How do you update "yarn" to the latest version, 1.13.0?

Question

I tried "npm update yarn -g" and "npm intall yarn -g", but the yarn verison is still 1.12.3.

I run the command in a empty folder, please see below. Thank you.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.320]
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D:\test>dir
 Volume in drive D is D
 Volume Serial Number is 18E2-7E00

 Directory of D:\test

01/16/2019  10:38 PM    <DIR>          .
01/16/2019  10:38 PM    <DIR>          ..
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
               2 Dir(s)  467,370,369,024 bytes free

D:\test>npm update yarn -g

D:\test>yarn -v
1.12.3

D:\test>npm install yarn -g
C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn -> C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js
C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarnpkg -> C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js
+ yarn@1.13.0
updated 1 package in 0.469s

D:\test>yarn -v
1.12.3

D:\test>npm -v
6.4.1

D:\test>

you can check my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/55278430/2628378 — Agu V, Mar 21 '19 at 10:33

score 41 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 14 '20 at 12:10

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There is a known bug on npm update yarn -g here is the related GitHub issue so you should use this instead:

npm install -g yarn

Alternatively, you can install brew first than update trough brew like this:

brew upgrade yarn

If you're using Windows you can find a brew alternative, such as choco, and update with like this:

choco upgrade yarn

edited Apr 14 '20 at 12:10

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answered Jan 17 '19 at 03:57

Whatatimetobealive

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Npm install -g yarn no longer does anything if you already have yarn installed globally. It will leave it at the old minor version. – AaronLS Jan 20 '23 at 19:53

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '19 at 08:38

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The question shows that yarn has been upgraded with npm install yarn -g to 1.13.0 but the yarn command is still showing an older version

D:\test>yarn -v
1.12.3

The most likely problem is because the executed yarn version is as expected, C:\Users\myuser\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn. Check which version of yarn you are invoking with

D:\test>where yarn

Upgrading Yarn

@Whatatimetobealive's answer is the best option to upgrade yarn. If for some reason you cannot use choco, brew, npm or your package manager to install yarn, you can try using yarn itself.

$ yarn global add yarn

Unfortunately we cannot use yarn to update itself until the yarn self-update command is fixed.

answered Jan 22 '19 at 08:38

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`yarn global add yarn` does the job – Karthik Jul 29 '19 at 14:36
This is the warning coming out of the command `yarn global add yarn` `warning Installing Yarn via Yarn will result in you having two separate versions of Yarn installed at the same time, which is not recommended. To update Yarn please follow https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install` – axel Sep 02 '20 at 06:34

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '20 at 10:38

Neither through the npm solution nor with yarn global command I could get it properly updated. With the former it remained at the old version (as the question states) and the latter gave the warning:

Installing Yarn via Yarn will result in you having two separate versions of Yarn installed at the same time, which is not recommended.

And indeed, by doing where yarn:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn
C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.cmd
C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.js
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin\yarn
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Yarn\bin\yarn.cmd
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn
C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.cmd

Previously it was only installed in Program Files and after yarn global add yarn the new version went to AppData, but according to yarn -v the one being used was still the old one.

Therefore, using windows "Add or remove programs", I removed yarn manually which made the old version (on Program Files) to be removed leaving just the AppData one (latest version at this time: 1.22.4).

As the warning also recommended:

To update Yarn please follow https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install

As the people developing yarn suggest, I suppose things are less likely to go wrong using the installer.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '20 at 05:54

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To upgrade, download the latest installer at "https://yarnpkg.com/latest.msi"

But for some reason the download speed is slow.

answered Sep 23 '20 at 05:54

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 08 '21 at 03:15

Firsly, you need to know the version you wanted, using npm view yarn versions

It'll show you list of yarn version like this.

[
  '0.1.0',       '0.1.1',       '0.1.2',  '0.1.3',  '0.15.1',
  '0.16.0',      '0.16.1',      '0.17.0', '0.17.2', '0.17.3',
  '0.17.4',      '0.17.5',      '0.17.6', '0.17.7', '0.17.8',
  '0.17.9',      '0.17.10',     '0.18.0', '0.18.1', '0.18.2',
  '0.19.0',      '0.19.1',      '0.20.0', '0.20.3', '0.20.4',
  '0.21.0',      '0.21.1',      '0.21.2', '0.21.3', '0.22.0',
  '0.23.0',      '0.23.1',      '0.23.2', '0.23.3', '0.23.4',
  '0.24.0',      '0.24.1',      '0.24.2', '0.24.3', '0.24.4',
  '0.24.5',      '0.24.6',      '0.25.1', '0.25.2', '0.25.3',
  '0.25.4',      '0.26.0',      '0.26.1', '0.27.0', '0.27.1',
  '0.27.2',      '0.27.3',      '0.27.4', '0.27.5', '0.28.1',
  '0.28.4',      '1.0.0',       '1.0.1',  '1.0.2',  '1.1.0',
  '1.2.0',       '1.2.1',       '1.3.1',  '1.3.2',  '1.4.0',
  '1.5.0',       '1.5.1',       '1.6.0',  '1.7.0',  '1.8.0',
  '1.9.1',       '1.9.2',       '1.9.4',  '1.10.0', '1.10.1',
  '1.11.0',      '1.11.1',      '1.12.0', '1.12.1', '1.12.3',
  '1.13.0',      '1.14.0',      '1.15.0', '1.15.1', '1.15.2',
  '1.16.0',      '1.17.0',      '1.17.1', '1.17.2', '1.17.3',
  '1.18.0',      '1.19.0',      '1.19.1', '1.19.2', '1.21.0',
  '1.21.1',      '1.22.0',      '1.22.1', '1.22.4', '1.22.5',
  '1.22.6',      '1.22.7',      '1.22.8', '1.22.9', '1.22.10',
  '2.0.0-rc.24', '2.0.0-rc.27'
]

Then you can update with the following template. npm install -g yarn@<version>

For example npm install -g yarn@2.0.0-rc.24

How do you update "yarn" to the latest version, 1.13.0?

5 Answers5

Upgrading Yarn