4.x local install update not possible due to `npx retype` not working

[mduft]

Hey. I'm on Linux. I have a package.json with retypeapp 3.10.0 in it. I tried updating to 4.6.0. We use gradle and the node plugin to run an NPX task. I tried manually on the command line as well.

Running npm install && npx retype will simpley give me this error after updating (npm i -s retypeapp@4.6.0):

$ npx retype
npm error could not determine executable to run
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/mduft/.npm/_logs/2026-06-10T08_18_03_687Z-debug-0.log

I verified that node_modules/retypeapp-linux-x64/bin/retype does exist, however the node_modules/.bin/ folder is completely empty.

I intentionally do not install globally but local to the according repository.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

[geoffreymcgill]

Hi @mduft. Thanks for the report. I am investigating and will try to figure out what is happening here.

[geoffreymcgill]

We have a fix in place but need to do some more testing. If testing passes, the fix will be included in the upcoming v4.7.0 release.

We will likely make a v4.7.0-preview2 release, so you could test that @next release if you wanted to confirm the fix before final release.

[mduft]

Thanks for the quick response :)