Lesson 9: "yarn global add hardhat-shorthand" installation does not work

[BenRai1]

Hi everyone,
I am trying to install "hardhat-shorthand" like in the course (14:15:00) and using the command
yarn global add hardhat-shorthand
does install the package (at least it looks the same as in the video).

But if I use the command hh compile in the terminal I get an error that sais:
hh: command not found
Does anyone know why that is and how to fix it?

[alymurtazamemon]

@BenRai1 Use yarn add --global hardhat-shorthand

[BenRai1]

Tryed the command and got the following error:
error Missing list of packages to add to your project.

[alymurtazamemon]

@BenRai1 This is an error when you do not specify the package name while running command and yarn said that give me the package(s) that you want.

[alymurtazamemon]

@BenRai1 try this npm install --global hardhat-shorthand

[BenRai1]

npm install --global hardhat-shorthand
worked! :) Thanks a lot

[alymurtazamemon]

@BenRai1 You can use both alternatively if one does not work. I especially use npm because most of the commands, discussions, and docs mention it. But yarn is faster.

[krakxn]

The beginner-friendly way:

yarn add --global hardhat-shorthand
or,
npm i hardhat-shorthand

Further customization instructions below:

In your package.json file, copy this:

"scripts": {
    "hh": "hardhat"
  }

Now, if you do yarn hh in the terminal, it will work the same as yarn hardhat. So, like this, you can customize in what way you want to use hh, just change the contents as per your choice.

Note: if you already have scripts, just insert the "hh": "hardhat" instead; also, insert commas wherever necessary

Hope this answers your query!

[BenRai1]

Thanks for the tip with the script. It also works :)

[krakxn]

Awesome. Best of luck with the course!