Error when installed react-native-cli command not found

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Thanks for any help in advance , I am new to Mac in general so please forgive my question if its very straightforward, I installed native-react-cli and wanted to open/create a project . But I get the error 'react-native : command not found'

I install react-native-cli:

npm install -g react-native-cli
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-cli
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-cli
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README.md file found!
/usr/local/share/npm/bin/react-native -> /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js
[email protected] /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli

I try to open/create a project:

react-native AwesomeProject
-bash: react-native: command not found
react-native init helloWorld
-bash: react-native: command not found

Thanks for your time , I greatly appreciate any help

This doesn't seem to be a PATH issue as watchman (previously installed is found correctly) - when looking at version but react-native isn't found watchman -v 3.1.0 react-native -v -bash: react-native: command not found — Davet
– Davet, Commented Apr 21, 2015 at 9:39
OK I found the answer , for anyone else . I didn't have the correct PATH settings . In your terminal check that the path /usr/local/share/npm/bin is present in /etc/paths , using echo $PATH. If not use 'sudo nano /etc/paths' to open the paths file in nano. Add the required path to the bottom of the file, then type 'control-x' to quit and type 'Y' to save modified buffer. Then check paths again , this worked for me. — Davet
– Davet, Commented Apr 21, 2015 at 10:16
As a temporary fix, you can add PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin at the beginning of react-native-xcode.sh . You can check your npm bin directory with npm config --global get prefix — Gabriel Lupu
– Gabriel Lupu, Commented Nov 6, 2015 at 17:20

Phillip Gentry · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-18 17:41:40Z

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I had this issue, and it was simply due to my brew not being up to date.

I updated brew and re-installed the components listed at https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#content and it was happy again.

answered May 18, 2015 at 17:41

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:53:08Z

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you have to add right path to your path variable.

check this: react-native: command not found

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:53

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