There is no possibility to create NX workspace without Yarn installed

[niklissad]

I tried to create new nx workspace with and get error. If I use npm for creating workspace I really don't need have Yarn on my system to work with npm

Current Behavior

Workspace didn't created

Expected Behavior

Workspace created

Steps to Reproduce

Run npm init nx-workspace without Yarn installed in system

Failure Logs

⠋ Installing packages.../bin/sh: yarn: command not found

Environment

Mac OS X

[JimboFromLimbo]

If I am not mistaken, nx uses yarn workspaces so this would not be a bug but by design.

[FrozenPandaz]

Hi @niklissad

I'm having trouble reproducing the issue. I have uninstalled yarn from my system and Could you please provide more context about the error you are seeing (i.e. Please copy the command run and the entire output of the command.)? It would really help me reproduce and investigate the issue.

Also, could you please provide the output of the following commands?

nx config --global cli.packageManager
ng config --global cli.packageManager

Here's my output:

jason@pop-os ~/p/t/n/create-test> yarn --version

Command 'yarn' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install cmdtest

jason@pop-os ~/p/t/n/create-test [127]> npm init nx-workspace@latest test4
npx: installed 181 in 8.229s
package manager: npm <= Added this logging
? What to create in the new workspace angular           [a workspace with a single Angular application]
? Application name                    app1
? Default stylesheet format           SASS(.scss)  [ http://sass-lang.com   ]
? Default linter                      TSLint [ Used by Angular CLI ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) No
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
added 193 packages from 153 contributors in 2.971s

21 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

new test4  --preset="angular" --appName="app1" --style="scss" --linter="tslint" --interactive=false --collection=@nrwl/workspace
✔ Packages installed successfully.
[Omitted a bunch of files created]
✔ Packages installed successfully.
✔ Packages installed successfully.
    Successfully initialized git.
[Omitted a bunch of files being created and Tutorial info]

jason@pop-os ~/p/t/n/create-test> nx config --global cli.packageManager

>  NX  The current directory isn't part of an Nx workspace.

  To create a workspace run:
  npx create-nx-workspace@latest <workspace name>

>  NX   NOTE  For more information please visit https://nx.dev/

jason@pop-os ~/p/t/n/create-test [1]> ng config --global cli.packageManager
Value cannot be found.
jason@pop-os ~/p/t/n/create-test [1]> 

@Jamesdinnes Sorry, you are mistaken.. Nx does not use yarn workspaces. They can be used together but by default, Nx does not use yarn workspaces or strictly depend on yarn. It is definitely intended that Nx works with only npm installed and not yarn. Sorry for the confusion.

[wangzishi]

I also encountered the same problem when trying to create nx workspace.

And my output:

~/projects via ⬢ v14.15.0
❯ npm init nx-workspace@latest
? Workspace name (e.g., org name)     myorg2
? What to create in the new workspace angular-nest      [a workspace with a full stack application (Angular + Nest)]
? Application name                    myapp
? Default stylesheet format           CSS
? Default linter                      ESLint [ Modern linting tool ]
? Use Nx Cloud? (It's free and doesn't require registration.) Yes [Faster builds, run details, Github integration. Learn more at https://nx.app]
Creating a sandbox with Nx...
new myorg2  --preset="angular-nest" --appName="myapp" --style="css" --linter="eslint" --nxCloud --interactive=false --collection=@nrwl/workspace
- Installing packages...'yarn' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
× Package install failed, see above.
The Schematic workflow failed. See above.
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\WANGZI~1.COR\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-21752cxxxSMyBjJ7J
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "tao "new" "myorg2" "--preset=angular-nest" "--appName=myapp" "--style=css" "--linter=eslint" "--nxCloud" "--interactive=false" "--collection=C:\Users\WANGZI~1.COR\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-21752cxxxSMyBjJ7J\node_modules\@nrwl\workspace\collection.json" "--cli=ng" "--nxWorkspaceRoot=C:\Users\wangzishi.CORP\projects""

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\wangzishi.CORP\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2020-10-28T09_49_47_295Z-debug.log
(node:21752) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Command failed: npx tao new myorg2  --preset="angular-nest" --appName="myapp" --style="css" --linter="eslint" --nxCloud --interactive=false --collection=C:\Users\WANGZI~1.COR\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp-21752cxxxSMyBjJ7J\node_modules\@nrwl\workspace\collection.json --cli=ng --nxWorkspaceRoot=C:\Users\wangzishi.CORP\projects
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:616:11)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:652:15)
    at createApp (C:\Users\wangzishi.CORP\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\505743838affa773\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:424:21)
    at C:\Users\wangzishi.CORP\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_npx\505743838affa773\node_modules\create-nx-workspace\bin\create-nx-workspace.js:92:29
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:21752) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 1)
(node:21752) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are deprecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate the Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.

~/projects via ⬢ v14.15.0 took 40s
❯ yarn
yarn: The term 'yarn' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

~/projects via ⬢ v14.15.0
❯ ng config --global cli.packageManager
Value cannot be found.

~/projects via ⬢ v14.15.0
❯ nx config --global cli.packageManager

>  NX  The current directory isn't part of an Nx workspace.

  To create a workspace run:
  npx create-nx-workspace@latest <workspace name>

>  NX   NOTE  For more information please visit https://nx.dev/

~/projects via ⬢ v14.15.0
❯

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[bekos]

Since v10.4 the we default to NPM, unless --package-manager flag is used when creating a new workspace. I suppose this will solve your issue, but feel free to reopen in case there is a problem.

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