Does not seem to work with single package installs

[CxRes]

I tried this with a new project and I get the following result. Please look especially at the npm i below:

PS D:\dev> npm run preinstall                                                                        
> @ preinstall D:\dev
> npx only-allow pnpm

npx: installed 26 in 8.997s
╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║                                                             ║
║   Use "pnpm install" for installation in this project.      ║
║                                                             ║
║   If you don't have pnpm, install it via "npm i -g pnpm".   ║
║   For more details, go to https://pnpm.js.org/              ║
║                                                             ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ preinstall: `npx only-allow pnpm`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @ preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\******\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-06-27T22_06_14_067Z-debug.log


PS D:\dev> npm i dotenv
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.

+ [email protected]
added 425 packages from 258 contributors and audited 444 packages in 207.81s

75 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

Versions:
node: 14.4.0
npm: 6.14.5
OS: Windows 10 x64

Perhaps you might like to look (or perhaps have already looked) at the thread here:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41076172/force-yarn-install-instead-of-npm-install-for-node-module/

[kenberkeley]

Please have a look at this comment in the thread mentioned above as well:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41076172/force-yarn-install-instead-of-npm-install-for-node-module/#comment112890527_62176124

[zkochan]

The recommended way to use it is via npx:

{
  "scripts": {
    "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm"
  }
}

https://pnpm.js.org/en/only-allow-pnpm

[rhyek]

@zkochan I am doing exactly that and it's not working at any level (workspace root or specific package).

Eg: With the preinstall script in the workspace root allowing only pnpm I try the following:

❯ npm i uuid
+ [email protected]
added 134 packages from 86 contributors, removed 42 packages, updated 17 packages and audited 151 packages in 4.198s

23 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

Node: 14.15.1
Npm: 6.14.11

[Venryx]

Same issue. The preinstall script is apparently not being run for single-package install commands, such as npm i uuid.

Here is an npm RFC on the subject: npm/rfcs#325

[Shinigami92]

pnpm/pnpm#4278

faker-js/faker#290

[AliBahaari]

For me neither single package nor multiple not working.