React Native on Android: Cannot run program "node": error=2, No such file or directory

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EDIT: I am uncertain which steps I took to resolve this problem, and am no longer seeing this error message so I cannot test the solutions below. Please try them individually as different answers seem to be working for different people.

The iOS version works fine, but running Android Studio on my Mac I get the following Gradle Build error (paraphrased):

:ReactNative:Running ‘[node, -e, console.log(require(‘react-native/cli’).bin);]’ command failed.

- Where:
Script ‘/Users/…/Desktop/…/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-android/native_modules.gradle’ line: 154

- What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating script.
> Cannot run program “node”: error=2, No such file or directory

Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program “node”: error=2, No such file or directory

I've tried so many things:

Following the React Native development set-up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup
Following this advice about [renaming?] the node path: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54007652
Following this advice about symlink: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52779097
Ran brew install node. Message: node 14.2.0 is already installed, it’s just not linked. Tried to run brew link --overwrite node, error /usr/local/share/doc/node is not writable.
Tried to uninstall and reinstall all the package managers, node, yarn, whatever.

I used to be able to still run yarn android in Terminal, but even that has stopped working.

JetBrains issue was created for this: youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/TBX-7313 — Alex Bravo
– Alex Bravo, Commented Jan 26, 2022 at 19:25

Bao Tran · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-07 03:26:47Z

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You should update Android Studio to latest version. It does work for me.

answered Sep 7, 2022 at 3:26

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pramod J B · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-20 11:26:42Z

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You can upgrade your Android studio to 2021.3.1. Its working for us.

answered Oct 20, 2022 at 11:26

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Hussnain Hashmi · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-18 19:03:32Z

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I was also facing issue on Mac(Monterey 12.6.1).I don't know what was the exact reason but I've just upgraded my Android studio artic fox to Android Studio Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Patch 1. And surprisingly my issue is resolved.

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Kris B. · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-24 22:01:57Z

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If you're using nvm, this can work: https://stackoverflow.com/a/69066155/10047450

But you need to run nvm use [version] (or just nvm use if you have an .nvmrc configured) in the terminal before launching android studio.

answered Jul 24, 2023 at 22:01

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Silicon Socket · Accepted Answer · 2024-11-26 16:14:13Z

I had the same issue on React Native, with newArch enabled, I tried a lot of solutions, but finally this worked for me:

I added the node path into the file android/app/build.gradle setting the nodeExecutableAndArgs property like this:

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

project.ext.react = [
    nodeExecutableAndArgs: [getNodePath()]
]

def getNodePath() {
    def process = "which node".execute()
    process.waitFor()
    def nodePath = process.in.text.trim()
    if (!nodePath) {
        throw new GradleException("Node.js executable not found in PATH. Please ensure Node.js is installed.")
    }
    return nodePath
}

This solution ensures that Gradle dynamically retrieves the correct path to node during the build process.

Jiacheng Deng · Accepted Answer · 2024-11-27 13:39:36Z

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I ran into the same issue on Mac. I tried to open Android Studio from the terminal and I also tried to reinstall it. None of them could fix the issue. Finally, I switched the Gradle JDK version through settings -> Build, Execution, Deployment -> Build Tools -> Gradle. I switched it to the openjdk17 that I installed by myself, and the problem was solved.

answered Nov 27, 2024 at 13:39

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Googol · Accepted Answer · 2025-06-25 14:29:48Z

I simply had to restart my computer and then it worked again. I didn't have to change anything. It just automatically downloaded a bunch of stuff first:

Starting Gradle Daemon...
Gradle Daemon started in 609 ms
> Task :gradle-plugin:pluginDescriptors
> Task :gradle-plugin:processResources
> Task :gradle-plugin:compileKotlin
> Task :gradle-plugin:compileJava NO-SOURCE
> Task :gradle-plugin:classes
> Task :gradle-plugin:jar
> Task :gradle-plugin:inspectClassesForKotlinIC

> Configure project :app
Reading env from: .env
app: 'annotationProcessor' dependencies won't be recognized as kapt annotation processors. Please change the configuration name to 'kapt' for these artifacts: 'androidx.room:room-compiler:2.6.1'.

> Configure project :react-native-firebase_app
:react-native-firebase_app package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/app/package.json
:react-native-firebase_app:firebase.bom using default value: 32.7.1
:react-native-firebase_app:play.play-services-auth using default value: 20.7.0
:react-native-firebase_app package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/app/package.json
:react-native-firebase_app:version set from package.json: 18.8.0 (18,8,0 - 18008000)
:react-native-firebase_app:android.compileSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_app:android.targetSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_app:android.minSdk using custom value: 24
:react-native-firebase_app:reactNativeAndroidDir /myproject/node_modules/react-native/android

> Configure project :react-native-firebase_dynamic-links
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/dynamic-links/package.json
:react-native-firebase_app package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/app/package.json
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:firebase.bom using default value: 32.7.1
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/dynamic-links/package.json
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:version set from package.json: 18.8.0 (18,8,0 - 18008000)
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:android.compileSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:android.targetSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:android.minSdk using custom value: 24
:react-native-firebase_dynamic-links:reactNativeAndroidDir /myproject/node_modules/react-native/android

> Configure project :react-native-firebase_messaging
:react-native-firebase_messaging package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/package.json
:react-native-firebase_app package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/app/package.json
:react-native-firebase_messaging:firebase.bom using default value: 32.7.1
:react-native-firebase_messaging package.json found at /myproject/node_modules/@react-native-firebase/messaging/package.json
:react-native-firebase_messaging:version set from package.json: 18.8.0 (18,8,0 - 18008000)
:react-native-firebase_messaging:android.compileSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_messaging:android.targetSdk using custom value: 34
:react-native-firebase_messaging:android.minSdk using custom value: 24
:react-native-firebase_messaging:reactNativeAndroidDir /myproject/node_modules/react-native/android

> Task :prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel UP-TO-DATE
Download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/com/android/tools/build/gradle/7.4.2/gradle-7.4.2-sources.jar, took 11 s 400 ms
Download https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-gradle-plugin/1.9.0/kotlin-gradle-plugin-1.9.0-sources.jar, took 1 s 628 ms
Download https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/de/undercouch/gradle-download-task/4.1.2/gradle-download-task-4.1.2-sources.jar, took 147 ms

...

Download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/androidx/camera/camera-core/1.3.1/camera-core-1.3.1-sources.jar, took 638 ms
Download https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/stripe/identity/20.52.3/identity-20.52.3-sources.jar, took 438 ms
Download https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/androidx/databinding/viewbinding/8.5.2/viewbinding-8.5.2-sources.jar, took 304 ms

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 7m 57s
5 actionable tasks: 5 executed

cdeutsch · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-21 00:08:13Z

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I got this error in an Expo app after I upgraded Android Studio.

Restarting the entire Mac fixed it.

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ouflak · Accepted Answer · 2021-09-09 11:15:00Z

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If you have a M1 Mac and are using Android Studio:

Download Android Studio 2021.1.1 (or later).
Install Zulu OpenJDK (https://www.azul.com/downloads/?version=java-8-lts&os=macos&architecture=arm-64-bit&package=jdk).
Add export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-8.jdk/Contents/Home to your .zshrc.
On Android Studio, change the gradle settings to use JAVA_HOME to find the jdk.

edited Sep 9, 2021 at 11:15

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Karatekid430 Over a year ago

This is good advice for M1, I found that same JDK as one of the few native options for JDK. But I guess it's not directly relevant to this question.

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