Npm run build fails only on netlify with the error: The "from" argument must be of type string. Received undefined

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The issue: I have a gatsby blog on netlify [happy-ardinghelli-804962.netlify.app → sukantamaikap.com]. I’m facing the below build failure only during build on netlify (on local [mac with exact same node version], it passes like a breeze)

9:12:12 PM: npm ERR! code ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE
9:12:12 PM: npm ERR! The "from" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
9:12:12 PM: npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
9:12:12 PM: npm ERR!     /opt/buildhome/.npm/_logs/2022-06-18T11_11_13_975Z-debug-0.log
9:12:12 PM: Error during NPM install
9:12:12 PM: Build was terminated: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 1

I tried the usual fix from StackOverflow without any help.

Here is my netlify.toml:

[build]
  publish = "public"
  command = "gatsby build"
[build.environment]
  NODE_VERSION = "16.15.1"

Build Log: Netlify App

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Hey @smaikap

This issue is possibly due to node v16.15.1 as outlined in the Node v16.15.1 (npm v8.11.0) breaks some builds. Possibly changing this to v16.15.0 may prove successful.

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Negative, moving to 16.15.0 does not help

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Unfortunately, the error is with one of your dependencies than Netlify. You need to find which one. With a non-public repo, we cannot comment on that.

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It started working once I moved the base image to Ubuntu Focal 20.04 from Ubuntu Xenial 16.04