react-native init hangs without any error output

[jarnanchen]

After I do react-native init AwesomeProject,it just hangs at This will walk you through creating a new React Native project in /Users/jarnanchen/repo/AwesomeProject, with the slash spinning around for more than 20 minutes.
Tried several times and the results are the same.

[jarnanchen]

#2797
Looks like someone has got the same issue like mine

[kebot]

The same problem, so I update my npm to version 3, the same problem

~/Codes/test/node_modules/react-native   242s
❯ cpm install
loadDep:react-tools → aft ▄ ╢█████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟

in package.json react-tools point to react(don't know why)

 "react-tools": "git://github.com/facebook/react.git#b4e74e38e43ac53af8acd62c78c9213be0194245",

and I don't know what is aft, it is not a npm package

[jarnanchen]

UPDATE : After wait for a long time , the init was successful

[kebot]

Finally, I got the problem, it will takes you more than one day (connection is slow or you are in China) to clone the whole react repository.

[mkonicek]

Are you in China? Can you point npm (and Gradle if you're doing Android development) to some mirror of:
JS and Obj-C code: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native
Java code: http://bintray.com/bintray/jcenter

[mkonicek]

Can you please use Stack Overflow to ask questions and tag them with react-native? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/react-native

This helps us keep track of bugs that need to be fixed in Github issues.

[jarnanchen]

@mkonicek Yes , I am in China. However I did tried several times via VPN connection, not much help though.

[deepflame]

hmm, is it true that is clones the whole repo? I am in Germany and have a 25MBit connection. So it should not be slow.
However I am waiting here now for about 10min and I just see the spinnner.

Would be great to have a notice or something that it can take longer otherwise people (like me) think that it is broken.

[deepflame]

still spinning... about 35min now. Going to make another coffee...

[kebot]

@deepflame you can try npm3, it will gives you more information

[deepflame]

Hey @kebot , thanks for your hint. I installed NPM 3 now and it went through!

[deepflame]

well, but I would not advice to install NPM 3 though. Got stuck now with

Could not find dependencies.
Ensure dependencies are installed - run 'npm install' from project root.

Seems to be an issue with NPM 3... #1758

[kebot]

@deepflame just feel free to remove the detection code in packager/packager.js

[deepflame]

@kebot thanks for your hints. However I installed NPM 2 again and it is working now fine.
Will probably copy this newly generated app skeleton then when i want to work on a new one to avoid the problems I had at first. Thanks again and have a nice weekend!

Just tried again. For whatever reason it is working now with NPM 2. Guess it is the npm cache?

[uinz]

about 8 day ago, i init a project about 10 min , but since yesterday i init a project more than 12 hours
and it's still not finished, i have to cancel it and go bed.
by the way, i am form china, and try to use VPN, however there is popular vocabulary in chian
"then be none"(然并卵).

[kebot]

@yinzSE can you post the output here?

[uinz]

@kebot i succeeded after a long time, and before that there is nothing output.
i use npm@2.14.6
do not use npm3.x

sudo npm install -g npm@2.14.6

VPN use USA
npm source use https://registry.npmjs.org/

u can open Monitor to watch “git" process. if it downloading means u just only wait for some time.
and it's will download more then 70M data.

To run your app on iOS:
Open /Users/yinz/Desktop/xs/ios/xs.xcodeproj in Xcode
Hit Run button
To run your app on Android:
Have an Android emulator running, or a device connected
cd /Users/yinz/Desktop/xs
react-native run-android

[welkang]

I found that this dependency must installed under root permission,
"react-tools": "git://github.com/facebook/react#b4e74e38e43ac53af8acd62c78c9213be0194245",
Maybe this is the reason why it hangs always.

[kenit]

I have the same problem.
I live in Taiwan and below is my environment information.
nodejs@4.1.2
npm@3.3.5
linux mint@17.2

[warpdesign]

+1 (OSX - El Capitan)

[solupro]

Same problem.
From China
nodejs@4.1.2
npm@2.14.6
OSX - El Capitan

[no-repeat]

From China +1
How to deal with the problem?

[jihopark]

in HK. so slow... not working for several times

[noscripter]

in china, facing the same problem 2.

could add --verbose for verbose output, from my experience, I was hold up in the process of loadDep:react-tools

reference #3193

I've tried cnpm, but still hang for a long time waiting for the modules to be installed.

[klvs]

Same issue.
npm 2.14.4
node v4.1.2
OSX - Yosemite
United States, San Mateo if it matters

[uinz]

open Activity Monitor ,
make sure git process is downloading.
which will download about 70M files.

Patience is very important

[gutenye]

@yinzSE Thanks, that's very helpful.

[warpdesign]

@yinzSE I was patient, but after 20 or 30 minutes, I got this error:

Setting up new React Native app in /Users/leodaed/Dev/ReactSlide fs.js:549
return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags), mode);
          ^

Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/Users/leodaed/.babel.json'

[codesundar]

same problem from India also

Waiting Waiting Waiting for a long time

[codesundar]

Execute react-native init ProjectName --verbose option

[springuper]

+1 for this problem and the stop point doesn't remain stable.

npm verb afterAdd /Users/spring/.npm/babel-core/5.8.34/package/package.json written
loadDep:react-tools       ▄ ╢███████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟

[davedx]

Same problem here, I'm in the Netherlands. Internet connection is fine. I use npm all the time for multiple projects, so it's really weird it keeps getting stuck for react-native. What is react-native doing that's different?

[d668]

U updated brew, reinstalled node and npm and run react-native init with --verbose. It showed me the process and after 20 min finally installed the project. Was weird though at the beginning....

[PeterMu]

@yinzSE It works, thx. I just do this:
VPN use USA
npm source use https://registry.npmjs.org/

haha...

[CryptoZ258]

I also use VPN, but nothing changed, I just fail and try agian on the old folder(choose yes when terminal ask continue), and it successd!
node v4.2.3
npm v2.14.7
Mac OSX , EI Capitan

[captain-miao]

if you from China, do this:

npm install -g nrm
nrm use taobao

Registry has beensetto: http://registry.npm.taobao.org/

npm install -g react-native-cli --verbose
react-native init AwesomeProject --verbose

very very very ... very fast

[d668]

no I am using VPN, I am not going to use chinese shit servers for nothing

[Tarkzeng]

@sundaravelit thank you...
react-native init ProjectName --verbose

[bhrugumehta]

In india it's working perfectly but it's take much time approx 3 to 4 minuts but depends upon your internet speed. I think it dowload so many module whole size of 70 MB

[sdaitzman]

Still having this issue.

[bhrugumehta]

can you send me output what you get after running through command ... react-native init ProjectName --verbose

[dramirezp]

Did somebody find the solution? I'm stuck with this :( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35961873/react-native-init-awesomeproject-hang

[dramirezp]

After a few hours I decided to restart the computer and start the process again, and now it is working ;-( this is annoying

[vrspider]

Here in the Netherlands
node v5.9.0
npm 3.7.3

I run react-native init AwesomeProject --verbose
then it got stuck here

npm verb afterAdd /Users/x/.npm/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-template-literals/6.6.5/package/package.json written
loadDep:babel-plugin-tran ▐ ╢██████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟

I use https://registry.npmjs.org

[ZxBing0066]

When I run the init command, it will hangs after the output below when without sudo.

npm WARN react-native@0.27.0-rc2 requires a peer of react@15.1.0 but none was installed.
npm verb exit [ 0, true ]
npm info ok

But when I run with sudo,it will be successed,don't konw why.
The next output is:

Setting up new React Native app in /Users/ZxBing0066/Workspace/personal/App

[DearX-dlx]

i have same problem from china,then i useing VPN(Japan),and it successed!

[navmalc]

Had this today (UK). Running with --verbose and it's still taking ages but at least I know it's doing something this time.

[ghost]

China:

cd $HOME
wget https://cdn.npm.taobao.org/react-native/-/react-native-0.32.0.tgz #example
react-native init AwesomeProject --version ~/react-native-0.32.0.tgz

Other country:

cd $HOME
wget https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native/-/react-native-0.32.0.tgz #example
react-native init AwesomeProject --version ~/react-native-0.32.0.tgz

[PurpleBracket]

Still having the issue today. NYC
Windows 10
node.js v4.4.5
npm 3.5.2

[jefe-spain]

Still have this issue, It hangs in

react-native@0.33.0` requires a peer of react@~15.3.1 but none was installed.
npm verb exit [ 0, true ]
npm info ok

And It stay like that forever.

npm 3.10.7
node 6.2.1

Any ideas please?`

[AlessandroAnnini]

@jefe-spain i have the same issue have you resolved it yet?.. here's the issue link #9943

[wietsevenema]

Hanging after npm info ok seems to be caused by watchman. Just chiming in here to report the workaround documented in #9943 works.

[rcugut]

I had react-native hang for a different reason => watchman . On my Mac, I had to:

rm -rf /usr/local/run/watchman/*

to clear whatever watchman had leftover, that was making it hang w/o any output. And along with it, it got react-native to hang:

react-native/packager/react-packager/src/node-haste/FileWatcher/index.js

Line 20 in 9ee815f

execSync('watchman version', {stdio: 'ignore'});

Maybe this helps anyone. It took me almost one hour to debug this ...

probably related: #2797

[itsMikey]

Seeing as some people are still having trouble, I found that using Yarn sped upreact-native init tremendously. I've had it download successfully in as little as 10 seconds and at most 2 minutes.

Here's a little guide on how to use react-native with yarn.
http://kryptonik.net/2016/10/how-to-use-react-native-with-yarn/

[SinaKarimi7]

First you should download and install latest node.js installer from here
then open cmd on Administrator and run:

npm install -g react-native-cli

Good lock :)

[s2zaman]

I was having issue with the command react-native run-ios

Got it running by just using the sudo with the command.
:) 👍