create-next-app: command not found error [Solved]

create-next-app: command not found error [Solved] #

Use npx to solve the error "create-next-app: command not found", e.g. npx create-next-app@latest or install the package globally by running npm install -g create-next-app@latest to be able to use the command without the npx prefix.

The fastest way to solve the error is to use the npx command.

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# 👇️ create js app
npx create-next-app@latest

# 👇️ for a TypeScript project
npx create-next-app@latest --typescript

# 👇️ Print package version
npx create-next-app@latest --version

Alternatively, you can install create-next-app globally.

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# 👇️ install package globally
npm install -g create-next-app@latest

# 👇️ create js app
create-next-app

# 👇️ for a TypeScript project
create-next-app --typescript

# 👇️ print package version
create-next-app --version

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# 👇️ if you got permissions error
sudo npm install -g create-next-app@latest

# 👇️ create js app
create-next-app

# 👇️ for a TypeScript project
create-next-app --typescript

# 👇️ print package version
create-next-app --version

Refer to the official npm page of the create-next-app package for command options.

If that doesn't help, run the following command:

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npm config get prefix

The command will show you the path where npm puts your globally installed packages. The global packages will be in the bin directory at the specified path.

Look at the PATH environment variable on your operating system and add the path that the npm config get prefix command outputs if it's not already there.

If that didn't work, try to add the path to the bin folder (from npm config get prefix) to your PATH environment variable and restart your terminal.

For example, on macOS, you can update your path with the following command:

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# make sure path matches with npm config get prefix
export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH

And on Windows, the output of the npm config get prefix command will look something like: C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\Roaming\npm.

Edit the environment variable on your machine and add the specified path (replacing the placeholder with your username).

If you are on Linux, you can add the output from the npm config get prefix command to your .bashrc file.

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# 👇️ make sure to update the path with the output
# from the command
export PATH="/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH"

If that doesn't help try to reinstall Node.js on your machine and then install create-next-app globally by running npm install -g create-next-app@latest.

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# 👇️ install package globally
npm install -g create-next-app@latest

# 👇️ create js app
create-next-app

# 👇️ for a TypeScript project
create-next-app --typescript

# 👇️ print package version
create-next-app --version

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# 👇️ if you got permissions error
sudo npm install -g create-next-app@latest

# 👇️ create js app
create-next-app

# 👇️ for a TypeScript project
create-next-app --typescript

# 👇️ print package version
create-next-app --version

Alternatively, you can see how you can fix the permissions error on this page in the official npm docs.

Conclusion #

Use npx to solve the error "create-next-app: command not found", e.g. npx create-next-app@latest or install the package globally by running npm install -g create-next-app@latest to be able to use the command without the npx prefix.