0.59.9 => 0.61.2 - Auto-linking "Native Modules" fails for both iOS and Android "npx --quiet react-native config" returns empty

i am in the middle of upgrading from 0.59.9 => 0.61.2.

But i am unable to install Pods or run the app on Android/iOS Emulator.

After debugging a bit, it seems like its the following command that fails for iOS (config unreckognized):

IO.popen("npx --quiet react-native config") do |data|

for Android (results returns null/empty):

def command = "${npx} --quiet react-native config"

• Both found in @react-native-community/cli-platform-android // ios

running the command manually works just fine.

The error when trying to run pod install:

And in Android i am getting the following error when running react-native run-android: