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Expand Up @@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ Then, install Encore into your project with Yarn:
.. note::

If you want to use `npm`_ instead of `yarn`_, replace ``yarn add xxx --dev`` by
``npm install xxx --save-dev``.
``npm install xxx --save-dev``.

Encore includes a file that locks dependency versions when `yarn` is used (the `yarn.lock` file).
It's highly encouraged to use `yarn` to avoid any issues and to maintain consistency across machines.

If you already in trouble remove `node_modules` and use `yarn` to install dependencies.

.. tip::

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