Will asdf-nodejs continue to install corepack?

[jlarmstrongiv]

Corepack https://github.com/nodejs/corepack

Decision to stop distributing Corepack with Node.js nodejs/TSC#1697 (comment)

I, however, love corepack and plan to continue to use it. Can Corepack continue to be installed with asdf via asdf-nodejs beyond 25.0.0?

[augustobmoura]

It appears that you can install corepack with npm install, so it should be just a matter of adding corepack to the .default-npm-packages file and it should be installed automatically on newer versions.

It might be good to document this on the README though, or perhaps automatically install corepack if ASDF_NODEJS_AUTO_ENABLE_COREPACK is set

[jlarmstrongiv]

Thank you! Documenting it in the README and setting ASDF_NODEJS_AUTO_ENABLE_COREPACK would be perfect for me

[mscharley]

I tried using the .default-npm-packages as a work around, but it doesn't seem like it can make pre-25 and 25 work together well:

❯ asdf install
Trying to update node-build... ok
To follow progress, use 'tail -f /tmp/node-build.20251026180744.197546.log' or pass --verbose
Downloading node-v25.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz...
-> https://nodejs.org/dist/v25.0.0/node-v25.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
Installing node-v25.0.0-linux-x64...
Installed node-v25.0.0-linux-x64 to ~/.cache/asdf/installs/nodejs/25.0.0

No preset version installed for command corepack
Please install a version by running one of the following:

asdf install nodejs 25.0.0

or add one of the following versions in your config file at ~/Code/mscharley/node-presets/.tool-versions
nodejs 22.20.0

WARNING: An error occurred while enabling corepack for this version

It looks like it is trying to setup corepack before installing npm packages which makes some sense, but means that you can't install corepack this way in time for ASDF_NODEJS_AUTO_ENABLE_COREPACK to enable corepack.

[augustobmoura]

I tried using the .default-npm-packages as a work around, but it doesn't seem like it can make pre-25 and 25 work together well:

It looks like it is trying to setup corepack before installing npm packages which makes some sense, but means that you can't install corepack this way in time for ASDF_NODEJS_AUTO_ENABLE_COREPACK to enable corepack.

Good catch! I assumed it would work, since I didn't try any node versions where corepack was not embedded.
I will try working on a fix this week

[rhclayto]

What is the status of using corepack with newer nodejs managed with asdf?