How to resolve error "You are running create-react-app 5.0.0, which is behind the latest release (5.0.1)"

Jan 26, 2023

I found a new productivity method called the Ivy Lee Method and thought I'd create an app for it. It's been a while and it's not surprising to see things have changed and some things not running as expected.

Here's the command I entered:

npx create-react-app ivy-lee-method

It showed this error:

You are running create-react-app 5.0.0, which is behind the latest release (5.0.1). We no longer support global installations of Create React App.

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It says to remove global installs but even after doing so, it still showed the same message.

How to fix:

First, uninstall the global create-react-app with this command:

npm uninstall -g create-react-app

or

yarn global remove create-react-app

Next, clear the cache by running the command:

npx clear-npx-cache

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According to the npm page:

If you sometimes use a NPX-utility, you shall store an old version of this package in your cache. And every package update will not be seen by NPX. Cache clearing will solve this trouble. - https://www.npmjs.com/package/clear-npx-cache

If you don't have it installed yet, it will ask you to install the package. Or you can install it first with the command:

npm install clear-npx-cache

After that, you can run npx create-react-app your-app-name

It will ask you to install the new create-react-app package and you're good to go.

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For accountability, I'm putting it here.

This year, one of my goals is to create a productivity app based on the Ivy Lee Method, which I just recently learned about from James Clear's blog.

I love how simple the idea is so I thought I'd make an app for it. Last year, I also created a Pomodoro app that's also built in React.

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