Some corrupted lockfile

[bijianing97]

Sometime I use the vscode and hardhat solidity I get following error

How can I solve it?
vscode version 1.72.2
hardhat solidity 0.5.5

[kanej]

Hey @bijianing97,

This is an issue with hardhat. If you run npx hardhat compile at the command line for this project you will see the error more clearly.

It is happening because of a dependency of hardhat that is platform specific. In your lockfile (package-lock.json for npm) you have a different platform version of the dependency that will run on your platform (maybe your running on mac, but the dep was checked in on windows).

This is a known issue, the workaround is:

1. Delete your lockfile (package-lock.json for npm)
2. Delete your node_modules folder
3. Reinstall with npm install

[bijianing97]

Thanks sir, now I can code with it correctly.

[alcuadrado]

For the record: npm/cli#4828