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Compiling error on first 'npm start'

See original GitHub issue

Is this a bug report?

Yes

These 3 steps:

npm install -g create-react-app

create-react-app my-app
cd my-app/
npm start

Resulted in:

Failed to compile.

./src/index.js Module build failed: Error: Failed to load plugin import: Cannot find module ‘eslint-plugin-import’

I have not edited the directories or files at all. Simply followed the first 3 steps in the Getting Started instructions

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

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engmyahyacommented, Dec 25, 2017

I faced the same when the first installation and fixed as followed up just at @latest for every installation done i.e. npm install _LibName_@latest -g --save-dev

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LeonDWongcommented, Dec 25, 2017

Install latest version of npm and remove node_moudles folder and lockfile, then re-install packages, the issue can be fixed. Here’s the command for Unix-like OS:

> npm -g update npm
> rm -rf ./node_modules && rm ./package-lock.json
> npm i

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