Error: building at STEP "RUN npm ci": while running runtime: exit status 1

[SzilvasiPeter]

Describe the bug

When building a docker image locally from the WebApp.Dockerfile file, I got the following error during the npm ci running phase:

[1/2] STEP 1/10: FROM node:20-alpine AS frontend
[1/2] STEP 2/10: RUN mkdir -p /home/node/app/node_modules && chown -R node:node /home/node/app
--> Using cache 33a4f527234eda22e8f14970909cab6a3fb36f87ad61edb91320c5f959f7c201
--> 33a4f527234e
[1/2] STEP 3/10: WORKDIR /home/node/app 
--> Using cache fcade1480bfcfee999c2c0d743edccdb3cae68c7cb3ca8e6be5d9483d545bbaa
--> fcade1480bfc
[1/2] STEP 4/10: COPY ./frontend/package*.json ./
--> Using cache 70ca3b0ccb66148e2cfcb564c9ddeec5ecd6a333d35d4fe7e4b8c2a6c63f8032
--> 70ca3b0ccb66
[1/2] STEP 5/10: USER node
--> Using cache 8563e696bb8a8ce85542225ba4392fe129dee6a1d03e49036de4b36aa45869f0
--> 8563e696bb8a
[1/2] STEP 6/10: RUN npm ci
npm error code EUSAGE
npm error
npm error The `npm ci` command can only install with an existing package-lock.json or
npm error npm-shrinkwrap.json with lockfileVersion >= 1. Run an install with npm@5 or
npm error later to generate a package-lock.json file, then try again.
npm error
npm error Clean install a project
npm error
npm error Usage:
npm error npm ci
npm error
npm error Options:
npm error [--install-strategy <hoisted|nested|shallow|linked>] [--legacy-bundling]
npm error [--global-style] [--omit <dev|optional|peer> [--omit <dev|optional|peer> ...]]
npm error [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> [--include <prod|dev|optional|peer> ...]]
npm error [--strict-peer-deps] [--foreground-scripts] [--ignore-scripts] [--no-audit]
npm error [--no-bin-links] [--no-fund] [--dry-run]
npm error [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> [-w|--workspace <workspace-name> ...]]
npm error [-ws|--workspaces] [--include-workspace-root] [--install-links]
npm error
npm error aliases: clean-install, ic, install-clean, isntall-clean
npm error
npm error Run "npm help ci" for more info
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/node/.npm/_logs/2024-09-06T09_42_55_696Z-debug-0.log
Error: building at STEP "RUN npm ci": while running runtime: exit status 1

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to the root folder
2. Execute the sudo podman build -t sample-chatgpt:v1 -f WebApp.Dockerfile . command
3. See error

Expected behavior

The docker image build runs without any error.

Additional context

Podman version information:

Client:       Podman Engine
Version:      5.2.2
API Version:  5.2.2
Go Version:   go1.22.6
Built:        Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64