Install Bootstrap 5 with Ruby on Rails 6+

Version 1 - fast and easy

console

yarn add bootstrap@next
yarn add @popperjs/core

application.js

import 'bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap'
import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap";

Version 2 - with stylesheets

console

yarn add bootstrap@next
yarn add @popperjs/core

application.html.erb

<%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>

application.js

import "bootstrap"
import "../stylesheets/application"

/app/javascript/stylesheets/application.scss

@import "bootstrap"

Version 3 - empty stylesheets

console

yarn add bootstrap@next
yarn add @popperjs/core

application.html.erb

<%= stylesheet_pack_tag 'application', media: 'all', 'data-turbolinks-track': 'reload' %>

application.js

import 'bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap'
import "bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap";
import "../stylesheets/application"

/app/javascript/stylesheets/application.scss

//

Bonus: Remove Bootstrap 4

console

yarn remove jquery popper.js bootstrap

environment.js - only this:

const { environment } = require('@rails/webpacker')
module.exports = environment

That’s it!