[WSL] cannot create property lastUpdateCheck on string 'lastUpdateCheck...'

[FrederickEngelhardt]

Bug description

On WSL 2 using nvm I am unable to utilize yarn to do anything because it will exit out with a type error with attempting to create a property on lastUpdateCheck which already exists.

Command

# install yarn via brew or ubuntu tutorial
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
# Using NVM so exclude node
sudo apt update && sudo apt install --no-install-recommends yarn

# alternative
npm i -g yarn

What is the current behavior?
Whenever I run yarn install for a project I get the following error in my terminal

# this will use yarn install instead of npm if yarn is added
npx create-react-app my-test-app
# fails and rolls back with this message
TypeError: Cannot create property 'lastUpdateCheck' on string 'lastUpdateCheck 1603009736399'
    at YarnRegistry.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:96344:30)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at step (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:310:30)
    at /usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:328:14
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at new F (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:5301:28)
    at YarnRegistry.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:307:12)
    at YarnRegistry.saveHomeConfig (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:96351:20)
    at Add.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:7930:35)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)

This occurs in a previous yarn repo as well. Example you have a react-app already created and run yarn to install the dependencies.

yarn
TypeError: Cannot create property 'lastUpdateCheck' on string 'lastUpdateCheck 1603009736399'
    at YarnRegistry.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:96344:30)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at step (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:310:30)
    at /usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:328:14
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at new F (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:5301:28)
    at YarnRegistry.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:307:12)
    at YarnRegistry.saveHomeConfig (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:96351:20)
    at Install.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:7930:35)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)

What is the expected behavior?
There should be no lastUpdateCheck error. Yarn is not useable right now.

1. Anyone got a workaround for this issue?
2. Is there a long term solution?

Steps to Reproduce

1. Use Ubuntu on WSL2 (windows computer)
2. Install NVM
3. npx create-react-app my-wsl-test
4. The above command should fail

Environment

• Node Version: 14.14.0
• Yarn v1 Version: 1.22.5
• OS and version: WSL 2 Linux 4.19.104-microsoft-standard

[FrederickEngelhardt]

Resolved by removing the ~/.yarnrc file which contained a lastUpdateCheck string which prevented the install.

Ran this command

rm ~/.yarnrc

No longer have an issue installing or using yarn commands.

Also similar to #5592

[MikhailBobrov]

thanks, it help me