-bash: yarn: command not found even after installing it globally

Question

Mac OS 10.13.6

How did I install yarn

npm install --global yarn

yarn installation path is /Users/useName/.config/yarn

Then ran below command

yarn create react-app app-name

This worked well, but when I'm trying to run yarn add package_name, it's throwing error

bash: yarn: command not found

The weird thing, after closing and opening terminal again under which I had globally ( ? ) installed yarn, the yarn command is not found.

Srrange. Could you please post the contents of your `bashrc` file. — James Hibbard, Mar 17 '21 at 08:17

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '22 at 19:39

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Just re- install using "brew install yarn" and that should solve it.

answered Feb 09 '22 at 19:39

Solomon Sunday

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score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 05 '22 at 00:16

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Execute this on your Mac command line:

export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH.

This will set the NPM PATH DIRECTORY

edited Mar 05 '22 at 00:16

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answered Mar 04 '22 at 18:54

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ullas kunder · Answer 3 · 2021-03-18T13:21:52.377

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try export PATH=~/.yarn/bin:$PATH into .profile !**

or

try: If you are on the bash try adding alias yarn=~/.yarn/bin/yarn.js

We no longer support global installation of Create React App.

Please remove any global installs with one of the following commands:
- npm uninstall -g create-react-app
- yarn global remove create-react-app

The latest instructions for creating a new app can be found here:

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edited Mar 18 '21 at 13:21

answered Mar 15 '21 at 15:18

ullas kunder

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This solution didn't work for me, I've edited question and added yarn directory on Mac – vikramvi Mar 16 '21 at 06:16
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Did you tried installing yarn through homebrew package manager `brew install yarn` – ullas kunder Mar 16 '21 at 07:17
what does `yarn --version` says – ullas kunder Mar 16 '21 at 07:18
did you do `yarn init` – ullas kunder Mar 16 '21 at 07:23
I don't want to install using *brew* but with npm way. yarn --version just gives error message "command not found" – vikramvi Mar 16 '21 at 09:48
that's confirm that yarn is not installed **properly** – ullas kunder Mar 16 '21 at 11:24
strangely after installing yarn, I could able to run yarn create react-app appName without any failure. How is that possible ? I mean 1st time installation is success and later it didn't work at all ? – vikramvi Mar 17 '21 at 05:41
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/230012/discussion-between-vikramvi-and-ullas-kunder). – vikramvi Mar 17 '21 at 08:20

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered May 04 '21 at 15:15

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If you are using nodenv and yarn is not working try a simple

$nodenv rehash

after that yarn should work

answered May 04 '21 at 15:15

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 23 '23 at 19:02

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Per this Yarn Installation guide "The preferred way to manage Yarn is through Corepack, a new binary shipped with all Node.js releases starting from 16.10."

As of 2023 - on a Mac - for Node.js >=16.10 - this worked for me after updating node to 16.17:

corepack enable

answered May 23 '23 at 19:02

Norbert Ryan

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2 days troubleshooting this on Mac M1. Yarn "segmentation fault" in VSCode terminal, but regular Mac terminal was fine. Followed this suggestion (use the link above for details) and finally fixed! – Oprimus Aug 10 '23 at 20:21

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 17 '21 at 18:24

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Global packages won't be installed in a user account. The path you mention is for configuration. Try to find where Yarn was really installed or just try export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH (that's where Yarn is on my machine).

answered Mar 17 '21 at 18:24

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can you clarify how did you install yarn & which OS you've ? – vikramvi Mar 18 '21 at 04:53
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I'm using MacOS 10.15.7. I installed yarn with Homebrew. – nydame Mar 22 '21 at 00:54

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 21 '22 at 19:33

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You may try:

echo "export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc

if you have installed yarn via homebrew.

answered Jun 21 '22 at 19:33

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Ti Hausmann · Answer 8 · 2021-04-12T09:40:24.810

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After npm i -g yarn I had to manually add npm packages to my $PATH. Adding these two lines to my ~/.profile fixed it, after restarting the Terminal the yarn command became available:

NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"
export PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH"

I found them in my ~/.bashrc but somehow it was not executed.

edited Apr 12 '21 at 09:40

answered Apr 12 '21 at 09:19

Ti Hausmann

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Which OS are you using ? I'm on Mac and I don't see ~/.profile there. – vikramvi Apr 12 '21 at 11:38
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I'm on macOS 11.2.3, I had to create `~/.profile` too – Ti Hausmann Apr 12 '21 at 12:02

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