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TypeError: Cannot set property 'storybook' of undefined from npx -p @storybook/cli sb init

See original GitHub issue

I tried to follow the initial steps from here: https://www.learnstorybook.com/intro-to-storybook/react/en/get-started/

running:

npx create-react-app taskbox
cd taskbox

Then when I ran: npx -p @storybook/cli sb init

I get the error TypeError: Cannot set property 'storybook' of undefined

This is the full message in my terminal:

 sb init - the simplest way to add a storybook to your project. 

 • Detecting project type. ✓
 • Adding storybook support to your "Create React App" based project
     TypeError: Cannot set property 'storybook' of undefined
    at default (/Users/levelingup/.npm/_npx/2358/lib/node_modules/@storybook/cli/generators/REACT_SCRIPTS/index.js:29:33)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)

running npx --version: 6.9.0

Issue Analytics

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

3reactions

Manish-Giricommented, Dec 28, 2019

Hello, I would like to give this a shot…

2reactions

vikalp-sajwancommented, Jun 11, 2020

Hello all, this issue has been fixed, and is not reproducible anymore. It was fixed a long time back, but we can see the latest code that handles adding scripts to package.json here https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/lib/cli/src/js-package-manager/JsPackageManager.ts#L193,L200

@emileber, the no package.json issue is also not reproducible anymore. I believe, it was fixed in #8205 , more specifically, here, https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/pull/8205/files#diff-8d17cc91321b260aaa782e8a42cd5634R69

Therefore, I think this issue can be closed. cc/ @shilman

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