pnpm

cli/README.md

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ Please see the [Immich CLI documentation](https://immich.app/docs/features/comma
 
 Before building the CLI, you must build the immich server and the open-api client. To build the server run the following in the server folder:
 
-    $ npm install
-    $ npm run build
+    # if you don't have node installed
+    $ npm install -g pnpm 
+    $ pnpm install
+    $ pnpm run build
 
 Then, to build the open-api client run the following in the open-api folder:
 
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@ Then, to build the open-api client run the following in the open-api folder:
 
 To run the Immich CLI from source, run the following in the cli folder:
 
-    $ npm install
+    # if you don't have node installed
+    $ npm install -g pnpm 
+    $ pnpm install
     $ npm run build
     $ ts-node .
 

cli/bin/immich

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+require('../dist/index.js');

cli/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "exports": "./dist/index.js",
   "bin": {
-    "immich": "dist/index.js"
+    "immich": "./bin/immich"
   },
   "license": "GNU Affero General Public License version 3",
   "keywords": [