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I am trying to install material UI as described on the home page, but I get a dependency tree error :

C:\dev\shape-shop-front-end>npm install @mui/material
npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree        
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! While resolving: my-app@0.1.0
npm ERR! Found: react@16.14.0
npm ERR! node_modules/react
npm ERR!   react@"^16.13.1" from the root project
npm ERR!   peer react@">=16.8.0" from @emotion/react@11.7.1
npm ERR!   node_modules/@emotion/react
npm ERR! node_modules/@mui/material
npm ERR!   @mui/material@"*" from the root project
npm ERR!

In my package.json I have "react": "^16.13.1" .

As I understand it, this error is saying that a MUI package needs react 16.8.0

Oliver Watkins
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Indeed, a sub-dependency of it, named @emotion/react@11.7.1, has listed the following peer dependencies you have to meet:

"peerDependencies": {
  "@babel/core": "^7.0.0",
  "react": ">=16.8.0"
}

source: https://github.com/emotion-js/emotion/blob/main/packages/react/package.json

I think this has to do with how new versions of NPM deal with peer dependencies: https://github.blog/2021-02-02-npm-7-is-now-generally-available/

As your react version seems OK, I would go with this suggestion:

You have the option to retry with --force to bypass the conflict or --legacy-peer-deps command to ignore peer dependencies entirely (this behavior is similar to versions 4-6).

Trevor
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Looks like updating dependencies in package.json is the only way to make this happen now.

$ npm install -g npm-check-updates
$ ncu -u
$ npm install

or see how to update each dependency in package.json

after updating, now try to install your material UI.

Ajay jangid
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Try using --force. That's what worked for me

npm install @mui/material --force

I have a feeling it's a dependency conflict that came with the recent React upgrade...

chiziivictor
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