I've been trying to create a react app but I keep getting this error: "npm ERR! cb() never called!"

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this is the problem

HP@DESKTOP-1HP83V8 MINGW64 ~/Desktop/Web-Development (master) $ npx create-react-app my-app

Creating a new React app in C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Web-Development\my-app.

Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts with cra-template...

npm ERR! cb() never called!

npm ERR! This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at:
npm ERR! https://npm.community

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-11-20T11_50_51_060Z-debug.log

Aborting installation.
npm install --save --save-exact --loglevel error react react-dom react-scripts >cra-template has failed.

Try deleting the package-lock.json and the node_modules folder and do a `npm install` — Divakar Rajesh, Nov 20 '20 at 13:17

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '20 at 09:57

I've encountered this multiple times.

First I would suggest that you run npm uninstall -g create-react-app since the global version isn't supported anymore.

Then try npx create-react-app my-app again.

If that does not work, try to run:

npm init

npm install create-react-app

npx create-react-app my-app

The steps above have solved the issue for me a couple of times

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 04 '21 at 02:35

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Disconnect and reconnect to your source of internet (WIFI).
After that, run npm cache verify
Next you will want to run: rerun npx create

edited Mar 04 '21 at 02:35

Tyler2P

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answered Mar 03 '21 at 07:10

Daniel Sogbey

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This sort of did it for me. I think my Wifi is unstable as I kept getting download error while downloading Node Windows Installer from my browser. I restarted my PC instead, and it worked somehow lol – remondo Mar 28 '21 at 11:44
Thus great Remondo, Great feedback – Daniel Sogbey Apr 02 '21 at 15:07

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 05 '21 at 19:55

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Working Solution: thanks to idkwhatsgoingon's answer.

create-react-app does not work globally

npm uninstall -g create-react-app
npm install create-react-app
create-react-app app01

answered Apr 05 '21 at 19:55

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 20 '20 at 13:11

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try this command first:

npm cache clean --force

and create your react app again.

answered Nov 20 '20 at 13:11

Stephan Bakkelund Valois

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What npm and node version do you have? node -v – Stephan Bakkelund Valois Nov 20 '20 at 13:21
This question may help you . https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15393821/npm-err-cb-never-called – Hammad Hassan Nov 20 '20 at 13:38
6.14.8. i've installed it successfully, but will it still give me the same problem when next i try to install it? – Francis Nov 20 '20 at 13:41
Can you try this command instead then, from the docs: sudo npm cache verify – Stephan Bakkelund Valois Nov 20 '20 at 13:42
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Worked like charm. Thanks a lot. – Alok Ranjan Aug 01 '21 at 15:21

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 15 '21 at 07:32

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I got the same error .Here these things i did to solve it

I ran npm cache clean --force
after again npx create-react-app project name

answered Nov 15 '21 at 07:32

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 03 '22 at 11:09

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I tried all of these, it did not work. But I restarted the computer and it started working ! So after clearing the cache etc, might be be worth restarting the machine ( Windows 10 )

answered Mar 03 '22 at 11:09

Hrishikesh SS

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 14 '20 at 14:07

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I got the same error when trying to install netlify-cli. Here are two things I did to solve it:

I deleted some files to clear up disk space
Since my npm version is 6.0+, I ran "sudo npm cache verify"

answered Dec 14 '20 at 14:07

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 20 '21 at 06:50

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Add the line

timeout=60000

to your .npmrc config file (create it at ~/.npmrc if it doesn't exist) then run npx create-react-app project-name should be successful. At least it was in my case. (I had code ERR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT before)

answered Apr 20 '21 at 06:50

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Oct 21 '21 at 11:44

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Try installing yarn. I did this and immediately fixed my issues.

npm install --global yarn

answered Oct 21 '21 at 11:44

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 22 '22 at 00:19

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first and foremost uninstall create-react-app by npm uninstall -g create-react-app then npm cache clean -f then npx create-react-app app-name

this worked for me

answered Feb 22 '22 at 00:19

Abuchi Ezeigbo

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 05 '22 at 07:12

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I run npm cache verify

After this command, I run sudo apt install rerun

Then I run the command rerun npx create-react-app <app-name>

It worked like magic

answered Sep 05 '22 at 07:12

Young Moséz

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I've been trying to create a react app but I keep getting this error: "npm ERR! cb() never called!"

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