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Yarn global command not working

I'm working with Yarn v0.16.1. If I understand correctly (according to the documentation), yarn global add <package> should be the equivalent of npm install -g <package>. However, when I run the example in the docs (with create-react-app), the command runs successfully but create-react-app is then not available from the command line. Here's the output:

$ yarn global add create-react-app
$ yarn global v0.16.1
[1/4] šŸ”  Resolving packages...
[2/4] šŸšš  Fetching packages...
[3/4] šŸ”—  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] šŸ“ƒ  Building fresh packages...
success Installed [email protected] with binaries:
  - create-react-app
āœØ  Done in 3.22s.
$ create-react-app --help
-bash: create-react-app: command not found

Doing a global install with npm has the expected result, and everything works. What am I missing with yarn?

Solution

  • You should add export PATH="$PATH:$(yarn global bin)" to your ~/.bash_profile or whatever you use. It would solve the issue.

    Depending on how you installed it, Yarn's global folder varies for some reason. You can follow this issue here.