Yarn add raise error Missing list of packages to add to your project

Question

After reinstall of my Kubuntu 18 I tried to run my @vue/cli 4.0.5 / vuex 3 app and got error : error Missing list of packages to add to your project

serge@AtHome:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/VApps/vtasks$ node -v
v14.12.0
serge@AtHome:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/VApps/vtasks$ yarn -v
1.22.5
serge@AtHome:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/VApps/vtasks$ yarn add
yarn add v1.22.5
error Missing list of packages to add to your project.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.
serge@AtHome:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/VApps/vtasks$ yarn upgrade
yarn upgrade v1.22.5
error No lockfile in this directory. Run `yarn install` to generate one.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/upgrade for documentation about this command.
serge@AtHome:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/VApps/vtasks$ lsb_release -d; uname -r; uname -i
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
4.15.0-118-generic
x86_64

My package.json :

{
  "name": "ctasks",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "test:e2e": "vue-cli-service test:e2e",
    "test:unit": "vue-cli-service test:unit",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@voerro/vue-tagsinput": "^2.2.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "^4.4.1",
    "axios": "^0.19.0",
    "core-js": "^3.3.2",
    "cypress-file-upload": "^3.5.3",
    "file-saver": "^2.0.2",
    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
    "idle-vue": "^2.0.5",
    "moment": "^2.24.0",
    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.27",
    "v-money": "^0.8.1",
    "vee-validate": "^3.1.0",
    "vue": "^2.6.10",
    "vue-avatar": "^2.1.8",
    "vue-context-menu": "^2.0.6",
    "vue-focus": "^2.1.0",
    "vue-head": "^2.2.0",
    "vue-js-modal": "^1.3.31",
    "vue-nav-tabs": "^0.5.7",
    "vue-notification": "^1.3.20",
    "vue-phone-number-input": "^1.1.9",
    "vue-router": "^3.1.3",
    "vue-select": "^3.2.0",
    "vue-simple-calendar": "^4.3.2",
    "vue-simple-suggest": "^1.10.1",
    "vue-slider-component": "^3.1.1",
    "vue-the-mask": "^0.11.1",
    "vue-upload-component": "^2.8.20",
    "vue-wysiwyg": "^1.7.2",
    "vue2-datepicker": "^3.3.0",
    "vue2-filters": "^0.8.0",
    "vuex": "^3.0.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress": "~4.2.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~4.2.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-router": "^4.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-vuex": "^4.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-service": "^4.0.0",
    "babel-eslint": "^10.0.3",
    "bootstrap": "^4.3.1",
    "eslint": "^6.7.2",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^6.1.2",
    "faker": "^4.1.0",
    "jquery": "^3.4.1",
    "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
    "popper.js": "^1.16.0",
    "sass-loader": "^8.0.0",
    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.10"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "root": true,
    "env": {
      "node": true
    },
    "extends": [
      "plugin:vue/essential",
      "eslint:recommended"
    ],
    "parserOptions": {
      "parser": "babel-eslint"
    },
    "rules": {
      "semi": [
        2,
        "never"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Why error and how to fix it ? Before reinstall of my Kubuntu it worked ok. Did I miss some configurations? I installed lates node, npm, yarn. Thanks!

Answer 1

Reading the doc of yarn add (https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add/), you need to specify the package that you want to install.

if you want to add a package:

yarn add vue #same as npm install vue

if you want to load all the dependency from the package.json

yarn #same as npm install

if you want to run custom command from package.json

yarn serve #same as npm run serve

The error you see from yarn is because you don't specify any package to install, so he tell you : "give me the name (or names) of the package(s) that you want me to install in this project"

Answer 2

I got the same error when trying to replace npm install command with yarn add but I didn't notice the --save-dev flag that was there - which is unsupported by yarn.

In my case - simply removing the --save-dev flag worked. I'm guessing more flags will cause the same error

As @Flafy mentioned - could also be a -d instead of a -D on a yarn add commamnd