.js:150:5)
21 verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\lib\npm.js:207:9)
21 verbose stack     at async module.exports (C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v22.5.1\node_modules\npm\lib\cli\entry.js:74:5)
22 error code ETARGET
23 error notarget No matching version found for @nx/[email protected].
24 error notarget In most cases you or one of your dependencies are requesting
24 error notarget a package version that doesn't exist.
25 silly unfinished npm timer reify 1731861453590
26 silly unfinished npm timer reify:loadTrees 1731861453594
27 verbose cwd C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-86668-p4IbSbzgo6tu
28 verbose os Windows_NT 10.0.22631
29 verbose node v22.5.1
30 verbose npm  v10.8.2
31 verbose exit 1
32 verbose code 1
33 error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\[removed]\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-11-17T16_37_32_787Z-debug-0.log

Package Manager Version

10.8.2

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
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Additional Information

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[sebastiandenis]

I had the same issue with the Nx workspace migration from 16 to 20. A quick workaround is:

1. remove @nx/linter from your package.json and run npm install
2. npm install @nx/eslint --save-dev
3. nx migrate latest