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"npm start" tries to execute "palemoon" throwing an error

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug

npm start tries to open palemoon by default on Linux, even if it’s not installed.

Starting the development server...

events.js:292
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn /usr/bin/palemoon ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:268:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:468:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:274:12)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:468:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn /usr/bin/palemoon',
  path: '/usr/bin/palemoon',
  spawnargs: [ 'http://localhost:3000/' ]
}

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes

Which terms did you search for in User Guide?

Nothing found in /docs/troubleshooting

Environment

  current version of create-react-app: 3.4.1
  running from /home/myself/.npm/_npx/5604/lib/node_modules/create-react-app

  System:
    OS: Linux 5.4 Manjaro Linux
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.3.0 - /usr/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.14.5 - /usr/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: Not Found
    Firefox: 77.0.1
  npmPackages:
    react: ^16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
    react-dom: ^16.13.1 => 16.13.1 
    react-scripts: 3.4.1 => 3.4.1 
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start
error

Expected behavior

Running the app in dev mode inside Firefox connecting to http://localhost:3000/

Actual behavior

2020-06-26-110626_3286x1080_scrot

Reproducible demo

TicTacToe tutorial

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:13 (1 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

23reactions

hieulwcommented, May 2, 2021

I encounter the same issue but with /usr/bin/firefox. After a while, I figure out that change the $BROWSER should fix the error. Give the path to your own browser. I use brave for example

export BROWSER=/usr/bin/brave
npm start

4reactions

SergeyArenzoncommented, Nov 16, 2020

I encounter the same issues but with /usr/bin/firefox. After a while, I figure out that change the $BROWSER should fixed the error. Give the path to your own browser. I use brave for example
export BROWSER=/usr/bin/brave
npm start

Same was in my manjaro os with firefox, fixed it by export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox-developer-edition

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