Yarn: EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../acorn/bin/acorn'

Created on 6 Aug 2018 · 13Comments · Source: yarnpkg/yarn

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?
Bug

What is the current behavior?
Can't install yarn on Laravel Homestead

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

yarn or yarn install

fails with

yarn install v1.9.4
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
warning laravel-mix > autoprefixer > [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning laravel-mix > css-loader > cssnano > autoprefixer > [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning laravel-mix > css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning laravel-mix > css-loader > cssnano > postcss-merge-rules > caniuse-api > [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
warning laravel-mix > img-loader > imagemin-gifsicle > gifsicle > bin-wrapper > download > gulp-decompress > [email protected]: gulp-util is deprecated - replace it, following the guidelines at https://medium.com/gulpjs/gulp-util-ca3b1f9f9ac5
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info [email protected]: The platform "linux" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
error An unexpected error occurred: "EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../acorn/bin/acorn' -> '/home/vagrant/code/x/node_modules/acorn-dynamic-import/node_modules/.bin/acorn'".
info If you think this is a bug, please open a bug report with the information provided in "/home/vagrant/code/x/yarn-error.log".
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

yarn-error.log

Arguments: 
  /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/yarn

PATH: 
  /home/vagrant/.composer/vendor/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

Yarn version: 
  1.9.4

Node version: 
  10.8.0

Platform: 
  linux x64

Trace: 
  Error: EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../acorn/bin/acorn' -> '/home/vagrant/code/x/node_modules/acorn-dynamic-import/node_modules/.bin/acorn'

npm manifest: 
  {
      "private": true,
      "scripts": {
          "dev": "npm run development",
          "development": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
          "watch": "npm run development -- --watch",
          "watch-poll": "npm run watch -- --watch-poll",
          "hot": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
          "prod": "npm run production",
          "production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --no-progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
      },
      "devDependencies": {
          "axios": "^0.18",
          "bootstrap": "^4.0.0",
          "popper.js": "^1.12",
          "cross-env": "^5.1",
          "jquery": "^3.2",
          "laravel-mix": "^2.0",
          "lodash": "^4.17.4",
          "vue": "^2.5.7"
      }
  }

yarn manifest: 
  No manifest

Lockfile: 
  No lockfile

What is the expected behavior?
to install yarn

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version.
yarn 1.9.4
nodejs 10.8.0
Windows 10 | Laravel Homestead v7

triaged

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