update-schema.ps1 dependency - unable to install node js botframework-cli, orchestrator-core not found

Question

Trying to set up a custom action that can be used from a Bot Framework Composer generated project. The update-schema.ps1 fails.

Following instructions from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZJRtyYP0hY. (Which follows one of your Microsoft tutorials).

Error running: npm i -g @microsoft/botframework-cli@latest

Orchestrator-core not found

node -v: v20.17.0

npm -v: 10.8.3

Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022. Version: 17.11.4

Answer 1

@Richard Beacroft I think this is a known limitation and pre-req for BF CLI to use Node.js version 14. See the GH page for details.

Some previous issues that confirm the same.

https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-cli/issues/1357

https://github.com/microsoft/botframework-cli/issues/1360

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