Running default RN native project in iOS gives error

Question

Any idea what is going wrong? I have updated all the relevant components to their latest version.

I am creating a default react-native project and trying to run the iOS simulator

npx react-native init {project_name}
cd {project_name}
npx react-native run-ios    

I receive the following error:

/bin/sh -c {user}/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/{project_name}-epegcqhmisnuaeenegumkazvqqys/Build/Intermediates.noindex/Pods.build/Debug-iphonesimulator/FBReactNativeSpec.build/Script-5F4C70EF7D90A5A5BDAEB404279F232A.sh
N/A: version "default -> N/A" is not yet installed.

You need to run "nvm install default" to install it before using it.
Command PhaseScriptExecution failed with a nonzero exit code

The script (self-generated) in question is below:

#!/bin/sh
set -o pipefail
set -e

RN_DIR=$(cd "${PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT}/../.." && pwd)

GENERATED_SRCS_DIR="${DERIVED_FILE_DIR}/generated/source/codegen"
GENERATED_SCHEMA_FILE="$GENERATED_SRCS_DIR/schema.json"
TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR="$GENERATED_SRCS_DIR/out"

LIBRARY_NAME="FBReactNativeSpec"
OUTPUT_DIR="${PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT}/../../React/FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec"

CODEGEN_REPO_PATH="$RN_DIR/packages/react-native-codegen"
CODEGEN_NPM_PATH="$RN_DIR/../react-native-codegen"
CODEGEN_CLI_PATH=""

# Determine path to react-native-codegen
if [ -d "$CODEGEN_REPO_PATH" ]; then
  CODEGEN_CLI_PATH=$(cd "$CODEGEN_REPO_PATH" && pwd)
elif [ -d "$CODEGEN_NPM_PATH" ]; then
  CODEGEN_CLI_PATH=$(cd "$CODEGEN_NPM_PATH" && pwd)
else
  echo "error: Could not determine react-native-codegen location. Try running 'yarn install' or 'npm install' in your project root." >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
  exit 1
fi

find_node () {
  source "$RN_DIR/scripts/find-node.sh"

  NODE_BINARY="${NODE_BINARY:-$(command -v node || true)}"
  if [ -z "$NODE_BINARY" ]; then
    echo "error: Could not find node. Make sure it is in bash PATH or set the NODE_BINARY environment variable." >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
    exit 1
  fi
}

setup_dirs () {
  set +e
  rm -rf "$GENERATED_SRCS_DIR"
  set -e

  mkdir -p "$GENERATED_SRCS_DIR" "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR"

  # Clear output files
  > "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}"
}

describe () {
  printf "\n\n>>>>> %s\n\n\n" "$1" >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
}

buildCodegenCLI () {
  if [ ! -d "$CODEGEN_CLI_PATH/lib" ]; then
    describe "Building react-native-codegen package"
    bash "$CODEGEN_CLI_PATH/scripts/oss/build.sh"
  fi
}

generateCodegenSchemaFromJavaScript () {
  describe "Generating codegen schema from JavaScript"

  SRCS_PATTERN="Native*.js"
  SRCS_DIR="../../Libraries"
  if [ $SRCS_PATTERN ]; then
    JS_SRCS=$(find "${PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT}"/$SRCS_DIR -type f -name "$SRCS_PATTERN" -print0 | xargs -0)
    echo "["../../Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/NativeActionSheetManager.js", "../../Libraries/Alert/NativeAlertManager.js", "../../Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedHelper.js", "../../Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedModule.js", "../../Libraries/Animated/NativeAnimatedTurboModule.js", "../../Libraries/AppState/NativeAppState.js", "../../Libraries/BatchedBridge/NativeModules.js", "../../Libraries/Blob/NativeBlobModule.js", "../../Libraries/Blob/NativeFileReaderModule.js", "../../Libraries/BugReporting/NativeBugReporting.js", "../../Libraries/Components/AccessibilityInfo/NativeAccessibilityInfo.js", "../../Libraries/Components/AccessibilityInfo/NativeAccessibilityManager.js", "../../Libraries/Components/Clipboard/NativeClipboard.js", "../../Libraries/Components/DatePickerAndroid/NativeDatePickerAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Components/Keyboard/NativeKeyboardObserver.js", "../../Libraries/Components/Sound/NativeSoundManager.js", "../../Libraries/Components/StatusBar/NativeStatusBarManagerAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Components/StatusBar/NativeStatusBarManagerIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Components/ToastAndroid/NativeToastAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Core/NativeExceptionsManager.js", "../../Libraries/Core/SegmentFetcher/NativeSegmentFetcher.js", "../../Libraries/Core/Timers/NativeTiming.js", "../../Libraries/EventEmitter/NativeEventEmitter.js", "../../Libraries/EventEmitter/__mocks__/NativeEventEmitter.js", "../../Libraries/HeapCapture/NativeJSCHeapCapture.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImageEditor.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImageLoaderAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImageLoaderIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImagePickerIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImageStoreAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Image/NativeImageStoreIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Interaction/NativeFrameRateLogger.js", "../../Libraries/Linking/NativeIntentAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Linking/NativeLinkingManager.js", "../../Libraries/Modal/NativeModalManager.js", "../../Libraries/NativeComponent/NativeComponentRegistry.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeAnimationsDebugModule.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeDevMenu.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeDevSettings.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeDeviceEventManager.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeDialogManagerAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeLogBox.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeRedBox.js", "../../Libraries/NativeModules/specs/NativeSourceCode.js", "../../Libraries/Network/NativeNetworkingAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Network/NativeNetworkingIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Performance/NativeJSCSamplingProfiler.js", "../../Libraries/PermissionsAndroid/NativePermissionsAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/NativePushNotificationManagerIOS.js", "../../Libraries/ReactNative/NativeHeadlessJsTaskSupport.js", "../../Libraries/ReactNative/NativeI18nManager.js", "../../Libraries/ReactNative/NativeUIManager.js", "../../Libraries/Settings/NativeSettingsManager.js", "../../Libraries/Share/NativeShareModule.js", "../../Libraries/Storage/NativeAsyncLocalStorage.js", "../../Libraries/Storage/NativeAsyncSQLiteDBStorage.js", "../../Libraries/TurboModule/samples/NativeSampleTurboModule.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativeAppearance.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativeDevLoadingView.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativeDevSplitBundleLoader.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativeDeviceInfo.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativeJSDevSupport.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativePlatformConstantsAndroid.js", "../../Libraries/Utilities/NativePlatformConstantsIOS.js", "../../Libraries/Vibration/NativeVibration.js", "../../Libraries/WebSocket/NativeWebSocketModule.js"]" >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
  else
    JS_SRCS="${PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT}/$SRCS_DIR"
    echo "../../Libraries" >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
  fi

  "$NODE_BINARY" "$CODEGEN_CLI_PATH/lib/cli/combine/combine-js-to-schema-cli.js" "$GENERATED_SCHEMA_FILE" $JS_SRCS
}

generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema () {
  describe "Generating codegen artifacts from schema"
  pushd "$RN_DIR" >/dev/null || exit 1
    "$NODE_BINARY" "scripts/generate-specs-cli.js" ios "$GENERATED_SCHEMA_FILE" "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR" "$LIBRARY_NAME"
  popd >/dev/null || exit 1
}

moveOutputs () {
  mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"

  # Copy all output to output_dir
  cp -R "$TEMP_OUTPUT_DIR/" "$OUTPUT_DIR" || exit 1
  echo "$LIBRARY_NAME output has been written to $OUTPUT_DIR:" >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
  ls -1 "$OUTPUT_DIR" >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1
}

main () {
  setup_dirs
  find_node
  buildCodegenCLI
  generateCodegenSchemaFromJavaScript
  generateCodegenArtifactsFromSchema
  moveOutputs
}

main "$@"
echo 'Done.' >> "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT_FILE_0}" 2>&1

Trying to run from Xcode yields in the same error.

Needless to say, I tried running

nvm install default

and received the following error:

Version 'default' not found - try `nvm ls-remote` to browse available versions.

Answer 1

I don't answer on Stackoverflow often but I had the same issue and used this post to solve it.

It basically revolves around the command

nvm alias default system

or swapping system to whatever version of NodeJS you would like.