[turborepo] Yarn installing from npm registry rather than internal packages

[achadee]

What version of Turborepo are you using?

1.10.16

What package manager are you using / does the bug impact?

Yarn v2/v3 (node_modules linker only)

What operating system are you using?

Mac

Describe the Bug

Hey guys, im following this tutorial to the tee
https://turbo.build/repo/docs/handbook/sharing-code/internal-packages

and yarn keeps trying to install this package:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/math-helpers

Any ideas whats happening?

Yarn v: 3.4.1
Node: 19.7.0
npm: 9.5.0

yarn lock

"math-helpers@npm:*":
  version: 0.1.0
  resolution: "math-helpers@npm:0.1.0"
  checksum: 9ce4bc05dc3b5268a73878f5d7afa83b5c17b6203f09200b3ffae459319c03f5e4772a6da7122a6a5319f3206d58dd607e617d2f19197894c28ef64ab773dfcd
  languageName: node
  linkType: hard

apps/web/packages.json

"dependencies": {
    ...
    "math-helpers": "*",
  }

Expected Behavior

yarn should install the local internal packages when passing the *

To Reproduce

Follow the tutorial above with the versions?

Reproduction Repo

No response

[chris-olszewski]

If you want to depend on a workspace Yarn has the workspace: protocol which indicates you want to depend on an internal package instead of one from npm.

I see our docs don't include this for Yarn2+ and we should add it.

[tknickman]

@achadee can you share your full package.json here along with the directory structure of your monorepo? I just want to verify that you have yarn workspaces configured correctly.

[achadee]

Hey Sorry guys, been on 5 days of flights, I'll get back to you with some more of my config in a day or 2

[achadee]

apps/web/package.json

{
  "name": "next-app",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next dev",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start",
    "lint": "next lint",
    "storybook": "storybook dev -p 6006",
    "build-storybook": "storybook build"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@expo/next-adapter": "5.0.2",
    "app": "*",
    "math-helpers": "*",
    "next": "13.4.19",
    "raf": "^3.4.1",
    "setimmediate": "^1.0.5"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@storybook/addon-essentials": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/addon-interactions": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/addon-links": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/addon-onboarding": "^1.0.8",
    "@storybook/blocks": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/nextjs": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/react": "^7.5.1",
    "@storybook/testing-library": "^0.2.2",
    "@types/node": "17.0.21",
    "autoprefixer": "^10.4.7",
    "eslint-config-next": "13.2.0",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "storybook": "^7.5.1",
    "tailwindcss": "^3.0.24"
  }
}

packages/math-helpers/package.json

{
  "name": "math-helpers",
  "main": "src/index.ts",
  "types": "src/index.ts",
  "dependencies": {
    "typescript": "latest"
  }
}

packages/math-helpers/src/index.ts

export const addCustom = (a: number, b: number) => {
  return a + b;
};
 
export const subtractCustom = (a: number, b: number) => {
  return a - b;
};

Yarn Install snippet:

➤ YN0000: ┌ Fetch step
➤ YN0013: │ math-helpers@npm:0.1.0 can't be found in the cache and will be fetched from the remote
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 0s 245ms

Its worth noting that the template I started with, included a packages/app which resolves to app: "*" perfectly fine in apps/web
https://github.com/nandorojo/solito

When changing to workplace:* I get the following error:

math-helpers@workplace:* isn't supported by any available resolver

[tknickman]

@achadee thanks for following up, could you share your root package.json as well?

[hamudeshahin]

@tknickman Hi!
I have a problem with yarn install command when I am trying to install all packages in root directory. The problem started when I change the name of my package from ui to geeks-ui.
Also I have already change the name of package in the package.json files in my apps directory.

The error which I am facing is:

error Couldn't find package "geeks-ui@*" required by "docs@0.1.0" on the "npm" registry.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

What exactly is the problem here??

[achadee]

@tknickman

here you go:

/package.json

{
  "name": "skedyul",
  "private": true,
  "workspaces": [
    "apps/*",
    "packages/*"
  ],
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/plugin-syntax-import-meta": "^7.10.4",
    "@types/react": "^18.2.21",
    "@types/react-native": "^0.72.2",
    "babel-plugin-transform-import-meta": "^2.2.1",
    "dotenv-cli": "^7.3.0",
    "eslint": "^8.21.0",
    "prettier": "^3",
    "turbo": "^1.4.2",
    "typescript": "^5.2.2"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "native": "cd apps/native && yarn dev",
    "web": "cd apps/web && dotenv -e .env -- yarn next",
    "storybook": "cd apps/web && yarn storybook",
    "dev": "dotenv -- turbo dev"
  },
  "resolutions": {
    "metro": "~0.76.7",
    "metro-resolver": "~0.76.7"
  },
  "nohoist": [
    "**/expo-router",
    "**/expo-router/**"
  ],
  "packageManager": "yarn@3.4.1",
  "dependencies": {
    "@reduxjs/toolkit": "^1.9.7",
    "react-redux": "^8.1.3"
  }
}

[achadee]

@tknickman I was able to fix the issue by doing the following:

• switching away from yarn to pnpm
• making sure my package name wasnt generic so instead of db i called it my-app-name1234-db

I think its either worth updating the docs to reflect this, or fixing this bug, I wasted so much time on this.

[loctn]

A version needs to be added to the math-helpers package - updated docs to reflect here: #7626

[chris-olszewski]

Closing this as this is an issue with use of the underlying package managers. With #6696 we have callouts for use of workspace: protocol.

If you encounter an issue similar to this one and feel our docs could be made clearer, then please open a new issue along with which docs should be updated.