React Native Expo with Pnpm?

Question

I'm trying to get React Native Expo running with Pnpm, but getting this issue

With Npm or Yarn no issues.

Answer 1

That was bugging me too for couple a days, you have to create a .npmrc file and add this line;

node-linker=hoisted

And if you are asking why? Here is your answer;

By default, pnpm manages dependencies using hard links and does not flatten the dependency structure. This is incompatible with expo project structure.

Using the node-linker=hoisted setting in the .npmrc file tells pnpm to manage dependencies in a more traditional structure, similar to how other tools like npm or yarn do it.