❯ npm install -D prisma@2.25.0
npm ERR! Cannot read property 'matches' of null

How can I install it properly? Note I would like to use

pnpm

but prisma always seems to try to install with

npm

What command are you running when you try to use pnpm? Did you run

npm install -D prisma@2.25.0

manually above? What node and npm version,? What OS?

I tried both npx and pnpx, both commands try to install npm even though my lock is pnpm.

❯ node -v
v14.17.0
❯ pnpm -v
6.7.6
❯ npm -v
7.17.0
Linux xenfo-G3-3500 5.11.0-18-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 7 14:22:03 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What does “try to install npm” look like?