App deploys with cdk v2 but unable to run cdklocal. Error: Cannot find module 'aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth'

[anafaggiano]

I'm upgrading my app to the newer version (2.x.x) of the CDK but cdk-local can't seem to deploy properly. My app, however, deploys properly in aws.
My latest package json looks like:

 "scripts": {
    "cdklocal": "cdklocal",
    "cdklocal:deploy": "cdklocal deploy"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "aws-cdk-lib": "2.25.0",
    "aws-cdk-local": "2.15.0",
    "constructs": "10.1.17"
  },

When running npm run cdklocal:deploy -- ${params} or even just npm run cdklocal -- --version, I'm getting:

Error: Cannot find module 'aws-cdk/lib/api/aws-auth'
Require stack:
- /Users/anais/dev/graphql/node_modules/aws-cdk-local/bin/cdklocal
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:902:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:746:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:101:18)
    at patchPre_2_14 (/Users/anais/dev/graphql/node_modules/aws-cdk-local/bin/cdklocal:311:20)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/anais/dev/graphql/node_modules/aws-cdk-local/bin/cdklocal:331:3)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/anais/dev/graphql/node_modules/aws-cdk-local/bin/cdklocal'
  ]
}

I've removed node_modules countless times, uninstall/reinstalled with different versions (for instance, aws-cdk-lib 2.15.0 and aws-cdk-local 2.15.0 per this closed issue) but I can't seem to find 2 versions that fit together.

I'm seeing aws-cdk and not aws-cdk-lib everywhere in the doc. Does this mean that this can't run with the offical aws-cdk-lib ? If not, what version combination should work?

Thanks in advance,

[andrewdhazlett]

If I understand correctly you still need "aws-cdk": "2.x.x". aws-cdk-lib is just for the constructs