npm Error

[ranjansmygit]

Error encountered:

npm i -D @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE could not resolve
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: undefined@undefined
npm ERR! Found: ethers@6.8.1
npm ERR! node_modules/ethers
npm ERR! peer ethers@"^6.1.0" from @nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers@2.0.2
npm ERR! node_modules/@nomicfoundation/hardhat-chai-matchers

It seems a long list error, how that's need to be overdone.

[ranjansmygit]

npm install --save-dev @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle 'ethereum-waffle@^3.0.0' @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers 'ethers@^5.0.0' @types/sinon-chai@^3.2.3

[sandeepV2]

npm install -D @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle --legacy-peer-deps

There is upstream dependency conflict with ethers 6.8.1 .

npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer ethers@"^5.0.0" from @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers@2.2.3
npm ERR! node_modules/@nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers
npm ERR! dev @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers@"" from the root project
npm ERR! peer @nomiclabs/hardhat-ethers@"^2.0.0" from @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle@2.0.6
npm ERR! node_modules/@nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle
npm ERR! dev @nomiclabs/hardhat-waffle@"" from the root project

used --legacy-peer-deps to get away with it.