I was testing some CF stuff with a server installed via commandbox. I used cffeed and got an error. The error very clearly said that the package for cffeed wasn't installed, and I should run this command (cfp or some such) and add feed. I did that. It worked. I thought - cool - surely I have to restart, but let me try a quick reload of the page... and bam. it worked. this is just to say - damn nice job.

Relates to ACF moving to a package managed platform so you dont have a heavy base install: https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/using/coldfusion-package-manager.html

i had heard of that, and had installed packages via the admin. this was the first time i saw the error msg clearly point it out

yea easy to do in CLI or Admin UI.

what i REALLY liked was the error gave me the full path to the cli. i hate having to hunt down where commandbox puts stuff

haha commandbox rocks!

its been problematic for me on WSL - but -in general - yes

You don't need to know where CommandBox puts it

that assumes running box i assume. i dont 'run' box usually, just box server start. but nice to know. as i said, i appreciated the error msg including the ufll path to the cli

Well, I mean it's the same

box cfpm install feeds

cool. again though - Adobe folks (which i guess is me too) - great job

I would suggest you doing this via a server.json file so it is repeatable and anyone you share you codebase with doesn't have to think about what dependencies you have.

{
  "app": {
    "cfengine": "adobe@2021"
  },
  "name": "MYAPPNAME",
  "scripts": {
    "onServerInstall": "cfpm install chart,sqlserver,mail,zip,pdf"
  }
}

done - im fixing to test on a new machine so, this will help

@Michael Schmidt I recommend using

onServerInitialInstall

instead.

onServerInstall

runs on every start, but initial install only runs the first time a fresh CF home is downloaded and unpacked which happens on first start and any updates to a new version. The one you showed will surely work, it's just a bit of unnecessary delay on every start.

Thank you @bdw429s I will change my code bases as I get to them...