The whole process is divided into 3 main steps one should follow, also it takes patience and perseverance to archive this goal, setting up the development environment really sucks but if you really put your mind into it, YOU CAN DO IT
<ol>
<li><h3 id="heading-install-homebrew"><code>install Homebrew</code></h3>
 It provides access to thousands of open-source software packages, you can use it to install any software package you want. visit <a target="_blank" href="https://brew.sh/">Homebrew's website</a> it can be installed through your terminal.
</li>
<li>Use Homebrew to install the needed packages
 Node
<pre><code class="lang-bash"> brew install node
</code></pre>
 Watchman
<pre><code class="lang-bash"> brew install watch
</code></pre>
 Ruby, gem, cocoapods
<pre><code class="lang-bash"> brew install ruby

 sudo gem install -n /user/local/bin ffi cocoapods
</code></pre>
 After installing these packages make sure to confirm if it has being installed by using the command line packageName --version on your terminal and uh lastly all theses commands should be done one after the other.
</li>
<li>Install react native cli latest version
<pre><code class="lang-bash"> // inside the directory that you want to build your app
 npx react-native@latest init myProject
</code></pre>
</li>
</ol>
This command will create the react native template app, follow through with the instructions that it's prompting and there might be minor caveats though..

The whole process is divided into 3 main steps one should follow, also it takes patience and perseverance to archive this goal, setting up the development environment really sucks but if you really put your mind into it, YOU CAN DO IT

1. ### `install Homebrew`
    
    It provides access to thousands of open-source software packages, you can use it to install any software package you want. visit [Homebrew's website](https://brew.sh/) it can be installed through your terminal.
    
2. Use Homebrew to install the needed packages
    
    Node
    
    ```bash
    brew install node
    ```
    
    Watchman
    
    ```bash
    brew install watch
    ```
    
    Ruby, gem, cocoapods
    
    ```bash
    brew install ruby
    
    sudo gem install -n /user/local/bin ffi cocoapods
    ```
    
    After installing these packages make sure to confirm if it has being installed by using the command line packageName --version on your terminal and uh lastly all theses commands should be done one after the other.
    
3. Install react native cli latest version
    
    ```bash
    // inside the directory that you want to build your app
    npx react-native@latest init myProject
    
    ```
    

This command will create the react native template app, follow through with the instructions that it's prompting and there might be minor caveats though..

React native CLI installation guide on MacOS

install Homebrew

`install Homebrew`