How do I solve npm install issue after deleting node_modules - node.js

Question

I am trying to clean out my react-native project's package to do a clean npm install on a MacOS based system (my windows system for Android development has no issues in cleaning up package versions).
I started seeing errors in the npm instals complaining version differences betwces are not compatible and list differences between versions of each package in "rook project" and node_modules/ directory.
I do the usual fix by removing package-lock.json, delete the node_modules directory and re-run npm install. from my project folder. It immediately made the same error complaints. The problem is this, there is no node_modules in my project folder as I deleted it. And it did not create a new node_modules directory.
Given this issue, how do I debug this and fix it? Questions I'd like to find out:
how do I tell npm to tell me what it thinks root project value is (full path)?
How to tell npm to tell me where the full path to the node_modules directory it seems to see?
Finally, how do I force npm to do the right thing and focus my my project's collaterals and not look outside the project folder as it appears to be doing?
Some of my thoughts. I don't understand why it is making a package cersion comparison between root project and node_modules?
Seems that nodde and npm are doing different things in MacOS environment than in my windows system environment -- I don't understand this.
Anyone here can help me understand what is going on and how to solve it?
The Error output here:
thomas#Presonus americanaradio % npm install
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: AmericanaRadio#0.0.2
npm ERR! Found: react#16.14.0
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR! react#"^16.13.1" from the root project
npm ERR! peer react#"^16.8" from
#react-native-community/async-storage#1.12.1
npm ERR! node_modules/#react-native-community/async-storage
npm ERR! #react-native-community/async-storage#"^1.12.1" from the
root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react#"17.0.2" from react-native#0.66.4
npm ERR! node_modules/react-native
npm ERR! react-native#"^0.66.3" from the root project
npm ERR! peer react-native#">=0.59" from
#react-native-community/async-storage#1.12.1
npm ERR! node_modules/#react-native-community/async-storage
npm ERR! #react-native-community/async-storage#"^1.12.1" from the
root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency
resolution.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! See /Users/thomas/.npm/eresolve-report.txt for a full report.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/thomas/.npm/_logs/2021-12-10T15_47_02_669Z-debug.log
thomas#Presonus americanaradio %
The package.json content here:
{END)
"name": "AmericanaRadio",
"version": "0.0.2",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"android": "react-native run-android",
"ios": "react-native run-ios",
"start": "react-native start",
"test": "jest",
"lint": "eslint ."
},
"dependencies": {
"#react-native-community/async-storage": "^1.12.1",
"#react-native-community/checkbox": "^0.5.2",
"#react-native-community/masked-view": "^0.1.10",
"#react-native-community/slider": "^3.0.3",
"node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
"react": "^16.13.1",
"react-native": "^0.66.3",
"react-native-background-timer": "^2.4.1",
"react-native-elements": "^3.4.2",
"react-native-gesture-handler": "^1.9.0",
"react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view": "^0.9.5",
"react-native-reanimated": "^2.2.4",
"react-native-safe-area-context": "^3.1.9",
"react-native-screens": "^2.15.2",
"react-native-simple-survey": "^3.1.2",
"react-native-swift": "^1.2.1",
"react-native-vector-icons": "^8.0.0",
"react-native-version-check": "^3.4.2",
"react-native-version-info": "^1.1.0",
"react-native-webview": "^11.3.1",
"react-navigation": "^4.4.3",
"react-navigation-drawer": "^2.6.0",
"react-navigation-stack": "^2.10.2",
"react-usestateref": "^1.0.8",
"socket.io-client": "^4.4.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"#babel/core": "^7.12.10",
"#babel/runtime": "^7.12.5",
"#react-native-community/eslint-config": "^2.0.0",
"babel-jest": "^26.6.3",
"eslint": "^7.18.0",
"jest": "^26.6.3",
"metro-react-native-babel-preset": "^0.64.0",
"react-test-renderer": "16.13.1"
},
"jest": {
"preset": "react-native"
}
}
~
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As noted in my description, the node_modules directory was deleted and running npm install failed and did not create a nodes_modules directory. So the error messages are confusing as I have no packages in my project directory (americanaradio).
Thank you for taking a look at this and hopefully a solution can come out of ths.

Answer 1

First check what library is giving you an error and try to reinstall or update that version . Try deleting node modules also . Then do npm install.