title: Unable to run react-native tutorial due to TransformError with .babelrc
body: <p>I am unable to get <code>react-native run-ios</code> to work on the basic Hello World application that <a href="https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Facebook ships here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>The error that appears every single time is:</p>
  
  <p><code>TransformError: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open &lt;path&gt;/.babelrc</code></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pd2YD.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pd2YD.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When I open <code>.babelrc</code>, all it says is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
  "presets": ["react-native"]
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Googling this error shows the following pages:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/7906" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/7906</a> (I tried <code>./node_modules/react-native/packager/packager.sh start --reset-cache</code>, no effect)</li>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/7666" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/7666</a> 
  (I do not understand the cause and resolution of this error per this thread)</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example/issues/1266" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/erikras/react-redux-universal-hot-example/issues/1266</a>
  (This does not seem to be related to my issue)</p></li>
  <li><p><a href="https://github.com/goatslacker/alt/issues/558" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/goatslacker/alt/issues/558</a>
  (I attempted to remove .babelrc but it had no effect)</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>My version is:</p>
  
  <p><code>$ react-native --version
  react-native-cli: 2.0.1
  react-native: 0.42.3</code></p>
  
  <p>I am running OSX 10.12.2, XC 8.3</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone explain the cause, and propose a resolution? Thanks!</p>