How to Install and Setup React Router in ReactJS

Learn to install and setup React Router

Dec 16 2022 1 min read.

This post is part of the tutorial series titled React Router 6 Tutorials from Beginner to Advance

Tutorial 1: What is React Router, Why use it, and How?

The first thing we want to do is setup our project to run React Router.

Step 1: Install create-react-app

Run the code below in the terminal.
```
npx create-react-app react-router-demo
```
Import into project.
This will generate a project with several boilerplate codes which comes with the React library.
Step 2: Install react-router package
Using npm package manager:
```
npm install react-router
```
Using yarn manager:
```
yarn add react-router
```
Install React Router Package using npm and yarn package managers.

This should install the latest version of React Router, which is currently React Router 6.

To see the version installed, check the package.json file in the react project.

Next Tutorial — How to Configure Routes in ReactJS with React Router Get the Complete Code of React Router Tutorials on Github.

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