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Can't find 'node' binary to build React Native bundle

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Environment

Environment: OS: macOS 10.14.1 Node: 8.11.2 Yarn: Not Found npm: 5.6.0 Watchman: 4.9.0 react-native: 0.55.4, Xcode: Xcode 10.1 Build version 10B61 Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338

Packages: (wanted => installed) react: 16.3.1 => 16.3.1

Description

I cant build my app on iOS anymore,


❌  error: Can't find 'node' binary to build React Native bundle```

Can you help? I have tried everything I could find on the previous issues

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:6

Top GitHub Comments

56reactions

tristankenneycommented, Jan 21, 2019

I was able to workaround the issue using this answer from StackOverflow

ln -s $(which node) /usr/local/bin/node

6reactions

MaffooBristolcommented, Sep 27, 2019

I would recommend against symbolically linking your node binary; it can cause issues elsewhere. Instead set the binary within XCode as it suggests in the error:

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