react-native: command not found

Question

I am getting -bash: react-native: command not found error while creating a react-native project.

Below are the additional info

1. brew --version
   homebrew 0.9.9
2  brew info watchman
   watchman `enter code here`stable 4.50
   /usr/local/Cellar/watchman/4.4.0
3. brew info flow
   stable 0.24.1
   /usr/local/Cellar/flow/0.24.1
4. brew info node
   stable 6.1.0
   /usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0
5. npm -version
   3.8.6
6. echo $PATH
/Users/Ashok/.rbenv/shims:/Users/Ashok/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

I tried the suggested steps from this link but I am still getting the same error.

I don't have any "npm" directory which they have specified in the solution

Ashoks-MacBook-Pro:share Ashok$ ls
aclocal     doc     info        ruby-build  zsh
autoconf    emacs       man     systemtap

But I found npm file exists in the below location.

/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/etc/bash_completion.d

I uninstalled react-native and installed it again but I am still facing the same issue.

Answer 1

After adding right path to the PATH variable issue is resolved.

Below are the steps to find the right path.

1. Enter: npm install -g react-native-cli
output: /usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/bin/react-native ->/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/lib
└── [email protected] 

from above output you can clearly see the path: /usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/bin/react-native

export PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/bin:$PATH"

react-native init appName

cd appName

react-native run-ios

if you getting xcrun: error: unable to find utility "simctl" at this stage you can reslove using below steps

XCode -> Preferences -> Locations -> Command Line Tools -> Choose Xcode 7.2.1

You can find original solution from xcrun unable to find simctl

Thanks to @fbozo

That's It!!!

Answer 2

run this code

npm i -g react-native-cli

close your cmd and open it again

Answer 3

Try

npx react-native

if doesn't work install globally

npm i -g react-native-cli

Answer 4

After continually running into this problem, and hitting this answer and not having it work..

Assuming you don't run npm as root/sudo (which you shouldn't do!) your npm modules will be installed in whatever you set your default directory to be.

Assuming you have followed those instructions, and your default directory is ~/.npm-global, then you need to add ~/.npm-global/bin to your path.

This is outlined in those instructions, but for me I added this to .bashrc:

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.npm-global/bin

Then restart your shell and it will work.

Answer 5

If who have error , try it with sudo:

sudo npm install -g react-native-cli

Answer 6

If you're using yarn, you may have to run commands with yarn in front. Example:

yarn react-native info

Answer 7

I ran into this issue by being a bit silly. I use nvm to manage my different versions of node, and installed react-native into a version of node that was not my default. Upon opening a new shell, I lost my command. :) Switching back of course fixed things.

Answer 8

If for some strange reasons, the path to react-native is not in the PATH, you should take note where the react-native executable is installed. Generally, the issue with command not found is because they are not in PATH.

For example, I use nodenv and run npm install -g react-native

/Users/khoa/.nodenv/versions/10.10.0/bin/react-native -> /Users/khoa/.nodenv/versions/10.10.0/lib/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/wrong-react-native.js

So I need to add that to my PATH

export PATH=$HOME/.nodenv/versions/10.10.0/bin:$PATH

You can verify with echo $PATH

Or you can use npx to execute local npm modules, for example

npx react-native run-ios --simulator='iPhone X'

Answer 9

Install react-native globally by using the following command

npm i -g react-native-cli

Answer 10

Had the same issue but half of your approach didn't work for me . i took the path the way you did :from the output of react-native-cli instal but then manually wrote in ect/pathes with:

sudo nano /etc/paths

at the end i've added the path from output then ctrl x and y to save . Only this way worked but big thanks for the clue!

Answer 11

Install react-native-cli with npm install -g react-native-cli. You may need to use sudo like sudo npm install -g react-native-cli

Answer 12

At first run this command on your terminal.

npm i -g react-native-cli

Then create your react-native project by this command.

React-native init Project name

then move to your project directory by cd command.

Answer 13

According to official documentation, the following command worked for me.

• npx react-native run-android

Link is here

• https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started

I was trying to run by "react-native run-android" command. make sure to have react-native cli installed globally!

Answer 14

In case anyone has this problem, I had a similar problem to qix, but more nuanced.

New shell terminals would default to a different version of node. I would change my terminal to the node I wanted, but when the bundle script run, it ran in a new shell, and it got the default version which did not have react-native installed.

I used nvm alias default x.x.x so that new shells would inherit the default version I wanted.

Answer 15

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew install yarn
brew install node
brew install watchman
brew tap AdoptOpenJDK/openjdk
brew cask install adoptopenjdk8
npm install -g react-native-cli

Answer 16

Dears,

Please try : npm install -g react-native-cli

If you get an error like Cannot find module ‘npmlog’ you can install npm directly using this command. If the above command run successfully then no need to run this command

curl -0 -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

#For_Ubuntu.

Best regards.

Answer 17

In cmd Administration mode,Run

npm install react-native-cli

Answer 18

This is really weird, on my side (macOS 10.14), i'm pretty sure my node and npm work but i kept getting command not found only for this particular package. I ended up doing the following:

• Install react-native-debugger
• Make sure you enabled remote JS debugging, docs
• Run react-native-debugger
• Run your RN app

You can now debug view hierarchy and see console logs in react-native-debugger

Answer 19

I already had react-native and react-native-cli installed and just had to run:

yarn install

Answer 20

I had this issue after ejecting from expo and forgot to delete the node_modules and reinstall by running yarn or npm install.

After I did that then run npx react-native run-android, it worked fine!

Answer 21

try using react-native --help and see what comes up. try curl

react native library recommendation:

If you get an error like Cannot find module 'npmlog', try installing npm directly: curl -0 -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh.

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html

Answer 22

I did an npm update, runned into the same error but after do an npm install and re-build the app worked!