As a new Mac user transitioning from a Windows environment, you will encounter some initial challenges while setting up your development environment. One of the primary issues I faced was running the yarn command in the terminal. Here’s a step-by-step account of resolving the zsh: command not found: yarn error.
😑 Problem: zsh: command not found: yarn
After cloning my project repository and navigating into the directory, I tried running yarn to install dependencies but got the error below:
😊 Solution
This error indicates that yarn is not installed on your system. To fix this, I used Homebrew, a package manager for macOS, to install yarn.
1) Install Homebrew (if not already installed):
Homebrew simplifies the installation of software on macOS. Open your terminal and run:
2) Install yarn:
With Homebrew installed, you can now install yarn by running:
3) Verify yarn installation:
After the installation, verify that Yyrn is installed by running:
😑 Problem: env: node: No such file or directory
While verifying yarn installation, I encountered another error:
This error indicates that yarn is installed, but it cannot find Node.js. Yarn depends on Node.js to run.
😊 Solution:
To resolve this, you need to install Node.js using Homebrew:
1) Install Node.js:
2) Verify both yarn and Node.js Installation as shown below.
yarn -v
This time, the command should work without any issues, and you can proceed with installing dependencies and running your application.
Hope this helps.
