unable to locally run a newly created repo

[opheliagame]

When trying to run a completely new project locally I am getting the following error

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[11ty] Eleventy CLI Fatal Error: (more in DEBUG output)
[11ty] 1. Error in your Eleventy config file '.eleventy.js'. (via EleventyConfigError)
[11ty] 2. Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module
[11ty]
[11ty] The specified procedure could not be found.
[11ty] \\?\C:\Users\Anushuka\Documents\GitHub\new-notes\node_modules\@11ty\eleventy-img\node_modules\sharp\build\Release\sharp-win32-x64.node
[11ty]
[11ty] Possible solutions:
[11ty] - Install with verbose logging and look for errors: "npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose sharp"
[11ty] - Install for the current win32-x64 runtime: "npm install --platform=win32 --arch=x64 sharp" 
[11ty] - Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install
[11ty] - Ensure the version of sharp aligns with the sharp package: "npm ls sharp" (via Error)      
[11ty]
[11ty] Original error stack trace: Error:
[11ty] Something went wrong installing the "sharp" module
[11ty]
[11ty] The specified procedure could not be found.
[11ty] \\?\C:\Users\Anushuka\Documents\GitHub\new-notes\node_modules\@11ty\eleventy-img\node_modules\sharp\build\Release\sharp-win32-x64.node
[11ty]
[11ty] Possible solutions:
[11ty] - Install with verbose logging and look for errors: "npm install --ignore-scripts=false --foreground-scripts --verbose sharp"
[11ty] - Install for the current win32-x64 runtime: "npm install --platform=win32 --arch=x64 sharp" 
[11ty] - Consult the installation documentation: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install
[11ty] - Ensure the version of sharp aligns with the sharp package: "npm ls sharp"
[11ty]     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Anushuka\Documents\GitHub\new-notes\node_modules\@11ty\eleventy-img\node_modules\sharp\lib\sharp.js:37:9)
[11ty]     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
[11ty]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
[11ty]     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
[11ty]     at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
[11ty]     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1005:19)
[11ty]     at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:102:18)
[11ty]     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Anushuka\Documents\GitHub\new-notes\node_modules\@11ty\eleventy-img\node_modules\sharp\lib\constructor.js:11:1)
[11ty]     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1105:14)
[11ty]     at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1159:10)
ERROR: "watch:eleventy" exited with 1.

[opheliagame]

I think I found the reason.

Ensure the version of sharp aligns with the eleventy-plugin-gen-favicons package: "npm ls sharp"
When checking version of sharp using this, the output is

├─┬ @11ty/eleventy-img@3.1.0
│ └── sharp@0.32.6 deduped
├─┬ eleventy-plugin-gen-favicons@1.1.2
│ └── sharp@0.31.3
└── sharp@0.32.6

I removed the favicon plugin from .eleventy.js file and the project started running.
@oleeskild
Is this issue not happening on your end?

[dayne]

I can't help with the issue here but as I look at the error and I see windows file paths and installations of npm stuff with .exe files it just causes me to cringe a bit because that is such a different build environment for both access to the filesystem but also tool/shell environment than is being used for the official build (vercel/other) your site goes through.

I personally suggest that you consider setting up Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on your windows machine if that is possible and setting up a deployment environment in there. That will better match the real deployment environment (vercel / github). That effectively spins up a well integrated Linux virtual machine that better mirrors GitHub Actions / Vercel / any real cloud deployment/build environment.

Hope you get/got past this issue.