How to update core-js to core-js@3 dependency?

Amar picture Amar · Apr 10, 2019 · Viewed 116.2k times · Source

While I was trying to install and setup react native, the precaution observed about the core-js version as update your core-js@... to core-js@3 But don't know how to update my core-js.

$ sudo react-native init AwesomeProject121
Password:
This will walk you through creating a new React Native project in /Users/amarnr1989/AwesomeProject121
Using yarn v1.13.0
Installing react-native...
yarn add v1.13.0
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
warning react-native > create-react-class > fbjs > [email protected]: core-js@<2.6.5 is no longer maintained. Please, upgrade to core-js@3 or at least to actual version of core-js@2.
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
[----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 0/601internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:584
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/amarnr1989/AwesomeProject121/node_modules/react-native/package.json'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:582:15)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:508:25)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
    at checkNodeVersion (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js:306:21)
    at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js:300:3)
    at createProject (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js:249:3)
    at init (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js:200:5)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/react-native-cli/index.js:153:7)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:701:30)

Please Suggest

Answer

Chiaro picture Chiaro · May 12, 2019

You update core-js with the following command:

npm install --save core-js@^3

If you read the React Docs you will find that the command is derived from when you need to upgrade React itself.