protobufjs new version 7.3.1 delete dist dir, cesium run error.

[FrozenJun]

What happened?

I installed Cesium in the new Vite project,
when pnpm dev send an error:
Could not resolve "protobufjs/dist/minimal/protobuf.js"
../../node_modules/.pnpm/@cesium+engine@9.2.0/node_modules/@cesium/engine/Source/Core/GoogleEarthEnterpriseMetadata.js:1:26:
1 │ ...rt * as protobuf from "protobufjs/dist/minimal/protobuf.js";

I found that @cesium/engine depends on protobufjs: ^7.1.0. There is a dist directory in this version, and there was also one until version 7.3.0, but the latest protobufjs 7.3.1 deleted the dist directory. I solved this problem by configuring
"resolutions": {
"protobufjs": "7.3.0"
}
in package.json, but it would be better to lock the protobufjs version to solve this problem.

Reproduction steps

1. pnpm i cesium
2. pnpm dev
3. show error
   ...

Sandcastle example

No response

Environment

Browser: chrome@latest
CesiumJS Version: 1.118.1
Operating System: Windows11

[s3xysteak]

It also happened in v1.118.2 😭 .

versions:
pnpm v9.1.2
OS win10

It has been fixed in protobufjs@7.3.2.

[akirin103]

I encountered the same issue.

Cesium version: v1.118.2
OS: macOS Sonoma 14.5
npm: 10.2.4

As @FrozenJun mentioned, the latest protobufjs release does not seem to include a dist directory.
This is noted in the following issue

protobufjs/protobuf.js#2004

[claustres]

The error can appear as well in previous version of Cesium, e.g. 115. As far as I can see the problem is not related to the Cesium version but the fact that it does not use a .lock file for dependencies so that this specification will allow to install a newer version of protobufjs if available. The trick provided by @FrozenJun is the way to go unless Cesium uses npm lock files.

[FrozenJun]

protobufjs7.3.2 version fixes this problem，it`s over now

[cfairbanks]

protobufjs 7.3.3 looks to have re-introduced this bug by removing the dist directory again.

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/protobufjs@7.3.3/

[stevethewright]

Can confirm this is now happening on Cesium Version v1.120 due to protobufjs removing the dist folder in v7.3.3.