[npm-issue] packages removed / not available after install

[creative-git]

after running "npm i react-native-firebase --save" i get the following message:
**added 31 packages, removed 649 packages and updated 113 packages in 19.899s**

and when i try to run "react-native run-ios", i get "Command run-ios unrecognized"

what am doing wrong ?

[SamMatthewsIsACommonName]

Same here, the install removes all of the react native packages etc for some reason

[Salakar]

Hmm this is a weird one - what are your npm versions @barjas @SamMatthewsIsACommonName - this may be a npm v5 issue - can you down grade your npm and give it a whirl - see if it's actually that?

[SamMatthewsIsACommonName]

OK I will do after dinner. My project is now broken again so I need to start a new one. I've been battling cocoapods/ problems with latest react native for last 5 hours straight and about to pull my hair out haha

[Salakar]

Looks like other npm 5 users are facing the same issue:

npm/npm#17379
npm/npm#17384

Rollback to 4 for now and you should be good.

[Salakar]

Will leave this open for now until the npm issue is resolved.

[guhungry]

Sometimes I have to switch to yarn if npm install have problem (with npm 5.0.3 since it comes with node 8.1.2 by default)

[chrisbianca]

@Salakar according to npm/npm#17384 this was fixed in npm 5.1.0. I've just updated to npm 5.3.0 and everything seemed to work ok, so will close this issue.