I am getting a TypeError when running npm install -g react-native project on mac.

full error

TypeError: Cannot destructure property stat of 'undefined' or 'null'. at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/node-gyp/lib/index.js:2:29)

I am getting a TypeError when running npm install -g react-native project on mac.

full error

TypeError: Cannot destructure property stat of 'undefined' or 'null'. at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/node-gyp/lib/index.js:2:29)

• javascript
• android
• ios
• macos
• react-native

• Does this answer your question? How to initialize React Native project – Randy Casburn Commented Dec 10, 2020 at 14:38
• it doesn't work, It even not allow me to run npm install – Sri ram kathirvel Commented Dec 10, 2020 at 15:19
• it would seem that your problem is not with react native then. Rewrite your question to include the error messages associated with running node and npm - not react native. – Randy Casburn Commented Dec 10, 2020 at 15:35
• It works after deleting and re install node.js manually, previously I used this cmd 'brew install node' for installing node. – Sri ram kathirvel Commented Dec 11, 2020 at 7:30
• I installed macOS Big Sur, and I have this issue now (on projects that used to work fine before that update). Maybe it's related, I'm still investigating. – Axel Rock Commented Dec 14, 2020 at 8:54

5 Answers 5

Might be you are using npm@latest. Looks to me some issue with lates NPM, I have changed my version with RUN npm install [email protected] -g in my docker file working for me.

When I upgraded to Big Sur, I had the same issue. It's something to do with npm, not react-native.

Here's what I did to solve the problem:

Delete everything related to nodejs:

sudo rm -rf ~/.npm ~/.nvm ~/node_modules ~/.node-gyp ~/.npmrc ~/.node_repl_history
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/node-debug /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node-gyp
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* /usr/local/share/man/man1/npm*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node /usr/local/include/node_modules
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
sudo rm -rf /opt/local/include/node /opt/local/bin/node /opt/local/lib/node
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/doc/node
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/systemtap/tapset/node.stp

brew uninstall node
brew doctor
brew cleanup --prune-prefix

And then install nvm again via:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent./nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

Now, I was able to install all of my dependencies since now I've got a fresh copy of npm(for me it was 6.4.1).

As usual, Mac OS updates tend to break stuff.

In case you're using NVM too (like me). I faced this issue too and found that NVM is using a node version called 'system'. I never seen it before and NVM should be using the version I set it to use.

So I decided to update NVM. (See: https://github./nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md#installing-and-updating)

Seems to work after that.

You shouldn't be using npm install -g react-native.

Please read through the React Native docs on how to do your environment setup: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup

In case that you have the same error when running any mand that has npm, you might have wrong npm version with node 8.

Running this will reverse your npm to node 6.

curl -qs https://www.npmjs./install.sh|npm_install=6.14.11 sh

Reference: https://github./npm/cli/issues/2599