Just got Expo up and running for the first time, encountered an error right after setting it up

After diligently following the steps outlined on 

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started

I proceeded with a fresh npm installation and executed the npm update command

Subsequently, I entered the command npm install -g expo-cli

Although I encountered multiple warnings regarding missing Linux packages, it didn't pose any issue as I am utilizing Windows 10 Home 64bit

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: @expo/<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1bfb6a3bebafcb3b8bffcb5b0a3a6b8bffcb8b0e2e391e3ffe3ffe9">[email protected]</a> (node_modules\expo-cli\node_modules\@expo\ngrok-bin-darwin-ia32):
    npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for @expo/<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9c7cedbc6c284cbc0c784cdc8dbdec0c784c0c89a9be99b879b8791">[email protected]</a>: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"ia32"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

Next, I initiated the command expo init HelloWorld, only to encounter the following error

C:\Users\####\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\expo-cli\node_modules\formidable\lib\incoming_form.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { d.
                                                              ^

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at new Script (vm.js:79:7)
    at createScript (vm.js:251:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:10)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:657:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)
Uncaught Error C:\Users\####\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\expo-cli\node_modules\formidable\lib\incoming_form.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { d.
                                                              ^
   SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at new Script (vm.js:79:7)
    at createScript (vm.js:251:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:303:10)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:657:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:22:18)

This unforeseen error has left me perplexed. Could it be an oversight in the installation process?

javascriptreact-nativenpmexpo

Answer №1

Implemented npm install formidable and then transferred the generated folder to the location where expo stores its version of formidable, successfully resolving the issue.

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