npm install mysql failed

[kobeliuke]

🐛 Bug Report

🤷‍♀️ What did you do

⛔️ Error log

Command failed with exit code 1: npm install mysql
npm error code ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
npm error The "path" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or URL. Received null

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/will/.npm/_logs/2024-07-06T04_49_32_742Z-debug-0.log

🕵️‍♀️ Stack trace

Error: Command failed with exit code 1: npm install mysql
npm error code ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
npm error The "path" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or URL. Received null

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/will/.npm/_logs/2024-07-06T04_49_32_742Z-debug-0.log
    at makeError (/Users/will/.npm/_npx/a642ee8303c0fc2f/node_modules/execa/lib/error.js:60:11)
    at handlePromise (/Users/will/.npm/_npx/a642ee8303c0fc2f/node_modules/execa/index.js:118:26)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async installDependecies (/Users/will/.npm/_npx/a642ee8303c0fc2f/node_modules/@strapi-community/dockerize/core/dependencies.js:21:3)
    at async /Users/will/.npm/_npx/a642ee8303c0fc2f/node_modules/@strapi-community/dockerize/index.js:63:4

🙇‍♀️ Expected behavior/code

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👩‍💻 Environment

• 📦 Node version: v20.15.0
• 💻 OS: darwin arm64

💡 Possible Solution

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[pct-tploeger]

I encountered the same issue today. Deleting the empty "yarn.lock" folder in my strapi project worked for me.