Metro Bundler can't listen on port 8081 how to fix this error?

Question

linux

Good afternoon.
I install react-native and after typing the command react-native gives this error. Please tell me how to fix it?

Answer 1

in this case, we advise you to check which process is occupying port 8081 with netstat -tulpn | grep 8081 and stop it.
Also you can start react-native using different port - react-native start --port=