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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Liferay DXP 7.0 Theme Generator installation fails with Missing required argument #1 | EMISSINGARG

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Alfonso Crisci

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Issue

  • While following the Liferay documentation about 7.0 DXP theme building with the Theme Generator, the following error will be thrown on Terminal when running npm install -g yo gulp:
    npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.17134
    npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "yo" "gulp"
    npm ERR! node v6.6.0
    npm ERR! npm  v3.10.3
    npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG

    npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1
    npm ERR! typeerror     at andLogAndFinish (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at fetchPackageMetadata (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at resolveWithNewModule (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\install\deps.js:515:12)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\install\deps.js:516:7
    npm ERR! typeerror     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\iferr\index.js:13:50
    npm ERR! typeerror     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12
    npm ERR! typeerror     at addRequestedAndFinish (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:67:5)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at returnAndAddMetadata (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:121:7)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\fetch-package-metadata.js:138:20)
    npm ERR! typeerror     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\iferr\index.js:13:50
    npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
    npm ERR! typeerror     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
    npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.17134
    npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "yo" "gulp"
    npm ERR! node v6.6.0
    npm ERR! npm  v3.10.3
    npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG

    npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0
  • Liferay Theme Generator 7.x.x
  • Node.js v6.6.0
  • Windows 10
  • Latest yeoman and gulp

Resolution

  • Upgrade your Node.js version to the latest v12 LTS: v12.19.0

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