Setup instructions result in "create-react-app: command not found"

[3nki]

Following the simple setup instructions yields:

-bash: create-react-app: command not found

mac os x 10.11.5, node 6.2, npm 3.8.9

[gaearon]

Can you try running npm install -g create-react-app again and paste the output?
Thanks.

[gaearon]

I’ll close because there is not enough information to help you.

[3nki]

$ npm install -g create-react-app
(node:1306) fs: re-evaluating native module sources is not supported. If you are using the graceful-fs module, please update it to a more recent version.
/usr/local/bin/create-react-app -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/create-react-app/index.js
/usr/local/lib
└─┬ create-react-app@0.1.0
├─┬ chalk@1.1.3
│ ├── ansi-styles@2.2.1
│ ├── escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
│ ├─┬ has-ansi@2.0.0
│ │ └── ansi-regex@2.0.0
│ ├── strip-ansi@3.0.1
│ └── supports-color@2.0.0
├─┬ cross-spawn@4.0.0
│ ├─┬ lru-cache@4.0.1
│ │ ├── pseudomap@1.0.2
│ │ └── yallist@2.0.0
│ └─┬ which@1.2.10
│ └── isexe@1.1.2
├── minimist@1.2.0
└── semver@5.3.0

[gaearon]

@3nki Are you able to call any other global Node utilities (e.g. try npm install -g gulp and then call gulp). If not, it’s likely an issue with /usr/local/bin/ not being in your PATH, and you’d need to fix that.

[3nki]

aha! yup, that seems to have fixed it – thnx!

[octaviantu]

Hi!

I have the same issue. I've added /usr/local/bin and usr/local/bin/npm to path but the problem persists.

[gaearon]

You need to figure out where global modules get installed. For example if you don't have /usr/local/bin/create-react-app, figure out where it is. Then add this folder to your PATH.

[webkay]

In case yarn global add create-react-app has been used, I found create-react-app here yarnpkg/yarn#1151 (comment)

ls ~/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin

[connelevalsam]

figure out where $PATH is then export it in your .bashrc file and call it in your .profile file like this

[praphat]

I solved the problem by adding C:\Users\ugur\AppData\Roaming\npm to windows PATH variable.

[invious]

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

[vandoan]

For others who are still having an issue and the above solutions haven't work, take a look at this.
I found that Gulp was not working as well and it led me to this fix.
Run.
$ npm config set prefix /usr/local
And then reinstall react.
$ npm install -g create-react-app
The command should work now.
$ create-react-app my-app

Happy coding.

[sergioestebance]

Thanks @vandoan, that worked for me. Although I'd tried :
/Users/username/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/create-react-app/index.js my-app and worked as well.
Cheers