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Why npm uninstall -g create-react-app fails?

I'm working on an Ubuntu 20.04 machine.

If I run npx create-react-app myapp the system responds with an error:

Need to install the following packages:
  create-react-app
Ok to proceed? (y) 

You are running `create-react-app` 4.0.3, which is behind the latest release (5.0.0).

We no longer support global installation of Create React App.

Please remove any global installs with one of the following commands:
- npm uninstall -g create-react-app
- yarn global remove create-react-app

The latest instructions for creating a new app can be found here:
https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started/

then, when I run npm uninstall -g create-react-app the the uninstall do nothing:

xxx@xxx:/prj$ npm uninstall -g create-react-app

up to date, audited 1 package in 307ms

found 0 vulnerabilities

So, I cannot create a new react application using npx.

Any suggestion?

Solution

  • I had this issue and this worked for me, after npm uninstall -g create-react-app :

    1. npm cache clean --force
    2. npm cache verify
    3. npx clear-npx-cache to clear your npx cache.
    4. npx create-react-app your-app or npx create-react-app@latest my-app --use-npm