Bug report: Error when running 'yo teams' (requirer 3.0.0 but I have 3.1.1)

[adambu]

Description

I installed all the prereqs found at https://github.com/pnp/generator-teams/blob/master/docs/docs/user-guide/setup-machine.md, but when I run 'yo teams' I get this:

This generator (teams:app) requires yeoman-environment at least 3.0.0, current version is 2.10.3, try reinstalling latest version of 'yo' or use '--ignore-version-check' option

Here's my "npm -g outdated" output:

Package Current Wanted Latest Location @microsoft/generator-sharepoint 1.11.0 1.11.0 1.13.1 create-react-app 3.3.0 3.3.0 5.0.0 ejs-lint 1.1.0 1.1.0 1.2.1 nodemon 2.0.3 2.0.3 2.0.15 yo 3.1.1 3.1.1 4.3.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Follow the steps at https://github.com/pnp/generator-teams/blob/master/docs/docs/user-guide/setup-machine.md
2. Run 'yo teams'

Expected results

Teams generator should run.

Actual results

Error

This generator (teams:app) requires yeoman-environment at least 3.0.0, current version is 2.10.3, try reinstalling latest version of 'yo' or use '--ignore-version-check' option

Project you experience issues with

generator-teams

generator version

3.5.0

build tools version

1.5.0

nodejs version

v16.14.0

npm version

v10.13.0

Operating system (environment)

Windows

Additional Info

When I try the suggested --ignore-version-check option, I get 'Maximum callstack size exceeded'

[wictorwilen]

Thanks @adambu for reporting this. As you can see in your npm -g outdated results, you have version 3.1.1 of yo, and the latest version of yo is 4.3.3, and this is likely your issue. Please update the global version of yo, to the latest version.

[RickVanRousselt]

Updated the documentation to include the following on the setup machine page

If you get this error:

This generator (teams:app) requires yeoman-environment at least 3.0.0, current version is 2.10.3, try reinstalling latest version of 'yo' or use '--ignore-version-check' option

and you run npm -g outdated you will notice that you are not running the latest version of the yeoman generator. You need to update your global package of yo using npm install yo@latest -g. To update to the latest version of the gulp CLI use npm install gulp-cli@latest -g

@adambu Let us know if this solution works?

[adambu]

Thank @wictorwilen and @RickVanRousselt. Yes, it did work! I guess I should have tried that, but the error is, of course, misleading. @RickVanRoussel. Can you mention which exact documentation you updated? And on the subject of documentation, please note that the two links at the top of https://github.com/pnp/generator-teams/blob/master/docs/docs/tutorials/build-your-first-microsoft-teams-app.md, including the one to "all the prerequisites" are broken. <>

[stephanbisser]

Links are working as expected and issue should be resolved, therefore closing this.