'react-native link' unrecognized

Started with a new project: react-native init appName cd appName Verified that react-native link works. Successful Added react-native-ble-plx: npm install --save react-native-ble-plx Tried react-native link, receive error: “Command link unrecognized. Make sure that you have run npm install and that you are inside a react-native project.”

“dependencies”: { “react”: “16.0.0-alpha.12”, “react-native”: “0.45.1”, “react-native-ble-plx”: “^0.6.0” }

[inev]

I have the same issue. I was able to get around it by deleting node_modules and typing yarn.

[jonrh]

Fell victim to this. My mistake was that I ran react-native link inside the wrong folder. I was in the android/ folder. For react-native link to work you need to be located at the root of your React Native project.

This is because the command react-native only has the command init available globally. All other commands, for example link, rely on the React Native version you have installed in node_modules.