Cannot find module 'webpack-cli/bin/config-yargs', cannot find module 'webpack-cli' - npm

Question

I have tried nearly all solutions however nothing has worked for me. i cloned a repo from a friend and tried to run the client directory. When i try run client, i get the error:
Cannot find module 'webpack-cli/bin/config-yargs'
Cannot find module 'webpack-cli'
Once i cloned the project i did npm install (as it said in the readME) but when i tried to run the client i would run into this problem:
solutions i tried:
npm install -g vue-cli
npm install --save-dev webpack
npm install --save-dev webpack-cli
i tried 'webpack --version' it will tell me i am missing something and if i want to install it. i click yes and i get the following error:
Installing 'webpack-cli' (running 'npm install -D webpack-cli')...
npm WARN ajv-keywords#3.4.1 requires a peer of ajv#^6.9.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN webpack-dev-middleware#3.4.0 requires a peer of webpack#^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN webpack-dev-server#3.1.11 requires a peer of webpack#^4.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN webpack-cli#3.3.11 requires a peer of webpack#4.x.x but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents#1.2.11 (node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents#1.2.11: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
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Error: Cannot find module 'webpack-cli'

Answer 1

UPDATE:
My colleague updated some of the dependencies by GitHub bot and i pulled the repo. That seemed to do the trick