安装chart.js与react-chartjs-2后运行npm start报错，无法加载react-app配置

你正在跟随YouTube平台的React柱状图开发教程开展实操（教程链接：React柱状图开发教程）：

• 完成chart.js、react-chartjs-2依赖安装
• 执行npm start命令启动项目时触发编译异常
• 具体报错内容：

编译失败
无法加载用于扩展的“react-app”配置，该配置的引用来源为：/mnt/c/Users/perez/dev/hometown-viewers/package.json

当前项目的package.json文件内容 #

{
  "name": "hometown-viewers",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^11.1.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^12.1.10",
    "chart.js": "^3.0.2",
    "eslint": "^7.23.0",
    "react": "^17.0.2",
    "react-chartjs-2": "^2.11.1",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
    "react-scripts": "4.0.3",
    "web-vitals": "^1.0.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": [
      "react-app",
      "react-app/jest"
    ]
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  }
}

核心待解问题 #

结合上述项目配置与报错信息，该启动异常应如何修复？

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者cperez1012