Zowe CLI - Installation of the plugin OPS with npm

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• Zowe

Issue/Introduction

When trying to install the OPS plugin with npm user encounters the following : 

Error: <Zowe_home_directory>\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@broadcom\ops-for-zowe-cli\package.json: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<Zowe_home_directory>\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@broadcom\ops-for-zowe-cli\package.json'

Resolution

Run the following: 

npm view @broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli

That command should display output similar to the following. 

@broadcom/[email protected] | SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE | deps: none | versions: 34
OPS/MVS Plug-in for Zowe CLI

keywords: zowe, cli, ops, zos, zowe-cli, mainframe, plugin

dist
.tarball: https://<The_NPM_Registry_that_user _use>/@broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli/-/@broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli-5.3.3.tgz
.shasum: b2a10d821f8dbb686c4434e615f754690dd01148
.integrity: sha512-+yvycSvqRdxlhy7pKBYnJm/o0isYCGIxtrGOlwb0D38JOIiAZTwa8bpnJTTmAq437/uQKhCC+VIoJkHY3zhoRw==

dist-tags:
latest: 5.3.3                 zowe-v3-lts: 5.3.3            next: 5.0.0-next.xxxxxxx zowe-v2-lts: 4.1.2            zowe-v1-lts: 4.0.7            lts-incremental: 1.1.2

published a month ago

If you encounter errors,troubleshoot your site's access to the NPM registry which you use.

If obtain successful output from the 'npm view' command, proceed with the following actions:

1-Remove any OPS plugin directory if it exists. It is located in:

<Your_Zowe_Home_Directory_default_is_$HOME/.zowe>/plugins/installed/node_modules/@broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli

2-Remove any entry for OPS (like the one below) if it exists in

<Your_Zowe_Home_Directory>/.zowe/plugins/plugins.json

"@broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli": {
      "package": "@broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli",
      "location": "https://usw1.packages.broadcom.com/artifactory/your path"
      "version": "5.3.3"
}

3- Run the 'zowe plugins install @broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli' command again.