Install latest CLI version from Github code

jbriales · 11 February 2019 11:18

I flew through the documentation a few times trying to find this with no luck:
Could you give a quick hint on how to install the latest CLI version directly from the code in the Github repo?

laurent · 11 February 2019 11:31

You’d have to build it yourself:

github.com

laurent22/joplin/blob/master/BUILD.md#building-the-terminal-application

# General information

- All the applications share the same library, which, for historical reasons, is in ReactNativeClient/lib. This library is copied to the relevant directories when building each app.
- The translations are built by running CliClient/build-translation.sh. You normally don't need to run this if you haven't updated the translation since the compiled files are on the repository.

## macOS dependencies

	brew install yarn node
	echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
	source ~/.bash_profile

## Linux and Windows (WSL) dependencies

- Install yarn - https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/
- Install node v8.x (check with `node --version`) - https://nodejs.org/en/
- If you get a node-gyp related error you might need to manually install it: `npm install -g node-gyp`

# Building the tools

Before building any of the applications, you need to build the tools:

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But it’s not recommended for production use. While master is reasonably stable, it can sometimes have bugs. In particular when a feature change shared by all the apps is first applied to desktop, then in the meantime CLI and/or mobile is broken.

jbriales · 11 February 2019 16:26

Ok, thanks for the link and for the warning!
Then, to complete this question: How often can we expect the npm repo version to be updated for the CLI? I saw you recently fixed some issue I was having with decryption and tty, that’s why I was considering installing from source to get this into my computers.

Thanks again!

laurent · 11 February 2019 16:38

It’s updated now and then without any specific schedule. The fix for that particular issue with encryption has been published to npm recently.

jbriales · 11 February 2019 17:23

Awesome, thanks again!

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Install latest CLI version from Github code

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