I am getting various warrnings and errors when trying to create react app with npx

I am trying to create react app with npx and get the following error: error fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin@1.5.0: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=1.0.0".

Any ideas what could be the source of the issue? any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

npx create-react-app food

npx: installed 91 in 5.566s

Creating a new React app in /home/oren/m/code/food.

Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.
Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts...

yarn add v0.16.1
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
warning fsevents@1.2.9: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@1.2.9" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
warning fsevents@2.0.7: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "fsevents@2.0.7" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
error fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin@1.5.0: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=1.0.0".
error Found incompatible module
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.

Aborting installation.
  yarnpkg add --exact react react-dom react-scripts --cwd /home/oren/m/code/food has failed.

Deleting generated file... package.json
Deleting generated file... yarn.lock
Deleting food/ from /home/oren/m/code
Done.

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npx: installed 91 in 5.566s​Creating a new React app in /home/oren/m/code/food.​Installing packages. This might take a couple of minutes.Installing react, react-dom, and react-scripts...​yarn add v0.16.1[1/4] Resolving packages...[2/4] Fetching packages...warning fsevents@1.2.9: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@1.2.9" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.warning fsevents@2.0.7: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.info "fsevents@2.0.7" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.error fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin@1.5.0: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=1.0.0".error Found incompatible moduleinfo Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.​Aborting installation.  yarnpkg add --exact react react-dom react-scripts --cwd /home/oren/m/code/food has failed.​Deleting generated file... package.jsonDeleting generated file... yarn.lockDeleting food/ from /home/oren/m/codeDone.​

About my environment:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Release:    16.04
Codename:   xenial

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$ lsb_release -aNo LSB modules are available.Distributor ID: UbuntuDescription:    Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTSRelease:    16.04Codename:   xenial​

$ uname -a
Linux oren 4.4.0-142-generic #168-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 16 21:00:45 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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$ uname -aLinux oren 4.4.0-142-generic #168-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 16 21:00:45 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux​

node -v

v12.8.0

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v12.8.0​

npm -v

6.10.2

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6.10.2​

Answer

Look at this line in the log error fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin@1.5.0: The engine "yarn" is incompatible with this module. Expected version ">=1.0.0". It says your yarn version is not compatible. You have yarn v0.16.1 but it has to be above 1.0.0. Please try to update your yarn version.

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