First Expo project throwing error after npm start

Question

I followed instructions to install Expo on my Windows 10 machine. I'm running node version 10.14.0 on my machine.

After I issued expo init command and created the first project, running npm start shows a message that reads:

This command requires Expo CLI. Do you want to install it globally [Y/n]?

Strange thing is that I'd already installed the latest version of expo-cli globally. Running expo-cli --version in the project folder gives me the version of expo-cli which is 2.5.0.

From here, it gets worse. No matter what I choose, I get the following error:

Any idea how to fix this issue?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '18 at 23:31

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I had the same issue, first run:

npm i expo-cli

then:

npm start

Worked for me

answered Nov 28 '18 at 23:31

kivul

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Thanks...Worked for me too..is it for what? – Aditi Parikh Aug 26 '19 at 22:22

Omar bakhsh · Answer 2 · 2019-05-13T17:48:22.933

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first type:

npm i expo-cli

then type :

   expo start

edited May 13 '19 at 17:48

answered May 11 '19 at 00:15

Omar bakhsh

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Welcome to SO. For a better answer, please format the commands as code and explain why this solves the problem. – GCSDC May 11 '19 at 00:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 25 '20 at 13:47

In my case I had the same error, so I went to the expo documentation (https://docs.expo.io/versions/latest/get-started/installation/), to see the error.

First I logged into the expo:

expo login --username -u [username] --password -p [password]

and then I checked if I was logged in:

expo whoami

Second I followed this help that I found on stackOverflow: How to resolve the error on 'react-native start'

Hope this helps.

First Expo project throwing error after npm start

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