You don't need to install this package in order to fix images. Add a postinstall script in your package.json and every time you will install dependencies the script will run fixing the problem.
yarn install
or npm i
if you use npm;{
"name": "ReactNativeApp",
"version": "0.0.1",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"android": "react-native run-android",
"ios": "react-native run-ios",
"start": "react-native start",
"postinstall": "npx react-native-fix-image"
}
}