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Expand Up @@ -9,15 +9,18 @@ and pnpm without having to install them**.

## How to Install

### Default Installs
### Node.js 14.19.0 to 24.x

Corepack is distributed with Node.js from version 14.19.0 up to (but not including) 25.0.0.
Run `corepack enable` to install the required Yarn and pnpm binaries on your path.
If you're on a supported Node.js release that still bundles Corepack, using the
bundled version is the preferred option.

### Manual Installs
### Node.js versions without bundled Corepack

<details>
<summary>Install Corepack using npm</summary>
Starting with Node.js 25, Corepack is no longer distributed with Node.js
([nodejs/node#57617](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/57617)), so you need to
install it from npm.

First uninstall your global Yarn and pnpm binaries (just leave npm). In general,
you'd do this by running the following command:
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npm install -g corepack
```

We do acknowledge the irony and overhead of using npm to install Corepack, which
is at least part of why the preferred option is to use the Corepack version that
is distributed along with Node.js itself.
This installs the Yarn and pnpm shims as well, so there's no need to run
`corepack enable` afterwards.

</details>
### Updating or Installing from Source

<details><summary>Update Corepack using npm</summary>

To install the latest version of Corepack, use:
To update Corepack to the newest version compatible with your Node.js version,
use:

```shell
npm install -g corepack@latest
npm install -g corepack
```

If Corepack was installed on your system using a Node.js Windows Installer
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| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `--install-directory` | Remove the shims to the specified location |

This command will detect where Node.js is installed and will remove the shims
This command will detect where Corepack is installed and will remove the shims
from there.

### `corepack install`
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