How to install rnpm package for react native

Question

I am trying to install this package for my react-native package. https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-dialogs

I see that I need to execute this command to get it installed. rnpm install --save react-native-dialogs

I have node and npm installed on my machine. I am not sure what rnpm is. I am getting an error. I tried to go through some links but no luck.

'rnpm' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Spencer Carli · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-02 01:36:42Z

rnpm has been "absorbed" in to core React Native. If the package is asking you to install via rnpm you can use the following instead

react-native install --save react-native-dialogs

This will install the package from npm and then link the native dependencies. It's a shortened version of

npm install --save react-native-dialogs && react-native link react-native-dialogs

We can escape --save option, package.json will automatically updated with dependency.

Vaibhav Mule · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-01 11:27:22Z

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Try to change the rnpm to npm: npm install --save react-native-dialogs. It may works.

EDIT:

The solution is installing the rnpm (React Native Package Manager): https://github.com/rnpm/rnpm

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See this github.com/aakashns/react-native-dialogs some difference If I install through npm, I have to configure manually a lot

Oh, i see. So, try to install the rnpm (React Native Package Manager) tho: github.com/rnpm/rnpm

Mortada Jafar · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-01 08:40:23Z

you should install rnpm

$ sudo npm install rnpm -g

now you can use rnpm

you can check rnpm document:rnpm