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Termux•4w ago
Muhammad

[HELP] Tailwind CSS fails to initialize on Termux

Tailwind CSS packages install successfully, but initialization fails likely due to ARM architecture incompatibility on Termux (Android 13, Node.js v24.7.0, npm v11.5.1). First attempt with direct node call: 
>> node node_modules/tailwindcss/lib/cli.js init -p

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1413
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/data/data/com.termux/files/home/project/node_modules/tailwindcss/lib/cli.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1410:15)
[...]
>> node node_modules/tailwindcss/lib/cli.js init -p

node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1413
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module '/data/data/com.termux/files/home/project/node_modules/tailwindcss/lib/cli.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1410:15)
[...]
After successful installation: 
project npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

up to date, audited 139 packages in 3s

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found 0 vulnerabilities
project npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

up to date, audited 139 packages in 3s

27 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities
When trying to initialize: 
➜ project npx tailwindcss init -p
npm error could not determine executable to run
➜ project npx tailwindcss init -p
npm error could not determine executable to run
From the error log: 
14 verbose stack Error: could not determine executable to run
14 verbose stack     at getBinFromManifest (/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/get-bin-from-manifest.js:17:23)
[...]
15 verbose pkgid tailwindcss@4.1.13
16 error could not determine executable to run
14 verbose stack Error: could not determine executable to run
14 verbose stack     at getBinFromManifest (/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/get-bin-from-manifest.js:17:23)
[...]
15 verbose pkgid tailwindcss@4.1.13
16 error could not determine executable to run
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