npm install fails with 'unable to resolve dependency tree'

[chuchuva]

npm version: 7.6.3

Repro:

git clone https://github.com/transistorsoft/rn-background-geolocation-demo.git
cd rn-background-geolocation-demo
npm install

Observe:

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree
npm ERR!
npm ERR! While resolving: [email protected]
npm ERR! Found: [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"17.0.2" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react@">= 16.0 || < 18.0" from [email protected]
npm ERR!   node_modules/react-native-maps
npm ERR!     react-native-maps@"^0.29.4" from the root project
npm ERR!   2 more (react-native, react-native-web)
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Could not resolve dependency:
npm ERR! peer react@"^18.1.0" from [email protected]
npm ERR! node_modules/react-dom
npm ERR!   peer react-dom@">=17.0.1" from [email protected]
npm ERR!   node_modules/react-native-web
npm ERR!     peer react-native-web@">= 0.11" from [email protected]
npm ERR!     node_modules/react-native-maps
npm ERR!       react-native-maps@"^0.29.4" from the root project
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Fix the upstream dependency conflict, or retry
npm ERR! this command with --force, or --legacy-peer-deps
npm ERR! to accept an incorrect (and potentially broken) dependency resolution.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! See C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\npm-cache\eresolve-report.txt for a full report.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\***\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-05-02T00_53_25_504Z-debug.log

Expected: no error

[christocracy]

Hmm, not sure what why npm install fails. I always use yarn with react-native. yarn install works.

[marcofuentes05]

npm install --legacy-peer-deps should fix this.