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How can I update global packages in Yarn?

I tried some possible CLI commands but none seem to actually update the packages installed with yarn global add.

yarn global upgrade & yarn upgrade global both don't work correctly. Is there a way of upgrading global packages?

Solution

  • TL;DR:

    As webjay says, you simply:

    yarn global upgrade

    in yarn version 1.2.1 onwards.

    For earlier versions:

    (cd ~/.config/yarn/global && yarn upgrade)

    Checking and repairing

    Sadly, there is currently no yarn global check.

    You can run yarn global add --force to reinstall all packages.

    To check global packages, you can treat ~/.config/yarn/global/ like a local package, since:

    • ~/.config/yarn/global/package.json has dependencies for all global packages
    • ~/.config/yarn/global/node_modules contains all the global packages.

    Check all global packages, and reinstall only if an error is found:

    $ (cd ~/.config/yarn/global && yarn check || yarn install --force)