CMS CLI installation issues

[DirtyBirdDesign]

Installation should be simple, as it is very straightforward. Im sure Im overlooking something obvious, would appreciate any help from others who have encountered the same.

1. I have NPM installed
   
2. I try and install using npm install -g @hubspot/cms-cli I used the global flag in my /usr/local/bin/ directory.
3. Using hs init returns "zsh: command not found: hs"
4. Using npm list it shows empty
5. Moving to my project directory, it shows hubspot installed, but nothing underneath it
6. I try installing in project directory, same issue. It shows HubSpot installed with nothing underneath it and hs init returns the same "zsh: command not found:hs" message.

What am I doing wrong?

[SandyG1]

Hi @DirtyBirdDesign 

Try 

npx hs init

Sandy 

[DirtyBirdDesign]

Thank you Sandy. I ran npx his init, and this was shown 

npx: installed 59 in 5.121s

is that expected? 

[SandyG1]

Oh, that's not quite right! It looks like you've not initiated npm correctly and installed the cli dependancy

[DirtyBirdDesign]

Nothing happens after - according to the documentation here https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/guides/getting-started I should be prompted to create a key and to set up the account.

[SandyG1]

Have you initiated a node package module?

for example do you have this package.json in the root of your project?

{
  "name": "theme-2020",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "xxxxx",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "npx hs init",
    "create-theme": "npx hs create website-theme ${npm_package_name}",
    "watch": "npx hs watch ./${npm_package_name} ${npm_package_name} --remove",
    "create-module": "./hs-create-module.sh ${npm_package_name}",
    "delete": "npx hs remove ${npm_package_name}"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/andanotherday/xxxxx-hs.git"
  },
  "author": "andanotherday.com",
  "license": "ISC",
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/andanotherday/xxxxx-hs/issues"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/andanotherday/xxxx-hs#readme",
  "dependencies": {
    "@hubspot/cms-cli": "^1.1.9"
  }
}

[SandyG1 · Accepted solution]

if not, you'll need to follow these steps as a prerequisite

1  npm init

2  npm install @hubspot/cms-cli

3  npx hs init

Ah! I see what you've done 🙂 haha

You need a new folder mate, sorry to tell you.. Clear it out. and follow this 

[lochwooe]

Finally it works! Thank you

[DirtyBirdDesign]

Sandy, thank you very much. You should write the documentation! Very much appreciated!

[SandyG1]

aha, you're welcome 🙂

Just for yours and others references:

Running npm install -g @hubspot/cms-cli should have worked, however as I'm running a project that will be shared between people. My steps require hubspot-cli to be in the project root. This means that it will automatically install hubspot cli for everyone that works on this project with me.

Enjoy!

[DirtyBirdDesign]

All it has in it is this

{
  "name": "@hubspot/cms-cli",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Hubspot CMS CLI",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "hs init"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "@hubspot/cms-cli"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "Hubspot",
    "CMS",
    "CLI"
  ],
  "author": "HubSpot",
  "license": "ISC"
}

I am just dollowing the documentation - perhaps too literally - and didn't see what was described as the next step. I apologize for my ignorance here - I usually stick to the ruby and homebrew pkg management environments.

[sharonlicari]

Hey @DirtyBirdDesign    

Thank you for the information provided. I'll tag a few experts.  

Hey @stefen @Jsum @prosa  what would you advise in this case?  

Thanks

Sharon