Info: How to update appium-device-farm plugin

[deepakarorawins]

When we use following command to update appium-device-plugin it gives error: -

Command: appium plugin update --source=npm appium-device-farm

Error: [ERROR] Unrecognized arguments: --source=npm

[saikrishna321]

@deepakarorawins appium plugin update appium-device-farm try this

[deepakarorawins]

@saikrishna321 Now it says appium-device-farm

Command: appium plugin update appium-device-farm
Output: Error: ✖ The plugin "appium-device-farm" was not installed, so can't be updated

[saikrishna321]

@deepakarorawins Try appium plugin update device-farm

[deepakarorawins]

@saikrishna321 ok, it worked as below:

Command: appium plugin update device-farm

Output:
✔ Checking if plugin 'device-farm' is updatable
✔ Checking if plugin 'device-farm' needs an update
✔ Installing 'device-farm' using NPM install spec '[email protected]'
✔ Updating driver 'device-farm' from 3.13.0 to 3.18.0
ℹ Update report:
✔ - plugin device-farm updated: 3.13.0 => 3.18.0

I was expecting 5.4.0 version

[saikrishna321]

Whats happens if you run the update command again ?

[deepakarorawins]

@saikrishna321 ok, on re-run it warn us as below:

Command: appium plugin update device-farm
Output:
✔ Checking if plugin 'device-farm' is updatable
✔ Checking if plugin 'device-farm' needs an update
ℹ Update report:
✖ - 'device-farm' failed to update: Error: ✖ The plugin 'device-farm' has a major revision update (3.18.0 => 5.4.0), which could include breaking changes. If you want to apply this update, re-run with --unsafe

I installed with --unsafe, hope it won't break :)
Thank you for your support.