coveo update does NOT work when installed with npm

[akaustav]

Hi,
A few days ago, I had installed @coveo/cli on my work laptop (running Windows 10) using the npm install -g @coveo/cli command (I had installed node-gyp before that). During that installation, v1.3.0 of Coveo CLI was installed on my machine. I noticed that a v1.5.0 was released yesterday - June 22, 2021. So, I tried to follow instructions documented in the Usage section to upgrade Coveo CLI:

Afterwards, anytime you run coveo update, your CLI installation will also update to the latest version.

I ran the coveo update command in a command prompt and received a not updatable message. Is there a different recommended way to upgrade Coveo CLI for folks who installed the npm way?

C:\>coveo version
@coveo/cli/1.3.0 win32-x64 node-v14.17.0

C:\>coveo update
@coveo/cli: Updating CLI... not updatable

C:\>coveo version
@coveo/cli/1.3.0 win32-x64 node-v14.17.0

Ameet

[louis-bompart]

Hi @akaustav!

I reproduced your issue, this is definitely a bug. I created an issue here #290.

In the meantime, as a workaround, I'd advise you to run npm un -g @coveo/cli followed by npm i -g @coveo/cli (or just npm i -g @coveo/cli@latest.
It should help you get through.

Thanks for your report!

[akaustav]

Thank you, @louis-bompart for confirming that this is indeed a widespread issue and not just an issue with me. And thanks for opening issue #290. I did the full un-install and re-install of @coveo/cli like you described. That works. however, I had a separate issue with that process which I posted in question #286.