Salesforce CLI Setup Guide
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Where is Salesforce CLI Installed?
When troubleshooting installation problems, it's often useful to know which directories Salesforce CLI is installed in.
Run this command and search the output for the location property, which points to the global Salesforce CLI installation directory. The command works for all types of installations: installers, npm, and TAR files.
1sf plugins inspect @salesforce/cliIn this sample output, Salesforce CLI is installed in the /Users/astro/.local/share/sf/client/2.25.7-b42201f directory.
1sf plugins inspect @salesforce/cli
2└─ @salesforce/cli
3 ├─ version 2.25.7
4 ├─ homepage https://github.com/salesforcecli/cli
5 ├─ location /Users/astro/.local/share/sf/client/2.25.7-b42201f
6 ├─ commands
7 │ ├─ cmdt:generate:field
8 ...
9 └─ dependencies
10 ├─ @inquirer/select ^1.3.1 => 1.3.1
11 ...To find the directories in which the plugins are installed, set the DEBUG environment variable to sf and run the version command. For example:
1DEBUG=sf sf versionThe data property in the output contains the directory that contains the installed plugins. In this truncated sample output, plugins are installed in the /Users/astro/.local/share/sf directory.
1DEBUG=sf sf version
2 sf OS: +0ms
3 sf platform: darwin +1ms
4 sf architecture: x64 +0ms
5 sf release: 23.2.0 +0ms
6 sf shell: bash +0ms
7 sf NODE: +0ms
8 sf version: 20.10.0 +0ms
9 sf CLI: +0ms
10 sf version: 2.25.7 +0ms
11 sf channel: stable +0ms
12 sf bin: sf +0ms
13 sf data: /Users/astro/.local/share/sf +0ms
14 sf cache: /Users/astro/Library/Caches/sf +0ms
15 sf config: /Users/astro/.config/sf +0ms
16 sf ENV: +1ms
17 sf SF_BINPATH: /Users/astro/.local/share/sf/client/bin/sf +0ms
18 sf SF_REDIRECTED: 1 +0ms
19...