zsh: command not found: react-native - MacOS

Question

I am trying to start react-native but I get the following error zsh: command not found: react-native when I write react-native init firstApp .

I tried the following guide: react-native: command not found

But I have two main issue:

First I do not understand which path to use/export

React-native has been installed here:

/Users/cisco/.npm-packages/bin/react-native -> /Users/cisco/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/react-native/local-cli/wrong-react-native.js

Second

In the guide it is written to run:

export PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/bin:$PATH"   
react-native init appName  
cd appName   
react-native run-ios

I do not get how to:

1) What to write after export PATH=

2) Should I add my path somewhere? If yes, how can I do so? I tried running touch ~/.bash_profile; open ~/.bash_profile to add my path.

Inside it I have:

# added by Anaconda3 5.3.1 installer
# >>> conda init >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$(CONDA_REPORT_ERRORS=false '/anaconda3/bin/conda' shell.bash hook 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    \eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
        CONDA_CHANGEPS1=false conda activate base
    else
        \export PATH="/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda init <<<
# added by Anaconda3 2018.12 installer
# >>> conda init >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
__conda_setup="$(CONDA_REPORT_ERRORS=false '/Users/cisco/anaconda3/bin/conda' shell.bash hook 2> /dev/null)"
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    \eval "$__conda_setup"
else
    if [ -f "/Users/cisco/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" ]; then
        . "/Users/cisco/anaconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh"
        CONDA_CHANGEPS1=false conda activate base
    else
        \export PATH="/Users/cisco/anaconda3/bin:$PATH"
    fi
fi
unset __conda_setup
# <<< conda init <<<

Once you help me in finidng out the right path do add, can I simply add it in the file below the line # <<< conda init <<<?

did you install the react-native-cli - `npm install -g react-native-cli`? — nika95, Feb 12 '19 at 12:50
Well, doing `sudo npm install -g react-native-cli` did the job for me. — , Feb 26 '21 at 06:59

Magofoco · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-27T09:46:06.607

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Solved it!

Steps:

Run npm list -g | head -n 1

It will give you a path like/similar to the following: /Users/{YOUR_USER_NAME}/.npm-packages/lib

Change that path by substituting /lib with /bin:$PATH so that you get: /Users/cisco/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH
Run export PATH="/Users/{YOUR_USER_NAME}/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"

edited Aug 27 '20 at 09:46

answered Feb 12 '19 at 14:27

Magofoco

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Its fixed my issue in Apple M2 MacBook Pro, Thank you so much for your solution @Magofoco – WeCan Feb 07 '23 at 14:57

Saptanto Sindu · Answer 2 · 2019-02-12T13:22:08.800

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Since you are using zsh. You can add export PATH=/Users/cisco/.npm-packages/bin/react-native:$PATH in ~/.zshrc

edited Feb 12 '19 at 13:22

answered Feb 12 '19 at 13:06

Saptanto Sindu

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I did the following `stt ~/.zshrc` and add the line `export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.1.0/libexec/npm/bin:$PATH` but I get the same message. – Magofoco Feb 12 '19 at 13:16
can you try with this `/Users/cisco/.npm-packages/bin/react-native` i edited my answer – Saptanto Sindu Feb 12 '19 at 13:22
can you confirm that this file `/Users/cisco/.npm-packages/bin/react-native` is exist? – Saptanto Sindu Feb 12 '19 at 13:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 25 '20 at 07:29

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This operation work for me very well. Just follow the instruction below.

The default interactive shell is now zsh. To update your account to use zsh, please run

chsh -s /bin/zsh

edited Oct 25 '20 at 07:29

Ratul Sharker

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answered Oct 24 '20 at 22:23

Angel Cochachez

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zsh: command not found: react-native - MacOS

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