Debian 8.11 conflict with Yarn / Nodejs

[sqyuid]

On Debian 8.11 I encountered a conflict with Yarn & NodeJS being unable to install simultaneously. I tried a few methods to try and get things to play nice but only found it possible to use a newer Debian installation as a solution. As a side note, npm was also not available by default in apt-get and required manual adding on my installation.

When trying to apt-get nodejs it will remove yarn:
apt-get install nodejs The following packages will be REMOVED: yarn The following NEW packages will be installed: nodejs 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

When trying to apt-get yarn it will remove nodejs
apt-get install yarn The following packages will be REMOVED: nodejs The following NEW packages will be installed: yarn 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

If anyone has a suggestion to try and fix this I still have the VPS enabled and can share a fix if I find one.

You could always try something like nvm to manage your node versions.

Also, depending on your node installation, you could install yarn via npm: npm -g install yarn

[mnaamani]

I've found the best way to install nodejs, npm and yarn (binary distributions) from NodeSource:

https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

as linked to from: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/