expo: Error: `fsevents` unavailable (this watcher can only be used on Darwin)

Possible solution: I had installed watchman via npm install -g watchman but apparently this installs some garbage old version.

npm r -g watchman
brew install watchman

fixed the problem I think.

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Possible solution: I had installed watchman via npm install -g watchman but apparently this installs some garbage old version.

npm r -g watchman
brew install watchman

fixed the problem I think.

Superb!

Update: The owner of the npm package agreed to delist it since it isn’t being maintained anymore. Hopefully that will avoid any confusion in the future 😃

Maybe you can try this npm install fsevents too which fixed my problem

it works for me sudo chown -R whoami /usr/local brew install watchman

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I don’t think that using of workaround instead of understanding of reason of the problem is good idea.

You all are making me feel better, I thought I was the only one who screwed this up 😉 It doesn’t actually install an “old version” it’s a totally different project that just happens to do exactly the same thing 😕 I’ve left a message on the npm module’s github asking if they would change the name.

Omg Thanks @Meekohi … I had really bad time during this problem, and could not solve this for a few weeks. and It works!!! Thanks! Finally, I am able to deploy my app on Expo