# Installing the sample plug-in
Before you begin, set up your local environment to install a plug-in.
# Overview
This tutorial covers installing and running this bundled Zowe™ CLI plugin as-is (without modification), which will display your current directory contents.
The plug-in adds a command to the CLI that lists the contents of a directory on your computer.
# Installing the sample plug-in to Zowe CLI
To begin, cd
into your zowe-tutorial
folder.
Issue the following commands to install the sample plug-in to Zowe CLI:
zowe plugins install ./zowe-cli-sample-plugin
# Viewing the installed plug-in
Issue zowe --help
in the command line to return information for the installed zowe-cli-sample
command group:
# Using the installed plug-in
To use the plug-in functionality, issue: zowe zowe-cli-sample list directory-contents
:
# Testing the installed plug-in
To run automated tests against the plug-in, cd
into your zowe-tutorial/zowe-cli-sample-plugin
folder.
Issue the following command:
npm run test
# Next steps
You successfully installed a plug-in to Zowe CLI! Next, try the Extending a plug-in tutorial to learn about developing new commands for this plug-in.