Upgrade cordova: cannot install plugins from git urls anymore

Question

I did a cordova/phonegap upgrade and now I cannot install plugins from git urls anymore. Anyone experienced such an issue and already solved this?

$ cordova          


        

Answer 1

Cordova 5.1.1 has a bug that can cause plugins installed from a Git repo to fail with the error "Error: EXDEV, cross-device link not permitted" if the project is on a different drive than your temp folder.

You can add plugins from npm. Or, if you must add a Git version of the plugin, you can instead download a copy, unzip it, and add the plugin from the file system by putting it in the config.xml and specifying the directory path in "spec": https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/config_ref/index.html#plugin