create-react-native-app: Error: You are using npm version 5.0.3. Please use an npm version that is >= 3.0.0 and < 5.0.0.

I am not able to run the project using yarn start. I didn’t get any hint on this error.

Error: You are using npm version 5.0.3. Please use an npm version that is >= 3.0.0 and < 5.0.0.
9:08:07 PM: Error starting packager: Error: Couldn't start project. Please fix the errors and restart the project.
    at /xdl/src/Project.js:1038:11
    at next (native)
    at step (/home/medinesh/Documents/upwork/boilerplate/node_modules/xdl/build/Project.js:1468:191)
    at /home/medinesh/Documents/upwork/boilerplate/node_modules/xdl/build/Project.js:1468:361
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:109:7)
error Command failed with exit code 1.

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State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 13
Comments: 25 (3 by maintainers)

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@Monte9 running npm install npm@4.6.1 in the project directory saved me

+23

shkfnly on Jul 1, 2017

@Noor0 npm i -g npm@x.x.x where x.x.x is version number to

+22

sixertoy on Jun 27, 2017

The project clearly states in README.md the following

You’ll need to have Node v6 or later on your machine. We strongly recommend using npm v3, v4, or a recent version of Yarn. Create React Native App does not currently work with npm v5 due to bugs in npm.

unigazer on Jun 26, 2017

this is fixed in the latest version of react-native-scripts, you can update your project to it if you like, or create a new project and you will get it automatically

brentvatne on Jul 24, 2017

@muescha - not sure what you want us to do about that, our next release will remove the error message, but we absolutely needed it because too many people had issues with the project not working with npm 5. a workaround is sometimes necessary when there is buggy software in the ecosystem, like npm 5.0.0 -> npm 5.0.3. we had no way of knowing in advance what version of npm would resolve the problem so we just checked >= 5.0.0

brentvatne on Jul 6, 2017

Is there any way to downgrade npm except deleting and installing node again?

Noor0 on Jun 27, 2017

NPM v5.0.4 seems to bring the fix If this issues is related to https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/16893

Then, i’ve reproduced @brentvatne under 5.0.3 but it works under .4 package-lock looks good

sixertoy on Jun 27, 2017

Cause npm install <package name> will remove all other package for npm5 in yarn project like react native. So also recommend just using yarn add npm@4.6.1

But it will only change npm version in the project,if you want to active for all other project can using npm install npm@4.6.1 -g

EasonWang01 on Jul 6, 2017

It seems to work with newer versions of npm. I upgraded by doing npm install -g npm, which installed npm 5.3.0. After this, the warning went away.

jhannes on Jul 24, 2017

@brentvatne I get this error using 1.5.0 of react-native-scripts. Is there a newer version?

It’s confusing because I’m trying to use yarn, not npm:

$ yarn ios
yarn ios v0.24.6
$ react-native-scripts ios 
11:23:33: Starting packager...
***ERROR STARTING PACKAGER***

Error: You are using npm version 5.0.3. We recommend version 4.6.1. To install it, run 'npm i -g npm@4.6.1'.
11:23:41: Starting simulator...

dmnd on Oct 1, 2017

Ran into this as well. The error says I have v5.0.0 installed, but I when I check the version, I see the following. Not sure what’s going on here.

➜  test_proj npm -v
3.10.7

Monte9 on Jun 29, 2017