Installation Problem: Unexpected token { in cli.js #6914 Solution

System: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Phenomenon:

/usr/share/yarn/lib/cli.js:45699
  let {
      ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
    at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:374:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/share/yarn/bin/yarn.js:24:13)
    at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
 

solution:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -

apt-get install -y nodejs