"A template was not provided." error on fresh install

[kyeltech]

Hello world, I was working on my create app and i noticed it just stopped displaying the progress so I decided to re-run and I kept on having the same issues and felt maybe I should create a new app template which I went on with it and after some minute of thinking it's created I went back to it to start it stop but got a message that reads
A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
Please note that global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported. and after trying to wrap my head around it I couldn't solve it and felt a need to go to you and hoping for a reply as soon as possible
THANKS

[rosbel]

What are you using to run create-react-app?
Take a look at the quick-start section: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/getting-started#quick-start

If you've previously installed create-react-app globally via npm install -g create-react-app, we recommend you uninstall the package using npm uninstall -g create-react-app to ensure that npx always uses the latest version.

[nksharma192]

Try unistalling create-react-app if you have installed it globally using npm uninstall -g create-react-app and then use npx create-react-app my-app. It should work.

[CRHarding]

I uninstalled create-react-app globally, upgraded npm and npx, but it's still throwing the 'A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
Please note that global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported.' warning.

[pierzbarry]

I have this problem as well! Everything was perfectly fine yesterday and then today it suddenly started saying the same warning that everyone else is getting whenever I try to create a react app. I have tried uninstalling and everything but nothing has worked so far.

[maddyrombes]

I have also uninstalled, reinstalled globally, and tried everything else on this recent thread, and my create-react app is still not working.

[dimitrihartt]

Pleeeeease! HELP! The Create-React-App is NOT working since the latest update released to 3.3.0 which happened hours ago. Please review this UPDATE.
I tried everything including upgrading Node, Uninstalling Global installations... etc.
It is just installing node-modules... (taking 4 minutes to go everytime) and package json.
I tried even with --template options...
I tried to downgrade to the very last working version, but still not working. It seems that it always tries to install the latest bugged version.

Please... Help.

[heyimalex]

Just to be clear, you're all getting this error while creating new apps after typing npx create-react-app my_new_app?

[maddyrombes]

Yes @heyimalex

[heyimalex]

What does the output of npx create-react-app --info say?

[CRHarding]

Yep @heyimalex

[maddyrombes]

  System:
    OS: macOS 10.14.6
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4650U CPU @ 1.70GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.2.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.2.0/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.11.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.2.0/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 78.0.3904.108
    Firefox: 70.0.1
    Safari: 13.0.3
  npmPackages:
    react: Not Found
    react-dom: Not Found
    react-scripts: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    create-react-app: 3.3.0

[CRHarding]

 System:
  OS: macOS 10.15.1
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8279U CPU @ 2.40GHz
 Binaries:
  Node: 12.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
  Yarn: Not Found
  npm: 6.11.3 - /usr/local/bin/npm
 Browsers:
  Chrome: 78.0.3904.108
  Firefox: Not Found
  Safari: 13.0.3
 npmPackages:
  react: Not Found
  react-dom: Not Found
  react-scripts: Not Found
 npmGlobalPackages:
  create-react-app: 3.3.0

[heyimalex]

After the A template was not provided. error there should be a line that says <...> has failed., could you print that here?

[maddyrombes]

the whole message:

A template was not provided. This is likely because you're using an outdated version of create-react-app.
Please note that global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported.