Installing gatsby-cli with yarn does not work

[palerdot]

yarn global add gatsby-cli

The above command does not work. I have to use npm (npm install -g gatsby-cli) to make it work. Not sure if this issue is consistent across systems.

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System Details:

System:
OS: Linux 4.4 Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
Shell: 4.3.46 - /bin/bash
Binaries:
Node: 8.11.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.4/bin/node
Yarn: 1.9.4 - /usr/bin/yarn
npm: 5.6.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.4/bin/npm
npmGlobalPackages:
gatsby-cli: 1.1.58

File contents (if changed)

gatsby-config.js: N/A
package.json: N/A
gatsby-node.js: N/A
gatsby-browser.js: N/A
gatsby-ssr.js: N/A

[stefanprobst]

Have you added yarn's global dir to your PATH? yarn global bin will list the directory, you should export it in your .bashrc, e.g.: export PATH=$PATH:~/.yarn/bin

[kakadiadarpan]

Hi @palerdot, any updates on the suggestions provided by @stefanprobst?

[palerdot]

@kakadiadarpan @stefanprobst For now, I have already installed with npm. Maybe, I will update in this thread after trying uninstalling existing and reinstalling with yarn.

[kakadiadarpan]

Sure. For now, we'll be closing this. Please reopen if you still face this issue.

[palerdot]

@stefanprobst @kakadiadarpan adding yarn bin to path works. This should be mentioned somewhere in the docs, just in case.

[muescha]

"The above command does not work" is not enough for search.

Could you add the error message for this command?

[DanielRuf]

adding yarn bin to path works. This should be mentioned somewhere in the docs, just in case.

This is a known issue with Yarn and not directly related to Gatsby.

[portothree]

"The above command does not work" is not enough for search.

Could you add the error message for this command?

Well, with me what happens is

warning "gatsby-cli > [email protected]" has unmet peer dependency "@types/react@>=16.8.0".
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "[email protected]" with binaries:
      - gatsby
Done in 3.65s.

[Ri2parna]

Facing this issue as well!
Here's my output:

arn global v1.22.0
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "[email protected]" with binaries:
      - gatsby
Done in 3.43s.

[DanielRuf]

Please check your PATH variable. See also #8138 (comment)

[Ri2parna]

Forgot to check that, Fixed My issue! Thanks!

[muescha]

@Ri2parna
What was your issue exactly and how you solved it?

[Ri2parna]

This was the issue I've been facing
The packages seem to get installed but didn't show up when i try to run the terminal :
The terminal gave an output that said : command not found

yarn global v1.22.0
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "[email protected]" with binaries:
      - gatsby
Done in 3.43s.

I forgot to add the yarn path to my $PATH, so i found out the directory which is why the installed packages were not showing in my terminal. I found the yarn directory to be added to the path by using yarn global bin and then i added it to the path using the command as stated in
#8138 (comment) and added to my bashrc file ( in my case it was the .zshrc file) and it solved my problem.