yarn global add bower --prefix /usr/local should add binary or link in /usr/local/bin #1877

dev-jpctrade · 2016-11-16T03:44:08Z

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

feature

What is the current behavior?
yarn global add bower --prefix /usr/local does nothing in /usr/local/bin folder

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

What is the expected behavior?
Have binary or link in /usr/local/bin

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version.
7.1.0, 0.17.2, debian/8

PS: close if this is a dup, couldn't find exact one.

vegawong · 2016-11-16T06:18:46Z

I have the same problem. I can't find the link in the path which print from 'yarn global bin' after i run 'yarn global add pm2'. How can i resolve it?

my yarn version is 0.17.2
node version is v6.5.0 which install by nvm
system is centos 7

$ yarn global add pm2
# ...

$ yarn global bin 
/root/.nvm/versions/node/v6.5.0/bin

$ yarn config list
yarn config v0.17.2
info yarn config
{ registry: 'https://registry.npm.taobao.org',
  'version-tag-prefix': 'v',
  'version-git-tag': true,
  'version-git-sign': false,
  'version-git-message': 'v%s',
  'init-version': '1.0.0',
  'init-license': 'MIT',
  'save-prefix': '^',
  'ignore-scripts': false,
  'ignore-optional': false,
  'strict-ssl': true,
  'user-agent': 'yarn/0.17.2 npm/? node/v6.5.0 linux x64' }
info npm config
{}

$ find / -name pm2
/root/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/pm2
/root/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/pm2/bin/pm2
/root/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/pm2/lib/templates/pm2
/root/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/pm2/lib/templates/logrotate.d/pm2
/root/.cache/yarn/npm-pm2-2.1.5-7243ed0f9373c649ee3a217cf88aa8c436250359/bin/pm2
/root/.cache/yarn/npm-pm2-2.1.5-7243ed0f9373c649ee3a217cf88aa8c436250359/lib/templates/pm2
/root/.cache/yarn/npm-pm2-2.1.5-7243ed0f9373c649ee3a217cf88aa8c436250359/lib/templates/logrotate.d/pm2

why the global installed package's folader is not int the path '/root/.nvm/versions/node/v6.5.0/lib/node_modules' ?

vitorgalvao · 2016-11-16T13:00:58Z

Confirmed on macOS 10.11.6 as well.

colkito · 2016-11-16T14:10:00Z

same issue!
macOS sierra 10.12.1, node 7.1.0, yarn 0.17.2
node and yarn installed via brew

RickyLin · 2016-11-16T14:17:57Z

Same issue.
Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1, node 7.1.0, yarn 0.17.2
Node and Yarn are installed via brew.

akloeber · 2016-11-16T21:07:12Z

Confirmed on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, node 4.6.2 LTS, yarn v0.17.2 after installing pm2 globally which logs:

root@vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64:~# yarn global add pm2
yarn global v0.17.2
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
warning [email protected]: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
⠁
⠁
⠁
⠁
error Error running install script for optional dependency: "/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modulessuccess Installed [email protected] with binaries:
      - pm2
      - rundev
      - pm2-dev
      - pm2-docker
Done in 8.79s.

No pm2 binary has been linked at /usr/bin/pm2 (yarn global bin returns /usr/bin).

dev-jpctrade · 2016-11-17T01:38:08Z

looks like it fixed on 0.17.3 with additional parameters, closing

yarn global add bower --prefix /usr/local --global-folder /usr/local/lib/node_modules

akloeber · 2016-11-17T06:33:46Z

With yarn v0.17.3 after running
# yarn global add pm2 --prefix /usr/local --global-folder /usr/local/lib/node_modules

linking of binaries into the bin folder seems to be working but a folder /usr/local/lib/node_modules/node_modules gets created with the node modules inside.

This causes additional errors which I suppose are related to this directory structure:

# pm2 version
module.js:327
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'debug'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/node_modules/pm2/constants.js:2:14)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)

Furthermore IMHO installation of global modules via yarn global add without any special requirements should just work on any platform without having to define additional parameters. Otherwise I suppose this will cause trouble for lots of users.

akloeber · 2016-11-17T06:39:51Z

When using yarn global add pm2 --prefix /usr/local --global-folder /usr/local instead pm2 is working as expected but the resulting folder structure with having modules directly under /usr/local/node_modules (should be /usr/local/lib/node_modules) and package.json/yarn.lock directly under /usr/local is kind of sub-optimal.

dev-jpctrade · 2016-11-17T12:17:41Z

ok, reopened, my original post was a feature request, but this become bug report.
I will leave it as yarn devs handle remaining issues and this thread itself.

torifat · 2016-11-17T12:25:07Z

Please open a new issue reporting the --global-folder bug. This is not a --prefix bug.

And, try yarn global add pm2 --prefix /usr/local

your don't need --global-folder /usr/local to install in /usr/local/bin

torifat · 2016-11-17T14:22:20Z

If anyone else having trouble with --prefix /usr/local then please first remove the package yarn global remove <package>, and then try yarn global add <package> --prefix /usr/local. If it still doesn't work then report, we will reopen this issue.

nragaz · 2016-11-17T16:08:21Z

@torifat I'm still not seeing the correct behaviour after e.g.:

$ yarn global remove bower
$ yarn global add bower --prefix /usr/local
$ bower
-bash: /usr/local/bin/bower: No such file or directory

UPDATE: arg, was still on 0.17.2 -- sorry! 0.17.3 worked correctly

torifat · 2016-11-17T16:10:09Z

@nragaz what is your yarn version?

jonnybarnes · 2016-11-21T19:13:56Z

For me yarn global add --prefix /usr/local <package> worked, and the binary was sym-linked to /usr/local/bin properly. Does --prefix /usr/local need to be added to yarn global upgrade going forward?

colkito · 2016-11-21T19:16:04Z

what is your yarn version and OS? @jonnybarnes

jonnybarnes · 2016-11-21T19:17:29Z

yarn v0.17.8 running on Arch Linux. yarn was installed from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yarn/

vitorgalvao mentioned this issue Nov 16, 2016

yarn should regard the prefix settings or use a proper name for the environment variable #1040

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torifat mentioned this issue Nov 17, 2016

Add test for global add with prefix #1919

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Yarn global packages with brew's node.js no longer work on node update. Homebrew/homebrew-core#7283

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