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Install yarn in a docker container says missing dependency

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I'm using the node:6.7.0 image as my docker container and then follow the installation guide for yarn

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv D101F7899D41F3C3

echo deb http://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list

Then I do

apt-get update && apt-get install yarn

But at this point I get an error message which says

yarn : Depends: nodejs (>= 4.0.0) but it is not going to be installed

I've echoed node -v before the install and it also says 6.7.0

Anything that I'm missing?

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answered 8 Years ago leslijessalyng · Accepted Answer

robertklep is right - if you check the Dockerfile for Node you'll see they install Node by downloading the TAR, not through APT. You can check this by running an interactive container:

> docker run -it node:6.7.0 bash

root@465fa07437c9:/# dpkg -s nodejs

dpkg-query: package 'nodejs' is not installed and no information is available

You can use NPM in your Dockerfile instead:

FROM node:6.7.0

RUN npm install -g yarn