How do I properly install expo-cli with yarn?

Question

I'm trying to install expo-cli.

When I use npm install -g expo-cli, it installs with the below output.

When I try to run the expo command I get an error that the system cannot find the path specified. I then uninstalled with npm uninstall -g expo-cli

I uninstalled node and npm and cleaned up my system, then I tried installing expo-cli with yarn global add expo-cli. It installed with the following output.

After this, expo init command worked. But when I run expo start in a project folder I get the below output.

I don't know what else to do. I'm on Windows 10.

Sorry I'm replying this late. I was on the move yesterday and I didn't even get a notification on my SO android app. — chidimo, Apr 03 '19 at 07:54
I've had similar issues in the past. I would suggest uninstalling yarn with Chocolatey, then installing yarn with `npm i -g yarn` — Ben Gubler, Apr 03 '19 at 15:37
hmm... so under your node_modules\expo\tools, can you find LogReporter.js? If not, you may need to install your packages again, yarn or npm — Ryan Chu, Apr 03 '19 at 18:20

Ketan Ramteke · Answer 1 · 2020-05-14T15:53:20.037

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For Yarn:

If you want to save expo-cli package globally then try

yarn global add expo-cli

and if you want expo-cli to be available in the folder in which you are currently working then use

yarn add expo-cli

For npm:

npm install expo-cli --global

or

npm install expo-cli

edited May 14 '20 at 15:53

answered Nov 26 '19 at 08:48

Ketan Ramteke

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Do you know how to do this with yarn 2? – Diana Aug 17 '21 at 08:22

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 03 '19 at 15:06

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There's a similar issue reported here. You can try adding expo to your local project to see if that helps.

Try:

yarn add expo

answered Apr 03 '19 at 15:06

Romario Raffington

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '23 at 21:01

I needed to upgrade my Expo SKD from 46 to 47. Since version 46 expo-cli was incorporated into expo and it's also no longer recommended to be installed globally but locally, I used yarn to upgrade expo.

From my local project terminal, (MacOS Monterey, using VS Code) I ran this:

yarn add expo@^47.0.6

-- Be sure to only upgrade Expo SKD Client versions one at a time, (DO NOT Skip versions, e.g. go from say 46 to 48).

Sourced: Upgrade Expo SDK

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 29 '21 at 19:53

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npm cache clean -f
npm install -g n
sudo n stable

answered Jun 29 '21 at 19:53

haas

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score -3 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 20 '20 at 19:10

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You want to save expo-cli package globally then try

yarn add global expo-cli

edited Feb 20 '20 at 19:10

answered Feb 20 '20 at 16:17

bel7aG

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this adds it as a local dep – Ulquiomaru Mar 23 '20 at 12:17
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`yarn add global expo-cli` will try to install two packages: "global" and "expo-cli". Global comes before the add, see https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/global/ – Sam Tsai Jul 17 '20 at 13:57

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