Error: Couldn't find preset “es2015” relative to directory

Question

I get the following error when I trying to use babel.

Error: Couldn\'t find preset \"es2015\" relative to directory

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Answer 1

You need to have babel configured to use those presets. You can add this to your package.json

  "babel": {
    "presets": [
      "es2015",
      "react"
    ]
  },

You can alternatively have a .babelrc file.

https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/babelrc/

Answer 2

Try this

npm install babel-preset-es2015

npm install babel-preset-react

npm install babel --save-dev

This worked for me.