fix: Check if dependencies are installed for next steps

apps/cli/src/helpers/installDependencies.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import { execa, type StdioOption } from "execa";
 import ora, { type Ora } from "ora";
+import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
 
 import { getUserPkgManager, type PackageManager } from "@/utils/getUserPkgManager.js";
 import { logger } from "@/utils/logger.js";
@@ -70,7 +72,19 @@ export const installDependencies = async ({ projectDir }: { projectDir: string }
 
   const installSpinner = await runInstallCommand(pkgManager, projectDir);
 
-  // If the spinner was used to show the progress, use succeed method on it
-  // If not, use the succeed on a new spinner
-  (installSpinner ?? ora()).succeed(chalk.green("Successfully installed dependencies!\n"));
+  const isDependenciesInstalled = fs.existsSync(path.join(projectDir, "node_modules"));
+  if (isDependenciesInstalled) {
+    // If the spinner was used to show the progress, use succeed method on it
+    // If not, use the succeed on a new spinner
+    (installSpinner ?? ora()).succeed(chalk.green("Successfully installed dependencies!\n"));
+    return false;
+  } else {
+    (installSpinner ?? ora()).fail(
+      chalk.red(
+        "Failed to install dependencies! Please refer to https://github.com/labscommunity/starterkit#getting-started for troubleshooting steps to resolve this issue.\n"
+      )
+    );
+
+    return true;
+  }
 };

apps/cli/src/index.ts

@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ const main = async () => {
     setImportAlias(projectDir, importAlias);
   }
 
+  let showInstallCommand = noInstall;
   if (!noInstall) {
-    await installDependencies({ projectDir });
+    showInstallCommand = await installDependencies({ projectDir });
   }
 
   // Rename _eslintrc.json to .eslintrc.json - we use _eslintrc.json to avoid conflicts with the monorepos linter
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ const main = async () => {
 
   await logNextSteps({
     projectName: appDir,
-    noInstall,
+    noInstall: showInstallCommand,
     projectDir,
   });