Title: Can’t create app Last modified: March 4, 2021 --- # Can’t create app * Resolved [jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/) * (@jsolthomsen) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/) * Hello Rockiger * I am currently stuck at creating a new app. I have installed bitnami, and I also have NPM installed. I am also working on a Mac. Whenever I try to create an app, it doesn’t generate any files in the “app” folder as I would have expected. Therefore I can’t actually start the app. It seems that the permissions for the plugins folder are different than the other plugin folders. It is read only. Are there any log files that are possible to access so that I can see what is going wrong, or do you have any pointers for what the problem might be? * But thanks for the plugin, if I get it working it could really save me alot of time! * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcant-create-app%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14136368) * I tried to create an app OSX in a virtual machine and didn’t had any luck either. I tried different dev servers. I don’t know enough about Macs to really assist you. What dev-server do you use? * Did you try to change the permissions of the folder? Can you “deploy” an app locally? * To answer your question. I don’t do much logging in the release. * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14138246) * Hey jsolthomsen, * I had luck with a VM that I created myself. I will create a downloadable image and a writeup how to use it this weekend. * Basically, I created a VM with Ubuntu server. Installed Bitnami and node there and configured a shared folder with the permission to create symlinks. * Would a VM with a shared folder work for you? * Thread Starter [jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/) * (@jsolthomsen) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14150764) * Hello Rockiger * I am using the latest version of Bitnami with Debian on my Mac. I am able to deploy the app locally on my bitnami VM, but I can not develop on it. If you make an image and and a writeup on how to use it, that would be dandy. * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14154142) * [@jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/) I created a VirtualBox Image. Please follow this tutorial: [https://rockiger.com/en/reactpress-dev-environment/](https://rockiger.com/en/reactpress-dev-environment/) * It has everything needed is installed. It is not as comfortable as using something like Local or Homestead, but it worked for me on a Windows VM. I couldn’t test it on macOS so far. The Download is about 1.7 GB. * I really hope this helps. I put too much work into ReactPress for devs to not be able to use 🙁 * Thread Starter [jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/) * (@jsolthomsen) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14171660) * [@rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * The image works fine on the VirtualBox, but the problem arises when I try to build the app. It seems that the installation ended early, so I tried to make a react app by myself on the VM. The installation did end early here, and here is a link to the [logfile](https://www.dropbox.com/s/qozex4ybjtvtu5y/2021-03-12T09_58_16_573Z-debug.log?dl=0). Have you seen this problem before, or is just something I am having trouble with? Do you get the same problem when you do it? * I appreciate the fast answers and all the help! * And if it makes it easier we could also do a chat one day to maybe make it easier than writing back and forth 🙂 * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14182363) * No, I didn’t get this problem before. * What I think is odd is this line: * > `30281 error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/bitnami/ > apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/reactpress/apps/robo3/robo3/node_modules/ > jest/node_modules/jest-cli/package.json.1264138106'` * There should be only one robo3 directory. Let me test the VM in my Mac OS VM. I hope my Mac OS guest will allow it. * Then we could make a call. I am located in Germany. Where are you? * Thread Starter [jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/) * (@jsolthomsen) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14188587) * A call would be very nice! * Do you have time this thursday in the evening? And if not, friday afternoon perhaps? * And is there any platform you prefer to have the call on? * Thank you for your patience and your time! 🙂 * Edit: I am from Denmark, so we should be in the same timezone - This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [jsolthomsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsolthomsen/). * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14193826) * Friday afternoon is fine. I don’t have a preferred meeting platform, but had good experiences with Google Meet. You can send me an invitation at [marco@rockiger.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/marco@rockiger.com?output_format=md). * The time slot from 1 to 2:30 pm would be fine on Friday. * Plugin Author [rockiger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockiger/) * (@rockiger) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-create-app/#post-14346835) * I released a new version * It should solve a lot of issues with using ReactPress in local development environments like Local, DevKinsta, and similar. * This release does change the way to use ReactPress and gives you much more control. * Nonetheless, backward compatibility should be given. 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