[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#932659: node: modules are not getting detected in a fresh sid chroot environment

[sgk at riseup.net]

Package: nodejs
Version: 10.15.2~dfsg-2
Severity: grave

After creating a fresh chroot 'sid' environment 
and installing nodejs and npm 
`npm install` is throwing the below error:
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'semver'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename
(internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/npm/lib/utils/unsupported.js:2:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js
(internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
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even installed modules are not working while trying to run the below
cmd.
$ ls /usr/share/nodejs/
mixin-deep  normalize-path  y18n
$ node -e "require('y18n');"
internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:583
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'y18n'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename
(internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:581:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:507:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at [eval]:1:1
    at Script.runInThisContext (vm.js:96:20)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:38)
    at Object.<anonymous> ([eval]-wrapper:6:22)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
    at evalScript (internal/bootstrap/node.js:587:27)