How do you install `pulumi` on cli? about pulumi-hugo HOT 4 CLOSED

Okay, I googled around and figured out you need to install with brew.

blocka-io (nojvek-store-explorer) 1m29s ✔ pulumi new javascript
warning: A new version of Pulumi is available. To upgrade from version '2.17.2' to '2.19.0', run 
   $ brew upgrade pulumi
or visit https://pulumi.com/docs/reference/install/ for manual instructions and release notes.
error: /Users/nojvek/git/blocka-io is not empty; rerun in an empty directory, pass the path to an empty directory to --dir, or use --force
blocka-io (nojvek-store-explorer) 2s ✘ brew upgrade pulumi
Warning: pulumi 2.17.2 already installed

Although the version from brew on a fresh install is old. brew upgrade pulumi doesn't work either.

Wow! this is so horribly broken. Such a frustrating first experience.

from pulumi-hugo.

Sorry for the trouble @nojvek.

brew install pulumi should be all that is required on macOS, and as noted at https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pulumi, 2.19.0 is indeed the latest version. I can't tell from what you pasted above how you installed pulumi initially.

Note that you can always just install manually without relying on Homebrew, as noted at https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/#installation-script via:

curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh

Docs say run pulumi new javascript but no mention of how to install it in first place.

This is a good callout. We try to avoid added the installation instructions for Pulumi itself to every page in the documentation to avoid too much repetition, but pages like this could benefit from cross-linking to https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/ in case users end up there before having installed the CLI. Will leave this open to track adding some cross-links to the install instructions on key pages like this one.

from pulumi-hugo.

this related to a previous convo I had with Luke and Meagan, and followed up with Christian. We should always assume for all of our tutorials that a user with zero previous experience may start on that tutorial. We could solve this by having the first step of every tutorial be a link to a page with pre-reqs or install/downlowd or similar.

from pulumi-hugo.

this page now has get started information; and we also now have download and install in the left nav so closing as fixed; but def pls let me know if you have any more feedback

from pulumi-hugo.