We no longer support global installation of Create React App

Describe the bug

I’m not comfortable with all of the critical bugs in the recently released CRA 5.0.0, so want to use the most recent reliable v4 instead, 4.0.3. Can’t use npx create-react-app any more due to following error.

user:~/my-dir$ npx create-react-app@4.0.3 my-new-app

You are running `create-react-app` 4.0.3, which is behind the latest release (5.0.0).

We no longer support global installation of Create React App.

Please remove any global installs with one of the following commands:
- npm uninstall -g create-react-app
- yarn global remove create-react-app

The latest instructions for creating a new app can be found here:
https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started/

npm version: 8.1.0

Steps to reproduce

Try creating a new react app using CRA.

• npx create-react-app@4.0.3 your-new-app
• Get above error, app not created.
• Try removing global install as per the given instructions with npm uninstall -g create-react-app
• Has no effect.

Expected behavior

Should create a new CRA app. Should not care about latest release.

Actual behavior

Error.

[theunderdogdev]

It’s not an error it’s just a warning. Facebook suggests to use latest version of CRA for creating apps. Use this instead

npx create-react-app <your-app-name>

For more info refer to this stack overflow question

[andy5090]

It’s not an error it’s just a warning. Facebook suggests to use latest version of CRA for creating apps. Use this instead

npx create-react-app <your-app-name>

For more info refer to this stack overflow question

You mean this one

npx create-react-app@latest <your-project-name>

I had a same problem and this has solved the problem. but should be working without designating version or latest in the future I hope.