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Error: You are running `create-react-app` 5.0.0, which is behind the latest release (5.0.1)

As the title says, I cannot run create-react-app.
You are running `create-react-app` 5.0.0, which is behind the latest release (5.0.1).
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/
Doing this does not change the error. npm uninstall -g create-react-app
I entered this command to try it out and got a message that the tar was out of date.
npm install -g create-react-app
npm WARN deprecated tar#2.2.2: This version of tar is no longer supported, and will not receive security updates. Please upgrade asap.
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path /opt/homebrew/bin/create-react-app
npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists
npm ERR! File exists: /opt/homebrew/bin/create-react-app
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/tar
I ran the command with this reference.
However, the tar was not updated.
I have already tried all the published solutions, but they don't work. Can someone please help me? Please.
I tried clearing the cache but could not solve the problem.
npx clear-npx-cache
Need to install the following packages:
clear-npx-cache
Ok to proceed? (y) y
I was able to successfully run the following command by specifying the version each time, but it is a hassle and I want to be able to run it normally.
npx create-react-app#latest my-app

The "fish" shell I am currently using is node v18.0.0, so I downgraded to v16.15.0 and it works fine.
fisher install jorgebucaran/nvm.fish
nvm install v16
I had forgotten to lower the node version in fish because it had been working fine with zsh.

node-pre-gyp install error on npm install

I was trying to follow the react in action book. - book's project repo
But on doing npm install on Ubuntu, I am getting
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! grpc#1.7.3 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build --library=static_library`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the grpc#1.7.3 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.`
I have also tried to update my node and npm version and then npm install but it's still not working .
Help me to fix this irritating error .
Edit:
I have tried to fix this using almost 10 answers from SO as well as github but none of them works and also some of the answer is for windows or mac and not for ubuntu. I have tried the answers to these questions too.

This issue just wasted my day. I went through a lot of solutions like installing node-pre-gyp, uninstall and reinstall node and npm, cleared the cache and node modules and reinstall installed the dependency. But none of the solutions worked.
At last, I fixed it by downgrading the npm version from v10.xx to v9.9.0. Steps that I followed (for mac):
Open terminal and type sudo npm install -g n
Once step 1 done, type n 9.9.0 to downgrade the npm version
Hope it helps :)

npm ERR! request to https://registry.npmjs.org/node-modules failed, reason: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line

I am getting this error while installing any JS package , I have done lots of search but no luck. So please let me know where i am making mistake.
npm ERR! request to https://registry.npmjs.org/node-modules failed,
reason: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line
WebServer : Apache2(xampp)
Node : v9.3.0
NPM : 5.5.1

I think that first you need to start prompt as an administrator, then run npm cache clean -f then try to run npm install, by this command the npm will install the packages listed in package.json.
Or
You can run npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/ so you can run npm install -g node-modules. Read more in this answer.

I faced the same problem and finally I was able to solve the exact above error by doing the following steps:-
check version of your npm with npm -v
run npm -g install npm#<version> This step is important as npm is getting installed globally here.
Now run the command where you want to install something globally using npm. In my Case the command was npm install -g #angular/cli#6.2.9 which worked fine after these changes
If you are still facing the problem, I would recommend to follow the instructions about installing nodejs perfectly from here https://docs.npmjs.com/try-the-latest-stable-version-of-npm#upgrading-on-windows

Maximum call stack size exceeded on npm install

I'm trying to run npm install, this is output from console:
npm ERR! Linux 4.8.0-27-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v6.9.1
npm ERR! npm v3.10.8
npm ERR! Maximum call stack size exceeded
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
and this is content of npm-debug.log:
113791 verbose stack RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
113791 verbose stack at Object.color (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/console-control-strings/index.js:115:32)
113791 verbose stack at EventEmitter.log._format (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:252:51)
113791 verbose stack at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/log.js:138:24)
113791 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:116:13)
113791 verbose stack at emit (events.js:194:7)
113791 verbose stack at .<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js:23:18)
113791 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:116:13)
113791 verbose stack at emit (events.js:194:7)
113791 verbose stack at .<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npmlog/node_modules/are-we-there-yet/tracker-group.js:23:18)
113791 verbose stack at emitThree (events.js:116:13)
113791 verbose stack at emit (events.js:194:7)
113792 verbose cwd /home/giorgi/AdMove/dev/web-advertiser-admove
113793 error Linux 4.8.0-27-generic
113794 error argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
113795 error node v6.9.1
113796 error npm v3.10.8
113797 error Maximum call stack size exceeded
113798 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
113798 error <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
113799 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
Removed node_modules several times and tried to reinstall. Can't understand what's the reason that causes this and how to fix it.

metzelder's answer helped me fix the issue. however if you run the command npm cache clean, it will give you a message
As of npm#5, the npm cache self-heals from corruption issues and data extracted from the cache is guaranteed to be valid
So, as of npm5 you can do by adding a --force flag to the command.
So the command is:
npm cache clean --force

npm rebuild
it has solved my problem

Try removing package-lock.json and the node_modules folder:
rm package-lock.json
rm -r node_modules

I had the same issue with npm install.
After a lot of search, I found out that removing your .npmrc file or its content (found at %USERPROFILE%/.npmrc), will solve this issue. This worked for me.

npm uninstall
npm cache clean --force
I tried these two methods but they didn't work. After, I deleted the node_modules directory and ran npm install again, it still didn't work. Lastly, I deleted package-lock.json and created a new package-lock.json file using
npm install

I have overcome this issue by doing following:
Delete all the content of the npm dependencies. You can find the default install location according to this thread:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/5926706/1850297
Before you run npm install command, I suggest to run npm cache clean --force

npm rebuild will work for sure

In my case, update to the newest version:
npm install -g npm

I deleted
node_modules
and then reinstalled by
npm install
It worked for me

I have also faced the same problem and this is how i resolved it.
First of all you need to make sure that your node and npm versions are up to date. if not please upgrade your node and npm packages to latest versions.
nvm install 12.18.3 // update node version through node version manager
npm install npm // update your npm version to latest
Delete your node_modules folder and package-lock.json file.
Force clean the entire NPM cache by using following comand.
npm cache clean --force
Re-Install all the dependencies.
npm install
If above step didn't resolve your problem, try to re-install your dependencies after executing following command.
npm rebuild

This issue can also happen if you're trying to install a package that doesn't exist or if you're trying to install a version that doesn't exist.

npm cache clean returns below message
As of npm#5, the npm cache self-heals from corruption issues and data extracted from the cache is guaranteed to be valid. If you want to make sure everything is consistent, use 'npm cache verify' instead. On the other hand, if you're debugging an issue with the installer, you can use npm install --cache /tmp/empty-cache to use a temporary cache instead of nuking the actual one.
If you run npm cache verify, as specified above, then it actually runs cache verification and garbage collection which fixes the problem.
Cache verified and compressed (~\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_cacache):
Content verified: 6183 (447214684 bytes) Content garbage-collected: 16
(653745 bytes) Index entries: 9633

Happened in docker (node:15-buster) for me.
Remember to use WORKDIR /<folder> so that it doesn't conflict with original npm libraries installed.
The folder can be anything but system folders, so that includes using /.

In case none of these answer work for you, it may be because the terminal you're using isn't the right one/ your node_modules is used by another part of your computer.
In my case I kept juggling between this error (maximum call stack size exceeded) and the access error event when I did a sudo npm i.
The fix was to close my IDE (which was WebStorm), run npm i in a basic terminal, and that was it.

I'm not a Windows user, so if you are, try to check Rene Knop comment.
For Unix/OSX users, I've removed the root .npmrc file ~/.npmrc.
Before you're going to try it, please,
check if there is nothing necessary over there
you can use this command to bring all content into your terminal: cat ~/.npmrc .
If you have got something like:
cat: /Users/$USER/.npmrc: No such file or directory
to save a copy:
cp ~/.npmrc ~/.npmrc_copy
Now, try to remove it (Works for bash users: Unix / Ubuntu / OSX ...):
rm -f ~/.npmrc
This worked for me.
Hope this will be helpful for others.

I also had the same problem. I had tried the previous solutions, but the solution for me was much simpler. I only had to remove the space in the directory and then run npm i again
Thanks to: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp/issues/809#issuecomment-155019383 for pointing this out.

In my case I had a custom .npmrc file that included an auth token for authenticating with a private npm registry.
The token had expired, which helpfully returned code E401: Incorrect or missing password locally, but ERR! Maximum call stack size exceeded from the CI build.

You uninstall npm package and force clean the cache and close terminal and reinstall whichever package be.
$sudo npm uninstall <package - name>
$sudo npm cache clean --force
Then restart terminal and check
Still not working upgrade both npm and node to the latest version

Today we encountered this error when running an npm prune even after running an npm cache clean --force.
Versions:
node 13.8.0
npm 6.13.6
Deleting the package-lock.json worked for this case as well. Thank you all!

In general, once a module has been installed, it's much more convenient to use npm ci instead of npm install. Please check out this SO answer for the advantages of the former with respect to the later in a production environment.
So please just run
npm ci
All dependencies will be updated, and the problem will disappear. Or it will error in the case there's some grave de-synchronization between one and the other.

Most of the times, this issue occurs if you are using the system provided by the organization you work for and it's vpn restricts the use of this command.
In this case, you may try to disconnect from organization vpn and then execute this command.

I tried everything to fix this issue on my Mac. I think the issue started when I had already downloaded npm from Node.js and then reinstalled it with Homebrew while following along with a Team Treehouse video.
Here's what I tried:
From https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/removing-npm
sudo npm uninstall npm -g
sudo make uninstall
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/npm*
From How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinstall from beginning (Mac OS X)
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/{npm*,node*,man1/node*}
Here's what worked:
In the end, the only thing that worked for me was to clone down the npm-reinstall repo from GitHub that completely removed everything related to npm on my Mac.
https://github.com/brock/node-reinstall
I then had to reinstall node and npm from Node.js.

I tried everything to fix this issue on my windows 7 machine like
Reinstalling and rebuilding npm
At last, I fixed this small configuration setting issue by wasting my entire day.
How I resolved this issue
Removing my project specific configurations in global .npmrc
at location like drive:/Windows/Users/../.npmrc

I solved it 100% I had this problem with gulp version: 3.5.6.
You should clean the package-lock.js and then run npm install and It worked form

Our company dev environment uses Artifactory as the default registry for our NPM dependencies, and when running npm install it was defaulting to this, which did not work... so manually specifying the main npm registry via npm install --registry https://registry.npmjs.org fixed this issue for me...

I was facing the same error, I was trying to install jest into to one of the packages in a monorepo project.
If you are using Yarn + Learna to package a monorepo project, you will have to navigate to the package.json inside the target package and then run npm install or npm install <package name>.

I don't know why, but I ran npm install with sudo and it worked.
sudo npm install

I had this problem and it was due to an upgrade of my git executable. I rolled back to Git-2.21.0.rc1.windows.1-64-bit and added this to my environment path and it fixed my issue.

The one thing that finally worked for me on Mac was upgrading from node 8.12 to 10.x using NVM.
I uninstalled all other versions of Node with NVM, then installed 10.x, then ran nvm alias default node, which tells NVM to always default to the latest available node version on a shell.
After that, my live reloading issue went away!

Switching to yarn solved the issue for me.

Failed at the node-sass#0.9.6 install script 'node build.js'

I'm getting this error while running npm install on project. The additional information about this issue below,
npm ERR! node-sass#0.9.6 install: `node build.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the node-sass#0.9.6 install script 'node build.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the node-sass package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node build.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls node-sass
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/capricornus/Projects/aware-app/npm-debug.log

Just install older version of Nodejs with nodebrew.
curl -L git.io/nodebrew | perl - setup
Add the following to ~/.bashrc
export PATH=$HOME/.nodebrew/current/bin:$PATH
Refresh console
source ~/.bashrc
Install older version
nodebrew install-binary v0.12.7
nodebrew use v0.12.7
Then try again!

It looks like this version is no longer compatible. I get the same errors on my system. Either you need to downgrade node to the supported version, or upgrade the dependencies that require node-sass#0.9.6.
Latest version of node-sass is 3.4.2.

In case someone runs into trouble with nodebrew, it's also possible to use nvm (node version manager) to downgrade your node version. Project on Github
On OSX El Capitan, I needed this for the installation:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash
. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
Mind the last line, as it's slightly different from the install instruction on github.
As mentioned by Yosuke Sato, v0.12.7 is compatible with node-sass#0.9.6, so you'd need
nvm install v0.12.7 or nvm use v0.12.7 (if you have it installed already)
This will use the older node version, but only in the current terminal window/tab.

nvm use v0.12.7 in the project directory followed by npm install solved the problem for me -- the error occurred as I was trying to set up broccoli-taco, a static site generator. Thanks for tip, I am glad I googled you up.