expo init gives the error "× Something went wrong while downloading and extracting the template. npm exited with non-zero code: 1"

Question

so I am trying to get started with react native

when I tried running expo init it gave me the following error:

√ What would you like to name your app? ... test

√ Choose a template: » minimal

× Something went wrong while downloading and extracting the template.

npm exited with non-zero code: 1
Error: npm exited with non-zero code: 1

any fixes?

user_18733466 · Answer

Sort of outdated but figured out that I can use a docker container or WSL.

expo init gives the error "× Something went wrong while downloading and extracting the template. npm exited with non-zero code: 1"

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