Helm: plugins dir is not created automatically
I recently installed helm 2.4.2 and right away tried to install a plugin:
$ helm plugin list
NAME VERSION DESCRIPTION
$ helm plugin install https://github.com/technosophos/helm-github
Error: symlink /Users/sgoings/.helm/cache/plugins/https-github.com-technosophos-helm-github /Users/sgoings/.helm/plugins/helm-github: no such file or directory
$ mkdir -p ~/.helm/plugins
$ helm plugin install https://github.com/technosophos/helm-github
Installed plugin: github
$ helm plugin list
NAME VERSION DESCRIPTION
github 0.1.0 This plugin provides GitHub services to Helm.
Could the error message on missing directory be changed to something like:
"Ensure you run helm init [--client-only] before you attempt to install plugins."
or even better: just create this directory automatically?
sgoings
All 3 comments
From client 2.9.1 (osx) I encountered a similar error that brought me here. It said there was no $HELM_HOME defined. I manually ran mkdir -p ~/.helm/plugins, after which I was able to install plugins.
elwaxoro
on 31 Jul 2018
👍5
@elwaxoro you can also run helm init --client-only to create the plugin directories. :)
bacongobbler
on 31 Jul 2018
👍15
issue still exists with v2.16.1 on macos 🤔
blop
on 8 Jan 2020
👍4
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@elwaxoro you can also run
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