When I run the following on MacOS, I see a "local" Nx version of v16.5.1, and no "global" version:
> repo % npx nx --version npm verbose cli /Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v20.18.3/bin/node /Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v20.18.3/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js npm info using [email protected] npm info using [email protected] npm verbose title npm exec nx --version npm verbose argv "exec" "--" "nx" "--version" npm verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/Users/me/.npm/_logs/2025-04-04T15_28_57_161Z- npm verbose logfile /Users/me/.npm/_logs/2025-04-04T15_28_57_161Z-debug-0.log Nx Version: - Local: v16.5.1 - Global: Not found npm verbose cwd /Users/me/code/repo npm verbose os Darwin 23.6.0 npm verbose node v20.18.3 npm verbose npm v10.8.2 npm verbose exit 0 npm info ok > repo % ls node_modules ls: node_modules: No such file or directory You can see that node_modules is empty. I'm assuming this might be something specific to how Nx returns --version, but I'm not sure how npx resolves the package when nothing is installed locally or globally.
You can see npm verifies nothing is installed globally:
> repo % npm list --global nx ... /Users/me/.nvm/versions/node/v20.18.3/lib └── (empty) Where would npx be pulling this nx package/version from? I also cleared my ~/.npm/_npx folder cache, but I assume nvm also could be what complicates this. Is there a cache clearing command for that?
