Setup React Native Environment For IOS
Step 0 — Install npm and node.js
Go to the node.js website (https://nodejs.org/en/)and install node.js. npm is distributed with Node.js which means that when you download Node.js, you automatically get npm installed on your computer.
npm is a package manger for JavaScript programming language, and the default package manager for Node.js Javascript runtime environment.
Step 1 — Install Homebrew
Open your terminal and run the following code to install Homebrew −
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
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Step 2 — Install Watchman
Run the following code to install Watchman.
brew install watchman
Step 3 — Install React Native
Now, run the following code to install React Native.
sudo npm install -g react-native-cli