remotion-dev/remotion · error · Error

No packages were specified

Error message

No packages were specified

What it means

installPackages guards against empty dependency lists: an empty dependencies array throws 'No packages were specified', converted by the surrounding try/catch into a structured error result.

Solutions

1. Check dependencies.length > 0 before calling installPackages.
2. Skip the install step entirely when dependency detection returns nothing.
3. Treat an empty dependency list as success in the calling flow rather than calling the operation.

if (dependencies.length > 0) {
  const result = await operations.packageInstallation.installPackages({dependencies});
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling packageInstallation.installPackages({dependencies: []}) — e.g. an install flow where dependency detection found nothing to install but the call was still made.

Common situations: Element install flows whose dependency scan returned an empty list; UI buttons that unconditionally trigger install after a failed scan.

Related errors

• No effect prop edits to save
• No effects were specified for deletion
• No effects were specified for duplication
• No JSX nodes were specified for deletion
• No keyframe changes were specified

AI-assisted analysis of remotion-dev/remotion@46a3a6bf13 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9e8c880f5ef614ab. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at packages/browser-studio/src/browser-studio-operations.ts:1216

					fileName: edit.fileName,
					sequenceNodePath: edit.sequenceNodePath,
					status: getEffectStatus({
						effectIndex: edit.effectIndex,
						fileName: edit.fileName,
						project: nextProject,
						schema: edit.schema,
						sequenceNodePath: edit.sequenceNodePath,
					}),
				})),
			};
		},
	};

	const packageInstallation: BrowserStudioPackageInstallationOperations = {
		installPackages: async ({dependencies}) => {
			try {
				if (dependencies.length === 0) {
					throw new Error('No packages were specified');
				}

				const installedDependencies =
					await resolveElementDependencies(dependencies);
				const project = getProject();
				const nextProject = addDependenciesToProject({
					dependencies: installedDependencies,
					project,
				});
				controller.applyMutation({
					undoRedoNavigation: null,
					timelineSelection: null,
					fileName: 'Install packages',
					mutate: () => nextProject,
					nodePathMutationFiles: null,
				});

				return {success: true};

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