[Bug] Nixos ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies

[mobergmann]

Before Reporting

• I found no existing issues matching my bug
• My issue is not caused by a theme
• My issue is not caused by a plugin

Describe the Bug

I am trying to install Millennium on my nixos machine. I did like suggested in the wiki:

1. I added millennium to my inputs
2. I added millennium to my modules
3. I overrode the steam package

But when I try to apply my config, I get the error:

~/nixos> sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#ziegel
[sudo] password for mobergmann: 
warning: Git tree '/home/mobergmann/nixos' is dirty
building the system configuration...
warning: Git tree '/home/mobergmann/nixos' is dirty
error: builder for '/nix/store/q1zzv0gc9175hm4f29jkgpqgr57s54gb-millennium-sdk-git.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 25 log lines:
       > Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 633
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       > Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 831
       >  ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL  A package is missing from the store but cannot download it in offline mode. The missing package may be downloaded from https://registry.npmjs.org/devtools-protocol/-/devtools-protocol-0.0.1485358.tgz.
       > Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 831
       >
       > ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies
       >
       > If you see ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL above this, follow these to fix the issue:
       > 1. Set pnpmDeps.hash to "" (empty string)
       > 2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch
       > 3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field
       >
       For full logs, run:
         nix log /nix/store/q1zzv0gc9175hm4f29jkgpqgr57s54gb-millennium-sdk-git.drv
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/d09i2jms28kq8s1avxhxfr8xag8yaf2h-millennium-git.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/wh35143is7gk12r0jlgf3h2cryqk70ns-steam-fhsenv-profile.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/nfnrafj97hw4ix5lsppp9067r2xzwywz-steam-run-fhsenv-profile.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/xjsk0kxb59fsal7fzc43hx5d0mi1vzhz-steam-fhsenv-rootfs.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/16zvmc315fd5lgds3y7w9k09chz0g23i-steam-run-fhsenv-rootfs.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/jh6m8x7q8jima95nrnj4ly5fz0xvvrn5-steam-bwrap.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/8k1jq2q5hakrqggv2s33lmsi5lxk3lqz-steam-run-bwrap.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/jsfzn9d88vswn1lmjkml0ql98h75cpcv-steam-run.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/1kd40mkbhh1wv8fq109pzssw4y6ckh4s-system-path.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/16l6syk2kmhiwsd1a757h16c801pigif-nixos-system-ziegel-25.05.20250925.25e53aa.drv' failed to build

I executed nix flake update, so I should be at the latest version.

Expected Behavior

Millennium should install without errors or any extra steps on my side.

Steps To Reproduce

1. nix flake update
2. sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .

Operating System

Linux

Anything else?

Appendix:
Log:

~/nixos> nix log /nix/store/q1zzv0gc9175hm4f29jkgpqgr57s54gb-millennium-sdk-git.drv
Running phase: unpackPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/ws85w15rmdyh495rpypzhxhy4y537m69-sdk
source root is sdk
Running phase: patchPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase" }
Running phase: configurePhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "configurePhase" }
no configure script, doing nothing
Executing pnpmConfigHook
Configuring pnpm store
/build /build/sdk
/build/sdk
 WARN  Issue while reading "/build/sdk/.npmrc". Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_CONFIG_TOKEN}
 WARN  Issue while reading "/build/sdk/.npmrc". Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_CONFIG_TOKEN}
Installing dependencies
 WARN  Issue while reading "/build/sdk/.npmrc". Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_CONFIG_TOKEN}
 WARN  Issue while reading "/build/sdk/.npmrc". Failed to replace env in config: ${NPM_CONFIG_TOKEN}
Scope: all 4 workspace projects
Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped
Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
Packages: +833

Progress: resolved 1, reused 0, downloaded 0, added 0
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Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 633
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 649
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 661
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 677
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 689
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 705
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 719
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 733
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 749
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 762
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 777
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 793
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 805
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 820
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 831
 ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL  A package is missing from the store but cannot download it in offline mode. The missing package may be downloaded from https://registry.npmjs.org/devtools-prot>
Progress: resolved 833, reused 832, downloaded 0, added 831

ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies

If you see ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL above this, follow these to fix the issue:
1. Set pnpmDeps.hash to "" (empty string)
2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch
3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field

[CodedNil]

I am getting this error, not sure if it is related but seems similar:

millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> Running phase: unpackPhase
millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> unpacking source archive /nix/store/b7x4gw2nw1n4sdr6p61daxr4d5hyzvry-assets
millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> source root is assets
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> Running phase: unpackPhase
copying path '/nix/store/sy8lnmvm8m5yyxg0wr5v72amyyd5837h-lttng-ust-2.14.0-bin' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> unpacking source archive /nix/store/g68dlv6v2l61lbm78swq63ra0j61hab8-sdk
millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> Running phase: patchPhase
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> source root is sdk
copying path '/nix/store/j0jyqq9lgycaqbkpkvzag7wl79w8w7l7-make-binary-wrapper-hook' from 'https://cache.nixos.org'
millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> Running phase: patchPhase
millennium-assets-pnpm-deps> Running phase: installPhase
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> Running phase: installPhase
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> usage: yq [-h] [--yaml-output] [--yaml-roundtrip]
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps>           [--yaml-output-grammar-version {1.1,1.2}] [--width WIDTH]
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps>           [--indentless-lists] [--explicit-start] [--explicit-end]
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps>           [--in-place] [--version]
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps>           [jq_filter] [files ...]
millennium-sdk-pnpm-deps> yq: error: argument files: can't open 'pnpm-lock.yaml': [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pnpm-lock.yaml'

[powerofthe69]

I am having a different, but possibly related(?) error:

I already had Millennium built and was using it, and if I switch back to the regular pkgs.steam, it maintains the theme, but I can't successfully build using the steam-millennium package due to this mismatched hash that I didn't see a reference to in the flake

building the system configuration...
error: hash mismatch in fixed-output derivation '/nix/store/f946lfpkdajzjpmj3sx3j5w3wgnv7kgl-millennium-assets-pnpm-deps.drv':
         specified: sha256-nDSltpFQRM9loVuDour4OrRdN22/A7MkZTGAtL0x7rU=
            got:    sha256-/FR6hFs/JGBAQEp58dw/DUvD1lTo0u5IBFCiveskgBc=

[meztihn]

Also have an issue with pnpm. At some point I had pnpm-lock.yaml error, but now it's this:

build log

error: builder for '/nix/store/sf9ymwzdpr8d3iracwlchng4g21bq7ld-millennium-sdk-git.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 21 log lines:
       > Running phase: unpackPhase
       > unpacking source archive /nix/store/g68dlv6v2l61lbm78swq63ra0j61hab8-sdk
       > source root is sdk
       > Running phase: patchPhase
       > Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
       > Running phase: configurePhase
       > no configure script, doing nothing
       > Executing pnpmConfigHook
       > Configuring pnpm store
       > /build /build/sdk
       > /build/sdk
       > Installing dependencies
       >  ERR_PNPM_NO_PKG_MANIFEST  No package.json found in /build/sdk
       >
       > ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies
       >
       > If you see ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL above this, follow these to fix the issue:
       > 1. Set pnpmDeps.hash to "" (empty string)
       > 2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch
       > 3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field
       >
       For full logs, run:
         nix log /nix/store/sf9ymwzdpr8d3iracwlchng4g21bq7ld-millennium-sdk-git.drv
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/s2lkmpdyd398qkx4qnf8hsk1r6jbfyf2-millennium-git.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/iv7hm6pb0li41b8q0aczda3vl87vkw2m-steam-fhsenv-profile.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/2cfpcgfcl740g51yrc6r5gwmycxq5and-steam-run-fhsenv-profile.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/czg5wpvyx7a8fndb4fk1fibr437nn6pr-steam-fhsenv-rootfs.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/i22l9rg58l34h2r68kggal8fbsz759yg-steam-run-fhsenv-rootfs.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/plr5fmn9f2jw4gwhrwfvmg5gj9pc40m7-steam-bwrap.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/wcxrz5krw3a5fvjj5zwh1h1yaa5wl0l8-steam-run-bwrap.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/zm4ar4dyccns3d07zm93vzsww8jahl95-steam-run.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/g83ww31jrh8jcy3a8nx6qghv07c8c9a4-system-path.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/gmf9pf60pv82f985xfjrd7ydarv0h067-nixos-system-home-pc-25.05.20251124.1c8ba8d.drv' failed to build
┏━ 1 Errors: 
 ⋮ 
┃        > Executing pnpmConfigHook
┃        > Configuring pnpm store
┃        > /build /build/sdk
┃        > /build/sdk
┃        > Installing dependencies
┃        >  ERR_PNPM_NO_PKG_MANIFEST  No package.json found in /build/sdk
┃        >
┃        > ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies
┃        >
┃        > If you see ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL above this, follow these to fix the issue:
┃        > 1. Set pnpmDeps.hash to "" (empty string)
┃        > 2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch
┃        > 3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field
┃        >
┃        For full logs, run:
┃          nix log /nix/store/sf9ymwzdpr8d3iracwlchng4g21bq7ld-millennium-sdk-git.drv

> nix log /nix/store/sf9ymwzdpr8d3iracwlchng4g21bq7ld-millennium-sdk-git.drv

Running phase: unpackPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "unpackPhase" }
unpacking source archive /nix/store/g68dlv6v2l61lbm78swq63ra0j61hab8-sdk
source root is sdk
Running phase: patchPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "patchPhase" }
Running phase: updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsPhase" }
Running phase: configurePhase
@nix { "action": "setPhase", "phase": "configurePhase" }
no configure script, doing nothing
Executing pnpmConfigHook
Configuring pnpm store
/build /build/sdk
/build/sdk
Installing dependencies
 ERR_PNPM_NO_PKG_MANIFEST  No package.json found in /build/sdk

ERROR: pnpm failed to install dependencies

If you see ERR_PNPM_NO_OFFLINE_TARBALL above this, follow these to fix the issue:
1. Set pnpmDeps.hash to "" (empty string)
2. Build the derivation and wait for it to fail with a hash mismatch
3. Copy the 'got: sha256-' value back into the pnpmDeps.hash field

[yari-dog]

i have the same pnpm-lock.yaml issue, however upon running nix flake update millennium, i get a hash error that is different to what was mentioned above:
error: mismatch in field 'narHash' of input '{"__final":true,"lastModified":1763269961,"narHash":"sha256-IMIfwKRJ84ofcAaIF7+GogksMWBEagUz61qozoVw1ak=","ref":"refs/heads/main","rev":"2e18b8a336fad3e320e0a4d62fd277c61b04ff28","revCount":2107,"shallow":true,"submodules":true,"type":"git","url":"https://github.com/SteamClientHomebrew/Millennium"}', got '{"__final":true,"lastModified":1763269961,"narHash":"sha256-upeipcPmOkc91POA77IDBL5ew2E7kV9SRkIyb4E1nLA=","ref":"refs/heads/main","rev":"2e18b8a336fad3e320e0a4d62fd277c61b04ff28","revCount":2107,"shallow":true,"submodules":true,"type":"git","url":"https://github.com/SteamClientHomebrew/Millennium"}'

the only way i've found to get back to that pnpm-lock error is by removing the millennium references from the flake.lock file

[yari-dog]

to anyone coming across this, try either using the --sudo flag (without running rebuild switch with sudo) or using nh. afaict that has fixed a couple of things for me, including some issues with git permissions in my flake

[shdwmtr]

Closing in favor of NixOS mega-thread.