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

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"})

• webpack-cli@3.3.11 updated 1 package and audited 12959 packages in 13.437s

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found 33 vulnerabilities (22 low, 7 moderate, 4 high) run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details Error: Cannot find module 'webpack-cli'

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