The Nx CLI could not find or load the native binary for your supported platform (darwin-arm64).

[Chris Curnow]

Current Behavior

When I run any nx command (eg nx list) I get the message:

Missing Platform Dependency

The Nx CLI could not find or load the native binary for your supported platform (darwin-arm64).
This likely means that optional dependencies were not installed correctly, or your system is missing some system dependencies.
For more information please see https://nx.dev/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-nx-install-issues

I realise this is a duplicate of #20280 but none of the discussion there seemed to help.

Expected Behavior

The command works

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create new Nx workspace using the command npx create-nx-workspace@latest angular-monorepo --preset=angular-monorepo
2. Install a new package (eg npm install -S @angular/material)
3. Try to list the contents of the package with nx list @angular/material

Nx Report

/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/native-bindings.js:244
    throw loadError
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '@nx/nx-darwin-arm64'
Require stack:
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/workspace-context.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/loader.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/index.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/devkit-internals.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/assert-workspace-validity.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-manager.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/child-process.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/migrate/command-object.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/bin/init-local.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/.nvm/versions/node/v20.15.1/lib/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1145:15)
    at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:190:19)
    at Module._load (/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js:53:36)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1233:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/native-bindings.js:135:29)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/workspace-context.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/utils/retrieve-workspace-files.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/loader.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/plugins/index.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/run/executor-utils.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/devkit-internals.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/assert-workspace-validity.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/build-project-graph.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/project-graph.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/package-manager.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/utils/child-process.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/migrate/command-object.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/command-line/nx-commands.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/bin/init-local.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/.nvm/versions/node/v20.15.1/lib/node_modules/nx/bin/nx.js'
  ]
}

Node.js v20.15.1

Failure Logs

Node.js v20.9.0
/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/native-bindings.js:244
    throw loadError
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '@nx/nx-darwin-arm64'
Require stack:
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/daemon/server/server.js
- /Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/daemon/server/start.js
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1055:15)
    at Function.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:136:19)
    at Module._load (/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js:53:36)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1122:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:130:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/native-bindings.js:135:29)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1256:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1311:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1098:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:945:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/native/index.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/daemon/server/server.js',
    '/Users/chriscurnow/Projects/4cast/fourcast/node_modules/nx/src/daemon/server/start.js'
  ]
}

Node.js v20.9.0

Package Manager Version

No response

Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
• Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

I have been using Nx for about five years now and have never seen this before. I have created new monorepos many times.

This is a brand new installation of Nx.
I updated Nx to latest globally.
I read the information at https://nx.dev/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-nx-install-issues, but I didn't understand it –
when you say 'Running your install command with ...' which install do you mean?

[Chris Curnow]

I actually found a very simple fix for this but I'll leave the issue open because what caused it to happen in the first place is still a bug.

I have a few angular monorepos I have created. I looked at them to see if I could find a difference between them and my latest repo.

It turns out that there is a directory missing in my repo.

The missing directory is node_modules/@nx/nx-darwin-arm64
There is a directory there I think should not be there which is node_modules/@nx/nx-darwin-x64.

Anyway copying the missing directory from another repo fixed the problem.