[Bug]: can not init storybook to use old version like 6.0

[dadiorchen]

Describe the bug

Because my project is using an old version of create react app, the newest storybook 7 does not support it, so I try to use old version of storybook by npx storybook@6 init, but after installment, the version installed is 7.0, the storybook always install the newest version.

To Reproduce

npx create-react-app test-storybook  && cd test-storybook/ && npx storybook@6 init

Then:

npm list | grep -i storybook

The output:

test-storybook@0.1.0 /root/work2/test-storybook
+-- @storybook/addon-actions@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/addon-essentials@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/addon-interactions@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/addon-links@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/addons@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/builder-webpack5@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/cli@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/manager-webpack5@6.5.16
+-- @storybook/node-logger@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/preset-create-react-app@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/react@7.0.6
+-- @storybook/testing-library@0.1.0

System

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: Linux 5.18 Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS 22.04.2 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    CPU: (2) x64 DO-Regular
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.20.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.20.0/bin/node
    npm: 8.19.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.20.0/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    @storybook/addon-actions: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/addon-essentials: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/addon-interactions: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/addon-links: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/addons: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/builder-webpack5: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/cli: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/manager-webpack5: 6.5.16 => 6.5.16
    @storybook/node-logger: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/preset-create-react-app: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/react: 7.0.6 => 7.0.6
    @storybook/testing-library: 0.1.0 => 0.1.0

Additional context

No response

[shilman]

@JReinhold here's another versioning issue for the CLI

[foxaltus]

This one is a bit embarrassing: I was trying to follow the Design System for developers tutorial, and both commands won't work:

npx storybook init

does not work because it's not compatible with the version of React in the tutorial

and:

npx storybook@6 init

does not work because it installs 7+ packages, as said in the issue...

Any workaround until this is fixed?

[wgu-jesse-stewart]

Same issue trying to install storybook 6.5 - I always get 7

[Cloud9Clone]

Same issue by my side. When I attempt to run the command npx storybook@6.5.16 init the latest version e.g. 7.0.22 gets installed instead of 6.5.16.

[jung-han]

is there any update?

[JReinhold]

We're implementing this for 7.6, 8.0 and moving forward, but we will not be backporting this to Storybook 6.5 or earlier.

So that means in the future running npx storybook@7 init will correctly initialize a SB 7 project even though SB 8 would be the latest.

[dohkoxiaozu]

We're implementing this for 7.6, 8.0 and moving forward, but we will not be backporting this to Storybook 6.5 or earlier.
So that means in the future running npx storybook@7 init will correctly initialize a SB 7 project even though SB 8 would be the latest.

Old projects can't install storybook7 because of node version issues, any solutions? Thank you!