Im trying to deploy my project on vercel but it keeps saying cant find package @tailwindcss/vite

[temmytizzy201-7159]

failed to load config from /vercel/path0/vite.config.js
error when starting dev server:
Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find package ‘@tailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcsstailwindcss/vite’ imported from /vercel/path0/node_modules/.vite-temp/vite.config.js.timestamp-1764666607979-281cc1632e3e2.mjs
at Object.getPackageJSONURL (node:internal/modules/package_json_reader:316:9)
at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:768:81)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:858:18)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:990:11)
at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:737:20)
at ModuleLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:714:38)
at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:293:38)
at #link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:208:49)
Error: Command “npm run dev” exited with 1

{
“name”: “my-react-app”,
“private”: true,
“version”: “0.0.0”,
“type”: “module”,
“scripts”: {
“dev”: “vite”,
“build”: “vite build”

vite.config.js
import { define@tailwindcssonfig } from ‘v@vitej@vitej@vitej@vitej@vitej@vitej@vitej@vitejsvitej@vitejste’
import react from ‘@vitejs/plugin-react’
i@tailwindcs@tailwindcs@tailwindcs@tailwindcs@tailwindcs@tailwindcs@tail@tailwindcssindcs@tailwindcs@tailwindcssport tailwindcss from ‘@tailwindcss/vite’
// Configuring Vite | Vite
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [react(),
tailwindcss(),
]
})

[heystu (Sean)]

May be a dumb question to ask, but have you asked the agent to try and fix this error?

or have you:

• tried running / installing the missing packages?
• or installed Tailwind v4?

[heystu (Sean)]

I did have an issue once when I brought in a vite code based project and the agent actually just changed it all for me so that it was in the code base that v0 works better with. Maybe that is something you could try / ask?

[heystu (Sean)]

maybe try these steps? Not sure tbh.

bash

# 1. Clean install
rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json
npm install

# 2. If using Tailwind v4, ensure it's installed
npm install -D @tailwindcss/vite tailwindcss

# 3. Rebuild
npm run build

---

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Alternative Fix (Tailwind v3 approach):

If you’re actually using Tailwind v3, your vite.config.js should look like this instead:

javascript

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  css: {
    postcss: './postcss.config.js', // Tailwind processed via PostCSS
  }
})

Then ensure your postcss.config.js has:

javascript

export default {
  plugins: {
    tailwindcss: {},
    autoprefixer: {},
  },
}

[temmytizzy201-7159]

im using v4 and have tried the cleaning and the reinstalling also

[temmytizzy201-7159]

and how can i contact the agent pls

[temmytizzy201-7159]

how can i get this done

[heystu (Sean)]

just in the normal prompt area. Just ask it to look at the console log and fix those errors. You can try that as is.

Or you can try pasting in some of what I sent (but be advised I cant guarantee what i gave you WILL work), and ask it if those would help fix it.

I would stat though by just telling it to look at the Console log errors and fixing those issues. But be sure to tell it to give you an explanation and to confirm with you what it will do before you accpet it. So then you can read it all and see what you think is best based on what it will do.

[heystu (Sean)]

you are getting these errors in v0 right? or in the Vercel deploy DB?

[heystu (Sean)]

see if any of that works (if this is in v0 you are getting the errors). Otherwise there may be another help area for wider Vercel topics. I am sure a team member will also jump in on this too if no solution is found asap.

Maybe @avik-creator, you have some thoughts / ideas on a solve for this?

[temmytizzy201-7159]

in the Vercel Deployment

[heystu (Sean)]

and what happens when you deploy via v0?

[heystu (Sean)]

or maybe I am totally misunderstanding something here too.
Is this a v0 project? Or something you imported to Vercel but created elsewhere?

Just trying to fully understand. Sorry for any confusion.

[temmytizzy201-7159]

[temmytizzy201-7159]

it was created on vs and pushed to github and imported to vercel

[heystu (Sean)]

ahhh ok. I see.
Ok if you are willing to, can you try this:

1. download GitHub repo for this project as zip file
2. go into v0 (if you have this / are using this) / Im assuming you want to continue this on v0?
3. upload the zip file to start the project (see image).

Then, what I am assuming will happen is this. It will read its Vite, say it doesnt “like” vite and refactor it all to code that works with, but keep yoru design 1:1.

I am saying I assume this will happen becuase this is what I did for a project I started in Lovable. I pushed it to Github, downloaded as zip, uploaded / styarted with zip upload, it brought it in, agent said it didnt / coudlnt work with vite and that it would refactor, I said yes, and it worked and kept the designs 1:1.

make sense?

[heystu (Sean)]

if you dont want to use v0 but just want this hosted etc on Vercel, maybe you can still get it answered here, or you can try posting your issue / question here
Help - Vercel Community as that is Vercel exclusively it seems

[temmytizzy201-7159]

it make sense, but this is a project i started from scratch although little help from Ai but not converting pictures to code

[heystu (Sean)]

maybe still wortth a shot then to try what I was saying?
Cause then you will have it all in v0 to continue and have it on Vercel as you want

[temmytizzy201-7159]

ill get it a trial, i really appreciate ur time and answers