[npx] Cannot find module 'vue'

[hyrious]

Describe the bug

I tried to run vitepress through npx without installing it in the local package. And starting from 0.21.4 (I didn't narrow down the version number precisely) npx vitepress build won't work, but npx vitepress dev works fine.

> npx vitepress build docs
vitepress v0.21.4
- building client + server bundles...
✓ building client + server bundles...
- rendering pages...
✖ rendering pages...
build error:
 Error: Cannot find module 'vue'
Require stack:
- /home/runner/work/esbuild-dev/esbuild-dev/docs/.vitepress/.temp/app.js

Full output see the table below:

version	behavior	log
0.20.9	dev fine, build fine	gh action log
0.21.4 ~ 0.22.3	dev fine, build error	gh action log

Reproduction

Try this command without installing vitepress:

npx vitepress build docs

Expected behavior

The build command should work.

System Info

  System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19044
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200H CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Memory: 6.00 GB / 11.89 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.13.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.17 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 8.5.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Spartan (44.19041.1266.0), Chromium (98.0.1108.62)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1202

Additional context

I noticed #324 has similar situation but the error message differs.

Validations

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[brc-dd]

Try npx -p vue -p vitepress vitepress build docs

[hyrious]

@brc-dd noluck, same error

[yyx990803]

This isn't a supported use case because VitePress SSR is executed from a temp build directory in your project. It assumes VitePress itself (and thus Vue) is installed locally.