Unable to install packages? Could not parse version

[stephencweiss]

Hi!

I'm quite confused about what the issue is here, but I'm trying to use volta to manage my toolchain and one tool I'd like is the netlify-cli.

When I try to install it however, I'm getting a Could not parse version error (which seems to have been a problem with #491 but then closed in #604.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the point here though? Should I be installing netlify-cli at a "global" level? or should it be a dev dependency (which seems less intuitive to me) for my project?

stephen@MacBook-Pro blog % volta --version
0.8.5
stephen@MacBook-Pro blog % volta which node
/Users/stephen/.volta/tools/image/node/12.18.3/bin/node
stephen@MacBook-Pro blog % yarn global add netlify-cli
Volta error: Global package installs are not supported.

Use `volta install netlify-cli` to add a package to your toolchain (see `volta help install` for more info).
stephen@MacBook-Pro blog % volta install netlify-cli
error: Could not parse version ">=v8.17.0"

Please verify the intended version.
Error details written to /Users/stephen/.volta/log/volta-error-2020-08-29_19_20_31.814.log

stephen@MacBook-Pro blog % npm i -g netlify-cli
Volta error: Global package installs are not supported.

Use `volta install netlify-cli` to add a package to your toolchain (see `volta help install` for more info).

Full log:

"volta" "install" "netlify-cli"
Volta v0.8.5

Could not parse version ">=v8.17.0"

Please verify the intended version.

Error cause: the given version requirement is invalid

I'm not clear on what version it's referring to as volta. is v0.8.5, yarn is 1.x and node is 12.x.

Help is very much appreciated!

[charlespierce]

Hi @stephencweiss, it looks like this is an issue with parsing the engines field in netlify-cli, which incorrectly has a v in it. It appears to have been fixed in this PR: netlify/cli#1153

I’m not sure if that change has been released yet, but if not you may need to install an older version of netlify-cli that doesn’t have that erroneous v

[stephencweiss]

Thanks @charlespierce! Looks like another volta user found / submitted a fix too - love seeing the community grow!

[charlespierce]

Definitely exciting to see it fixed by another Volta user!