I'm using nvm, cannot install yarn via homebrew

[Ding-Fan]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

bug

What is the current behavior?

• I use nvm, and the node version is v6.10.0 in current terminal

I'm installing yarn via homebrew, but receiving this error:

Error: You must brew link node before yarn can be installed

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

brew install yarn

What is the expected behavior?

It should normally install yarn without error...

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version.

• nvm 0.33.0
• node v6.10.0
• yarn latest version
• operating system mac OS Sierra 10.12.1

[gibfahn]

brew install yarn works if you did brew install node. If you're using nvm, I'm pretty sure you can just install with npm install -g yarn as mentioned in the install docs.

[binarykitchen]

@gibfahn but install docs do not recommend installing yarn through npm. and yarn hasn't been updated on npm for a while ... can you explain this?

[gibfahn]

@binarykitchen afraid not, I haven't worked on yarn, I just happened to see this issue.

Your issue #3255 seems to cover the issue adequately.

[binarykitchen]

yep ... wait see what will happen on that issue

[rouzbeh84]

I know this is closed but i did a brew uninstall yarn and then the suggested npm install yarn -g from @gibfahn followed by yarn global upgrade yarn per docs (well i had to sudo it 😬 ) and it seems to have worked great!

yarn global v0.27.5
warning package.json: No license field
warning package.json: No license field
warning No license field
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Rebuilding all packages...
success Saved lockfile.
success Saved 1 new dependency.
└─ yarn@0.27.5
warning No license field
Done in 3.58s.