2 files changed, 20 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/dependencies.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/dependencies.ts
index fe5e6f777..9735fe462 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/actions/dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/actions/dependencies.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Context } from './context';
-
+import { color } from '@astrojs/cli-kit';
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { error, info, spinner, title } from '../messages.js';
 
@@ -25,12 +25,26 @@ export async function dependencies(
 		await spinner({
 			start: `Dependencies installing with ${ctx.pkgManager}...`,
 			end: 'Dependencies installed',
-			while: () =>
-				install({ pkgManager: ctx.pkgManager, cwd: ctx.cwd }).catch((e) => {
-					// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+			while: () => {
+				return Promise.reject('Unknown error').catch((e) => {
+					error('error', e);
+					error(
+						'error',
+						`Dependencies failed to install, please run ${color.bold(
+							ctx.pkgManager + ' install'
+						)} to install them manually after setup.`
+					);
+				});
+				return install({ pkgManager: ctx.pkgManager, cwd: ctx.cwd }).catch((e) => {
 					error('error', e);
-					process.exit(1);
-				}),
+					error(
+						'error',
+						`Dependencies failed to install, please run ${color.bold(
+							ctx.pkgManager + ' install'
+						)}  to install them manually after setup.`
+					);
+				});
+			},
 		});
 	} else {
 		await info(
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
index 9121ad60f..45bb7f96a 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/messages.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export const info = async (prefix: string, text: string) => {
 		log(`${' '.repeat(5)} ${color.cyan('◼')}  ${color.cyan(prefix)} ${color.dim(text)}`);
 	}
 };
-
 export const error = async (prefix: string, text: string) => {
 	if (stdout.columns < 80) {
 		log(`${' '.repeat(5)} ${color.red('▲')}  ${color.red(prefix)}`);