How to Install Yarn On Debian 11.4

To Install Yarn On Linux Debian 11.4

Introduction:

The yarn is a fast, secure, and reliable advanced package management software for Node.js applications that is an alternative to Node.js package managers.

Installation Procedure:

Step 1: Check the version of the OS by using the below command

root@debian:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye

Step 2: Check the IP address by using the below command

root@debian:~# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: ens33: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0c:29:ea:5e:31 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname enp2s1
    inet 192.168.6.131/23 brd 192.168.7.255 scope global noprefixroute ens33
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:feea:5e31/64 scope link noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Step 3: Install the Yarn, then enable the Yarn repository by using the below command

root@debian:~# curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
OK
Step 4: Once the repository is enabled. Add the yarn repository to the system repository by using the below command
root@debian:~# echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main

Step 5: The repository is added now update and install the yarn by using the below command

root@debian:~# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease [48.4 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease [44.1 kB]
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:5 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable InRelease [17.1 kB]
Get:6 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable/main amd64 Packages [10.9 kB]
Get:7 https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable/main all Packages [10.9 kB]
Fetched 131 kB in 1s (93.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Target Packages (main/binary-amd64/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:21 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
W: Target Packages (main/binary-all/Packages) is configured multiple times in /etc/apt/sources.list:21 and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dbconfig-common dbconfig-mysql default-mysql-client galera-4 icc-profiles-free
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc-ares2 libjs-highlight.js libnode72 nodejs nodejs-doc yarn
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.4 MB of archives.
After this operation, 56.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/main amd64 libc-ares2 amd64 1.17.1-1+deb11u3 [102 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 libjs-highlight.js all 9.18.5+dfsg1-1 [397 kB]
Get:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/main amd64 libnode72 amd64 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 [8,332 kB]
Unpacking yarn (1.22.19-1) ...
Setting up libc-ares2:amd64 (1.17.1-1+deb11u3) ...
Setting up nodejs-doc (12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-13+deb11u6) ...

Step 6: The yarn is installed then install the packages of the yarn by using the below command

root@debian:~# curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100    54    0    54    0     0    339      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   339
100  7152  100  7152    0     0  11801      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 11801
Installing Yarn!
> Downloading tarball...
[2/2]: https://yarnpkg.com/latest.tar.gz.asc --> /tmp/yarn.tar.gz.p2up2WQ1fZ.asc
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100    61    0    61    0     0   1129      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1129
100    98  100    98    0     0   1065      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
100   833  100   833    0     0    952      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   952
> Verifying integrity...
gpg: key 1646B01B86E50310: public key "Yarn Packaging <yarn@dan.cx>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
Primary key fingerprint: 72EC F46A 56B4 AD39 C907  BBB7 1646 B01B 86E5 0310
     Subkey fingerprint: 6D98 490C 6F1A CDDD 448E  4595 4F77 6793 6947 5BAA
> GPG signature looks good
> Extracting to ~/.yarn...
> Adding to $PATH...
> We've added the following to your /root/.bashrc
> If this isn't the profile of your current shell then please add the following to your correct profile:

export PATH="$HOME/.yarn/bin:$HOME/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"

> Successfully installed Yarn 1.22.19! Please open another terminal where the `yarn` command will now be available.

Step 7: Once the package is installed. Now check the version of yarn by using the below command

root@debian:~# yarn -v
1.22.19

Conclusion:

We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to install Yarn on Linux Debian 11.4. Your feedback is much welcome.