Cannot Install Appcelerator CLI or SDK

Question

I am trying to install Appcelerator CLI and SDK, but I get errors all the time. I´m using Windows. When I do npm install appcelerator -g , in cmd, (run as admin) I get:

npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated uuid@3.4.0: Please upgrade  to version 7 or higher.  Older versions may use Math.random() in certain circumstances, which is known to be problematic.  See https://v8.dev/blog/math-random for details.
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142

changed 122 packages, and audited 123 packages in 9s

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2 high severity vulnerabilities

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And, when I run appc , in cmd (run as admin) I get program.allowUnknownOption is not a function .

When I install the extension in VSCode, as detailed on VSCode official marketplace and Titanium WebSite, and the click "Install Tooling", this Titanium SDK Titanium Updates: Installing Titanium SDK: 10.1.1.GA (1/1) simply doesn´t install.

Please, someone help me install the CLI and the Titanium SDK. (I know I have to use it in VSCode).

Answer 1

Since you didn't mention your nodejs version (sounds like a wrong one, use nodejs 14 to be safe) do the following steps as mentioned on https://github.com/m1ga/from_zero_to_app/blob/master/installation.md#quick-install

I've updated a existing setup but i wasn't using it for a longer time so it is the same as a new install:

• update/install the CLI (admin command prompt): npm i -g titanium alloy appcelerator
• enable "dev mode" in Windows in the security settings to run node scripts
• ti sdk install 10.1.1.GA to have the latest SDK
• download OpenJDK from https://jdk.java.net/archive (11.0.2)
• extract the ZIP to eg c:\programms\java\jdk-11.0.2
• set system JAVA_HOME variable to the same folder
• restart command prompt

That said: please make sure to start use the ti cli instead of appc . You can enable the open source version in the VSCode package.

Here is a tutorial which steps you'll need to do when switching the CLI: https://github.com/m1ga/from_zero_to_app/blob/master/appc_to_ti.md