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npm i -g create-react-app not working

See original GitHub issue

Is this a bug report?

yes

Can you also reproduce the problem with npm 4.x?

Sort of: it does not work either but with different error message:

npm i -g create-react-app
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install C:\Users\alex\create-react-app
npm ERR! No name provided in package.json

Which terms did you search for in User Guide?

Scanned it and found nothing relevant to this problem.

Environment

node -v: 4.6.1 and 5.5.1
npm -v: 8.9.0
yarn --version (if you use Yarn): 1.2.1 (installation works using: yarn global add create-react-app)
npm ls react-scripts (if you haven’t ejected): not relevant as I am trying to install globally

Then, specify:

Operating system: Windows 10
Browser and version (if relevant): not relevant

Steps to Reproduce

open console
npm i -g create-react-app

Expected Behavior

Installation works

Actual Behavior

npm i -g create-react-app
npm ERR! Can't install C:\Users\alex\create-react-app: Missing package name

Reproducible Demo

No idea how to make this reproducible 😦

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

3reactions

peteobriencommented, Dec 3, 2017

Quick fix here, I think probably as I had it installed from ages ago anyway: npm install -g create-react-app@latest (Does appear an npm bug)

0reactions

embashgitcommented, Sep 7, 2018

probem installing create-react-app

npm ERR! Refusing to delete C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\create-react-app : node_modules/create-react-app/index.js symlink target is not controlled by npm C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\create-react-app npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\create-react-app npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-09-07T08_34_18 _292Z-debug.log

C:\Users\EMBASH>npm install create-react-app -g -f npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing. npm ERR! path C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\create-react-app npm ERR! code EEXIST npm ERR! Refusing to delete C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\create-react-app : node_modules/create-react-app/index.js symlink target is not controlled by npm C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\create-react-app npm ERR! File exists: C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm\create-react-app npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\EMBASH\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2018-09-07T08_36_39 _470Z-debug.log