npm ERR! Cannot read properties of null (reading 'pickAlgorithm')

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iam getting below error with npm while creating react app

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\Nagamanickam\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2021-11-18T12_01_45_525Z-debug.log

Does this answer your question? Getting "Cannot read property 'pickAlgorithm' of null" error in react native — Fiodorov Andrei
– Fiodorov Andrei, Commented Nov 22, 2021 at 10:11
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Nils Reichardt · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-07 17:38:02Z

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I resolved it by deleting node_modules and package-lock.json and run npm install again.

answered Feb 7, 2022 at 17:38

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dialex Over a year ago

didn't solve it for me

Rahul Dudhane Over a year ago

Didn't work for me too

Zaphod Beeblebrox Over a year ago

Problem for me was in Jenkins Builds only, local builds were successful. The cause was that we do commit package-lock.json. In the build Jenkins appends the build-no to version in package.json. This way package.json and package-lock.json were inconsistent and npm install failed. The solution was to delete package-lock.json prior to npm install.

Nachat Ayoub · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-30 20:48:54Z

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my npm version is 8.1.4 and i solve this problem by running :

npm cache clear --force

answered Dec 30, 2021 at 20:48

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dialex Over a year ago

didn't solve it for me

Rahul Dudhane Over a year ago

Didn't work for me too

Vishal Singh Over a year ago

Did not work for me as well

ataraxia Over a year ago

Didn't work for me either

Ragav Y Over a year ago

Fixed it for me!

Engr.Aftab Ufaq · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-17 17:45:35Z

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solved with npm i --legacy-peer-deps on react-native version .70

answered Oct 17, 2022 at 17:45

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torq1284 · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-18 11:29:03Z

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Just run these 2 commands :

npm cache clear --force
npm install

answered Jul 18, 2022 at 11:29

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Community Over a year ago

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Chisom Maxwell · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-20 06:54:32Z

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Your dependency tree may be broken (due to incompartible peer dependencies) you can try running npm install with --legacy-peer-deps or --force to bypass this issue for the mean time.

answered Nov 20, 2022 at 6:54

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Elleshar · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-09 08:31:49Z

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In my case i updated npm via:

npm update -g npm

After it, everything worked fine.

Don't know why, i didn't expect it.

answered Dec 9, 2022 at 8:31

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Ahmedakhtar11 · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-16 21:24:19Z

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Probably it's a project that works with Yarn and not NPM. Try Yarn instead of NPM.

yarn install

and then you can do

yarn start

or

npm start

edited Mar 16, 2022 at 21:24

answered Mar 16, 2022 at 21:02

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Ambroise Rabier · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-15 21:36:24Z

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If you have this issue on the CI:

$ npm ci
npm ERR! Cannot read property '<any-package-here>' of undefined

You should check the version of Nodeon the CI. It was outdated for me.

answered Mar 15, 2023 at 21:36

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Phin Over a year ago

This saved my time. I found that I used the version of Node which isn't matched with the requirement in the package.json.

Simon Martinelli · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-12 05:34:31Z

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In my case the file .npmrc was corrupt. After deleting it everything worked.

answered May 12, 2022 at 5:34

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osama Over a year ago

where .npmrc can be found?

Simon Martinelli Over a year ago

In your home directory

Ankit Awadhiya · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-06 17:26:53Z

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I was getting the same error, but I was able to resolve it by the below described method:

Go to folder -> Local > npm-cache and delete all contents of the npm-cache. try again with npm command, it should work now.

answered Jul 6, 2022 at 17:26

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miya jake · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-12 13:37:10Z

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I solved this by update npm from 6.x to 8.5x, then run npm cache clear --force, npm install, however, it has to change the nodejs from 14 to 17, my env is macOS m1 pro.

answered Nov 12, 2022 at 13:37

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Ju An Kang · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-06 22:33:44Z

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I was getting this error from an old branch that had a previous version of node/npm. using the correct version of node helped in my case.

answered Dec 6, 2022 at 22:33

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nil · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-14 03:06:48Z

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If you were encountering this problem while using NPM workspaces, try removing all of the node_modules directory that is not the root one. Such as:

$ rm -rf packages/*/node_modules
$ npm install

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Miguel Angel · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-09 11:23:24Z

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I solved deleting node_modules and running this command:

npm cache clear --force

answered Jan 9, 2023 at 11:23

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