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

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i've just started out with react on codepen, and I really enjoy it! I decided to install it on my MacBook Air. I installed create-react-app using npm, and everything looked good. I then started a project, and everything went smoothly. When I ran npm start, I got an error:

sh: react-scripts: command not found
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! [email protected] start: 'react-scripts start'
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

I've come to the conclusion that npm can't find react-scripts. I have done almost everything I have come up with: I have updated npm; I have reinstalled the modules; I have started a new project, but I still get the same error. I've checked, react-scripts is in my node_modules file. The only thing I haven't done is install react-scripts globally, but the creator of create-react-app has said that that is a very bad idea. What should i do?

Possible duplicate of sh: react-scripts: command not found after running npm start — Dmitriy
– Dmitriy, Commented Nov 24, 2018 at 16:44

Emil E. Ohman · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-25 11:44:17Z

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Just solved the problem:

In package.json, I changed "start": react-scripts start", to "start": "NODE_ENV=production node_modules/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js start". This solved the problem.

answered Nov 25, 2018 at 11:44

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Dmitriy · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-24 16:45:54Z

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Try running npm install before running npm start, if that doesn't work check out this article on the same issue - sh: react-scripts: command not found after running npm start

answered Nov 24, 2018 at 16:45

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Dmitriy Over a year ago

Have you tried all the steps in that post? Like rebooting your system and setting the NODE_ENV to development?

Brydenr · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-11 21:57:18Z

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Adding the entire path also worked for me: "start": "node_modules/react-scripts/bin/react-scripts.js start"

instead of just: "start": "react-scripts start".

I wish I knew why this behavior changed in my pc. Coincidence or not, I updated my xcode today.

edited Dec 11, 2019 at 21:57

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konstantin shevchenko · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-24 07:56:59Z

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delete package-lock.json: sudo rm package-lock.json

delete node_modules: sudo rm -rf node_modules

optionally upgrade npm: sudo npm install -g npm

and install project again npm i

run project: npm start

worked for me in the situation like you described

edited Sep 24, 2020 at 7:56

answered Sep 23, 2020 at 16:52

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