错误：找不到模块“rxjs” - 创建 React 应用程序

Question

I am using node version 12.18.3 and create-react-app@3.4.1. When I create an app with npx command, npx create-react-app test-app , I face the following issue and the app is not getting generated,

Error: Cannot find module 'rxjs'
Require stack:
- /Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js
- /Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/inquirer/lib/inquirer.js
- /Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js
- /Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
- /Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/[eval]
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:965:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:841:27)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:72:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:3:34)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1137:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1157:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:985:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:878:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1025:19) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    '/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js',
    '/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/inquirer/lib/inquirer.js',
    '/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/react-dev-utils/browsersHelper.js',
    '/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/init.js',
    '/Users/arun/Desktop/my-work/test-app/[eval]'
  ]
}

Answer 1

This is caused by having moduleResolution set to anything other than node, or having skipLibCheck set to false in the tsconfig file. Ensure these two things are corrected and the error will go away.