Impossible to install yarn on a container with a user

[cyrilchampier]

Orb version:

4.1.1

What happened:

This configuration fails:

      - node/install:
          install-yarn: true
          install-npm: false
          node-version: 14.15.2

Because we defined a "USER" in our image, and that sudo is not available.

Expected behavior:

yarn install with the current user, without trying to sudo.

Additional Information:

Due to this line:
https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/node-orb/blob/master/src/scripts/install-yarn.sh#L1

[gmemstr]

If you're using a custom Docker image, I would recommend pre-installing Yarn rather than installing it during runtime. This will remove the complexity and time overhead associated with installing on-the-fly. There are some instances where we have tried to compensate or detect a lack of sudo in orbs, but generally we try to encourage users to consider pre-installing in their images.

[Jaryt]

Hi @cyrilchampier hope you're doing well! It's been some time since Gabe's response, do we have any updates here?

[Jaryt]

Marking as wontfix and closing since preinstalling yarn is the better solution for custom images.

[cyrilchampier]

Hi @Jaryt , thanks for closing the issue, I missed the reply.
Indeed, preinstalling thing in our docker image is the way to go.