Create-react-app: npm registry create_react_app 404

[lfox91]

Is this a bug report?

Yes

Did you try recovering your dependencies?

Yes, though due to an unrelated issue.

Which terms did you search for in User Guide?

install, get started

Environment

1. node -v: 8.9.4
2. npm -v: 5.8.0
3. yarn --version (if you use Yarn):
4. npm ls react-scripts (if you haven’t ejected):

Then, specify:

1. Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04
2. Browser and version (if relevant):

Steps to Reproduce

(Write your steps here:)

1. npx create_react_app test
2. 
   
   
   3.
   

Expected Behavior

(Write what you thought would happen.)
I expected cra.js to be downloaded and execute

Actual Behavior

(Write what happened. Please add screenshots!)
It seems like the registry is returning a 404

npx create_react_app test
npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found: create_react_app@latest

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/lea/.npm/_logs/2018-03-30T17_47_02_713Z-debug.log
Install for create_react_app@latest failed with code 1

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/bin/node',
1 verbose cli '/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli 'install',
1 verbose cli 'create_react_app@latest',
1 verbose cli '--global',
1 verbose cli '--prefix',
1 verbose cli '/home/lea/.npm/_npx/31667',
1 verbose cli '--loglevel',
1 verbose cli 'error',
1 verbose cli '--json' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose npm-session 83721a71a3724b62
5 silly install loadCurrentTree
6 silly install readGlobalPackageData
7 http fetch GET 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/create_react_app 703ms
8 silly fetchPackageMetaData error for create_react_app@latest 404 Not Found: create_react_app@latest
9 verbose stack Error: 404 Not Found: create_react_app@latest
9 verbose stack at fetch.then.res (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/fetchers/registry/fetch.js:42:19)
9 verbose stack at tryCatcher (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
9 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
9 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromise (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
9 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromise0 (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
9 verbose stack at Promise._settlePromises (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:693:18)
9 verbose stack at Async._drainQueue (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:133:16)
9 verbose stack at Async._drainQueues (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:143:10)
9 verbose stack at Immediate.Async.drainQueues (/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:17:14)
9 verbose stack at runCallback (timers.js:789:20)
9 verbose stack at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:751:5)
9 verbose stack at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:722:5)
10 verbose cwd /home/lea/Documents/adminpanel
11 verbose Linux 4.13.0-37-generic
12 verbose argv "/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/bin/node" "/home/lea/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "install" "create_react_app@latest" "--global" "--prefix" "/home/lea/.npm/_npx/31667" "--loglevel" "error" "--json"
13 verbose node v8.9.4
14 verbose npm v5.8.0
15 error code E404
16 error 404 Not Found: create_react_app@latest
17 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Am I insane or is the package unavailable right now?

Side note: I was mainly downloading this app to see the default package.json I'm coming into a project that is using create-react-app and I would like to see the changes that were made.

[existentialism]

@lfox91 small typo! try npx create-react-app test

[lfox91]

@existentialism thank you, my goodness!