I just installed Firebase. NPM was previously installed and works. Node too. If I want to use Firebase in terminal, the command is not found. Firebase has been installed in the AppData/... folder. What can I do?
I suspect you are confusing the 'firebase' package for the 'firebase-tools' package. The 'firebase-tools' package is what allows you to run firebase commands in your terminal. You can install the firebase-tools package by running npm install -g firebase-tools
Check out more details about the 'firebase-tools' package here.
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I'm trying to build an app with Firebase and ran a few commands to see which version I have. To follow along with a 2021 instruction video, I was hoping to have Firebase v9. Depending on the command that I run, I somehow have versions 8 and 11. If I have these two versions, which one is actually being used? What is the difference between seemingly having an npm firebase and non-npm firebase installed?
armadillo#armadillo-MacBook-Air my-app % npm firebase --version
8.11.0
armadillo#armadillo-MacBook-Air my-app % firebase -V
11.2.2
If you're trying to work with the Firebase CLI, you should be looking at the firebase-tools npm package, not firebase. They are definitely not the same thing.
npm firebase-tools --version
I suggest reviewing the documentation as well.
As covered by #Doug's answer, the firebase command is defined by the firebase-tools npm package (or by https://firebase.tools if installed that way) not the firebase package, which does not define any command line utilities.
Additionally, npm --version returns the version of npm you have installed. This includes if you add the name of a package there. (i.e. npm thisCouldBeAnythingNotANPMCommand --version will return the same result)
If you want to view the version of a deployed package, you would use one of the following commands to query NPM's database:
npm view firebase version (view package's "version" field)
npm v firebase version (view package's "version" field, using shorthand)
npm view firebase (get all available package information)
If you want to view the version of a package installed in your project or globally, you would use:
npm ls firebase (local install)
npm ls -g firebase-tools (global install)
If you want to view the where the npm-installed commands are, you would use:
npm bin (local install)
npm bin -g (global install)
For the firebase command, the firebase/firebase.cmd/firebase.ps1 files all point to <global bin directory>/node_modules/firebase-tools/lib/bin/firebase.js.
Compare the results of:
> npm v firebase version
9.9.0
> npm ls firebase
`-- firebase#9.0.0-beta.6 (an old project directory for another SO answer)
> npm v firebase-tools version
11.2.2
> npm ls -g firebase-tools
`-- firebase-tools#9.21.0 (updated since :D)
> npm --version
6.4.12
> npm firebase --version
6.4.12
> npm v npm version
8.14.0 (updated since :D)
I have Cloud functions project and i moved the project from my old laptop to my new laptop.
I have installed everything that necessary. My problem is when i try firebase deploy it gives me that error:
! functions: package.json indicates an outdated version of firebase-functions.
Please upgrade using npm install --save firebase-functions#latest in your functions directory.
I did that i have been told, but still it gives me the same error.
What should i do? And how i direct the npm install to my functions directory?
You need to run sudo npm install --save firebase-functions#latest in your functions directory. Cannot be in any other directory.
In Flutter this will be in
/path_to_your_flutter_project/functions
Hope this helped someone
I had the same problem.
You just need to run npm install -g firebase-tools
npm install -g firebase-tools
/usr/local/bin/firebase -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/firebase-tools/lib/bin/firebase.js
+ firebase-tools#7.0.0
That fixed my problem.
Update firebase-admin and make sure your root package.json file points to your functions folder
I cannot, as the title suggests, upgrade or in any way remove the current version of firebase off my system and I don't understand why. I installed it using the firebase commands prompted when you first start a project, something in line with npm install -g firebase-tools. After I've installed other packages to go along with it and I've upgraded the packages accordingly.
Now I want to remove the package I just do not understand how to do it. I've run
npm uninstall -g firebase-tools
npm uninstall -g firebase-admin
npm uninstall -g firebase-functions
npm uninstall -g firebase*
...and many other variations. After a while of trying I just figured I'll check what packages may still be left.
npm ls | grep firebase
Shows no firebase packages are still installed, however, running any firebase command will still work perfectly. Running firebase --version I get 3.15.4. I've also, just as a Hail Mary, tried running apt remove --purge firebase*
Further digging I figured that maybe the npm ls command was off, so I tried reinstalling all firebase packages. I ran it again and there they were, however* firebase was now at version 4.12.1. Running firebase --version still produce 3.15.4.
I'm really lost at this point. All help articles relating to uninstalling firebase leads to either how to delete projects or databases or to npm's how to uninstall a package website.
Sincerely.
You can't delete it, because you need to remove entire folder. This worked for me when I ran into the same problem:
which firebase
This locates the folder where firebase is (in Mac case it's /usr/local/bin/firebase) and then you do:
rm /usr/local/bin/firebase
Now do firebase -V and you'll get Command firebase not found. And now you can install back firebase with the real latest actual version:
npm i -g firebase-tools#latest
However, if you run firebase it will still give you Command firebase not found for what you can do this:
alias firebase="`npm config get prefix`/bin/firebase"
Worked for me with almost exactly the same problem.
Hope this helps you too!
functions: Cannot start emulator. Error: Cannot find module '#google-cloud/functions-emulator/src/config'
This is the error message I get when I try to run functions locally on Mac. My Firebase version is 3.16.0. I tried doing sudo npm install -g #google-cloud/functions-emulator as well. But still no use. Please help.
Solution is:
yarn global add firebase-tools
yarn global add #google-cloud/functions-emulator --ignore-engines
Working Solution!(OSX) None of the above worked for me. After a long struggle, I found the following solution.
cd my_project/functions
npm install #google-cloud/functions-emulator
Copy #google-cloud/functions-emulator folder generated inside node_modules.
cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/#google-cloud && open .
Paste the functions-emulator folder here.
In your project's root directory, copy package.json inside functions/node_modules/#google-cloud/functions-emulator
cd /usr/local/lib && open .
Paste the package.json here.
npm install
Hurray! You are good to go. Now go back to your project's root directory and run.
sudo firebase serve --only hosting,functions
And the emulator should start normally.
Note: Do not run sudo npm install -g #google-cloud/functions-emulator since the files will be removed and reinstalled. This is where the installation fails and emulator fails to run.
Hope this helps!
The following worked for me.
npm uninstall -g firebase-tools && npm i -g firebase-tools
npm i --save #google-cloud/firestore
npm i --save #google-cloud/common-grpc
npm i -g #google-cloud/functions-emulator
npm i --save firebase-functions
current package.json snippet
"dependencies": {
"#google-cloud/common-grpc": "^0.5.3",
"#google-cloud/firestore": "^0.11.1",
"firebase-functions": "^0.8.1",
"firebase-admin": "5.8.1"
}
My system: Ubuntu 16.04.3
I had the same problem and the reason is that "#google-cloud/functions-emulator" is not installed in the 'npm global packages folder'.
In my case it happened because I installed firebase-tools globally using yarn, and I used it because when installing firebase-tools globally using npm I was getting an folder access error, which did not happen with yarn.
What I did to solve the problem was to follow these simple instruction from npm website to use a different folder for npm global packages (https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions).
Then I installed again with 'npm install -g firebase-tools' (without sudo) and it worked perfectly.
I had the same problem, using Ubuntu 17.10.
Note: You do not need to, and should not, use sudo for the installation.
I resolved this by performing the following:
Uninstall any previously attempted installed of the functions emulator.
npm uninstall -g #google-cloud/functions-emulator
and to make sure:
yarn global remove #google-cloud/functions-emulator
Delete all files in ~/.config/configstore/#google-cloud/functions-emulator. Note that there are some hidden files in this directory.
rm -rf ~/.config/configstore/#google-cloud/functions-emulator
Install nvm (node version manager) by following the instructions here:
https://github.com/creationix/nvm#install-script
Use nvm to install a specific version of node - at the time of writing, the Google Cloud Function Emulator (version 1.0.0-alpha.29) specifically requires 6.11.5.
nvm install 6.11.5
Install the Google Cloud Platform SDK:
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/
Reinstall the functions emulator:
npm install -g #google-cloud/functions-emulator
Start the emulator to verify installation has succeeded:
functions start
IMPORTANT: Subsequently, when attempting to create a function that can be tested locally or deployed to Google Cloud, you should use the firebase init functions command within your project, and allow this to install dependencies via npm. A walkthrough of creating a test function with Firebase can be found here:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/get-started
i am windows user and trying to update firebase version using
npm install -g firebase-tools but when i run firebase --version
it shows the same version.
I also run npm uninstall firebase --save and check firebase --version it shows same.
what should i do to update my firebase version?
npm update -g firebase-tools
or
npm install -g firebase-tools#3.12.0 to install a specific version
And make sure to restart your terminal/IDE otherwise, it won't take effect.
Have you tried npm update -g firebase-tools? This worked for me.
These days if you're on an older version, and you check the version of firebase-tools, by running:
firebase -V
along with the version of firebase-tools that you're on, it also gives you a messages, something like this:
So you can basically run npm i -g firebase-tools to update the version of your firebase-tools installation to the latest version.
Hope this helps :)
For other like me stumbling in with a weird version mismatch:
When I did firebase -V in my terminal I would get a different version (5.1.1) than when I ran firebase through a npm run script (3.19.3)
The problem was that I had previously installed firebase locally into that project. In other words, I was getting the global version in the terminal, but npm was using the node_modules version
To confirm this, I added a simple test called test-foo to my package.json (firebase -V && which firebase) and ran it:
kuzyn(λ)matebox‡ npm run test-foo
kuzyn-project#1.1.0 test-foo /home/kuzyn/code/kuzyn-project/firebase
firebase -V && which firebase
3.19.3
/home/kuzyn/code/kuzyn-project/firebase/node_modules/.bin/firebase
Then I removed the (uneeded in my case) local firebase package from the package.json and from node_modules
Try the 2 steps bellow
1. yarn/npm cache clean
2. npm install -g firebase firebase-tools or yarn add -g firebase firebase-tools
in a new terminal, firebse --version
works for me
it works to me...
standalone binary: Download the new version, then replace it on your system
if you are using the standalone.Download the new version
In my case I was using an old node version (v10) and had to switch to a newer one (v12). After that I ran npm install -g firebase-tools again and it was updated to the latest version.
You can check the current node version by running node -v. And I use nvm to switch to a different node version.
That might happen in case you've installed the firebase-cli using a so called automatic install script.
Try to call curl -sL https://firebase.tools | upgrade=true bash as described in the official documentation