When I type the create-react-app my-app command in my terminal, it appears to work - downloading all libraries successfully etc. At the end of that process however I get a message that a template was not provided.
Input
user@users-MacBook-Pro-2 Desktop% create-react-app my-app
Output
Creating a new React app in /Users/user/Desktop/my-app.
Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts...
..... nothing out of the ordinary here .....
✨ Done in 27.28s.
A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
Please note that global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported.
In package.json of my-app:
"dependencies": {
"react": "^16.12.0",
"react-dom": "^16.12.0",
"react-scripts": "3.3.0" <-- up-to-date
}
I checked out the CRA changelog and it looks like support was added for custom templates - however it doesn't look like the command create-react-app my-app would have changed.
Any idea what is going on here?
If you've previously installed
create-react-appglobally vianpm install -g create-react-app, we recommend you uninstall the package usingnpm uninstall -g create-react-appto ensure thatnpxalways uses the latest version.
Use either one of the below commands:
npx create-react-app my-appnpm init react-app my-appyarn create react-app my-appif npm uninstall -g create-react-app stated above does not work.
Type which create-react-app to know where it is installed. Mine was installed in /usr/bin folder. Then do sudo rm -rf /usr/bin/create-react-app. (Credit to @v42 comment below)
1)
npm uninstall -g create-react-app
or
yarn global remove create-react-app
2)
There seems to be a bug where create-react-app isn't properly uninstalled and using one of the new commands lead to:
A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
After uninstalling it with npm uninstall -g create-react-app, check whether you still have it "installed" with which create-react-app (Windows: where create-react-app) on your command line. If it returns something (e.g. /usr/local/bin/create-react-app), then do a rm -rf /usr/local/bin/create-react-app to delete manually.
3)
Then one of these ways:
npx create-react-app my-app
npm init react-app my-app
yarn create react-app my-app
Though already lots of answer is here. I came up with 3 solutions which I applied step by step when I faced this situation.
First step: From Official manual,
If you've previously installed create-react-app globally via
npm install -g create-react-app, we recommend you uninstall the package usingnpm uninstall -g create-react-appto ensure that npx always uses the latest version.
https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started
You can use these commands below:
npx create-react-app my-appnpm init react-app my-appyarn create react-app my-appSecond step (If first one doesn't work):
Sometimes it may keep caches.then you can use these commands given below.
npm uninstall -g create-react-appnpm cache clean --forcenpm cache verifyyarn create react-app my-appThird step:(If these 2 won't work)
first uninstall via npm uninstall -g create-react-app,then check if you still have it "installed" with which create-react-app command on your command line. If you got something like (/usr/local/bin/create-react-app) then run this rm -rf /usr/local/bin/create-react-app (folder may vary) to delete manually.
Then again install it via npx/npm/yarn.
NB: I succeed in the last step.