Error on cordova plugin add - @latest not found

[pat-flew]

Hi,

Receiving the following error on cordova install:

> cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config

Fetching plugin "cordova-custom-config" via npm
Error: Failed to fetch plugin cordova-custom-config via registry.
Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Error: No compatible version found: cordova-custom-config@'latest'
Valid install targets:
["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.1.4","1.1.5","1.1.6","1.1.7","1.1.8","1.1.9","1.1.10","1.1.11","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.2.4","1.2.5","1.2.6","2.0.0","2.0.1","2.0.2","2.0.3","3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.2","3.0.3","3.0.4","3.0.5","3.0.6","3.0.7","3.0.8","3.0.9","3.0.10","3.0.11","3.0.12","3.0.13","3.0.14"]

But works when I set the version explicitly:

> cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config@3.1.0

Fetching plugin "cordova-custom-config@3.1.0" via npm
Installing "cordova-custom-config" for ios
cordova-custom-config: npm dependencies missing - installing
cordova-custom-config: Installed npm dependencies

[abshoff]

Run into the same problem. I think a tag named "latest" is missing.

I forked this repository and added the tag. For my cordova plugin, the following is working.

<dependency id="cordova-custom-config" url="https://bitbucket.org/abshoff/cordova-custom-config-hotfix-latest"/>

[dpa99c]

Not able to reproduce this. What version of npm have you got installed? (cordova-custom-config@3.1.0 requires npm@3+)

[robations]

When I search for the plugin in npm I get two entries, seems unexpected to me:

$ npm search cordova-custom-config
NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                                                         
cordova-custom-config     | Cordova/Phonegap…    | =davealden      | 2016-11-26 | 3.1.0    | ecosystem:cordova cordova cordova-android cordova-ios phonegap co
cordova-custom-config     | Cordova/Phonegap…    | =davealden      | 2016-10-29 | 3.0.14   | ecosystem:cordova cordova cordova-android cordova-ios phonegap co

$ npm -v
4.0.2

$ node -v
v6.9.1

[dpa99c]

@robations very weird, unsure what the hell happened when publishing to npm...

[dpa99c]

Here's what I get on OSX 10.12:

$ npm search cordova-custom-config
NAME                      | DESCRIPTION          | AUTHOR          | DATE       | VERSION  | KEYWORDS                                                           
cordova-custom-config     | Cordova/Phonegap…    | =davealden      | 2016-11-26 | 3.1.0    | ecosystem:cordova cordova cordova-android cordova-ios phonegap conf
$ node -v
v5.6.0
$ npm -v
4.0.2
$ cordova plugin rm cordova-custom-config && cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config
cordova-custom-config: Skipping auto-restore of config file backup(s)
Uninstalling cordova-custom-config from android
cordova-custom-config: Skipping auto-restore of config file backup(s)
Uninstalling cordova-custom-config from ios
Removing "cordova-custom-config"
Fetching plugin "cordova-custom-config@*" via npm
Installing "cordova-custom-config" for android
Installing "cordova-custom-config" for ios
$ cordova plugin ls
cordova-custom-config 3.1.0 "cordova-custom-config"

[pat-flew]

Turns out I get this behaviour with cordova @ 5.4.1. If I upgrade to 6.4, it works.

$ npm -v
4.0.2

$ node -v
v7.0.0

$ npm install -g cordova@5.4.1

$ cordova -v
5.4.1

$ cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config
Fetching plugin "cordova-custom-config" via npm
Error: Failed to fetch plugin cordova-custom-config via registry.
Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Error: No compatible version found: cordova-custom-config@'latest'
Valid install targets:
["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.1.2","1.1.3","1.1.4","1.1.5","1.1.6","1.1.7","1.1.8","1.1.9","1.1.10","1.1.11","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.2.2","1.2.3","1.2.4","1.2.5","1.2.6","2.0.0","2.0.1","2.0.2","2.0.3","3.0.0","3.0.1","3.0.2","3.0.3","3.0.4","3.0.5","3.0.6","3.0.7","3.0.8","3.0.9","3.0.10","3.0.11","3.0.12","3.0.13","3.0.14"]

$ npm install -g cordova@6.4.0

$ cordova -v
6.4.0

$ cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config
Fetching plugin "cordova-custom-config" via npm
Installing "cordova-custom-config" for ios
cordova-custom-config: npm dependencies missing - installing
cordova-custom-config: Installed npm dependencies

[robations]

Earlier post was with cordova 6.3.1. Upgrading to 6.4.0 seems to fix it for me* ✓

* fixes the plugin add problem, still have two search entries!

[dpa99c]

I've removed the engines block which was requiring npm@3+ in the package.json and pushed this out as cordova-custom-config@3.1.1. This appears to resolve the issue for me as I can now do cordova plugin add cordova-custom-config@latest again without error. Seems the engines restriction has a side effect on the Cordova CLI.

Please let me know if this resolves the issue for you.

[pat-flew]

Yes works for me now on cordova 5.4.1

[dpa99c]

Pretty sure that was it, so closing this now.