Installation not recognized as valid

[pipe01]

I installed Discord at .config/discord/ but the bdcli isn't discovering it, and specifying the path manually doesn't work either. It has the following files:

drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe   20 May  5 00:20  1.0.136/
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe  574 May  5 00:20  app-1.0.136/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   72 May  5 00:31  blob_storage/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   20 Jan 21  2025  Cache/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   12 Jan 21  2025 'Code Cache'/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe  154 Nov 27 21:38  component_crx_cache/
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe  28K May  5 00:32  Cookies
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe    0 May  5 00:32  Cookies-journal
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe  102 Jan 21  2025  Crashpad/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   58 May  5 00:31  DawnGraphiteCache/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   58 May  5 00:31  DawnWebGPUCache/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   86 Apr 14  2025  Dictionaries/
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe  36K May  5 00:32  DIPS
lrwxrwxrwx 1 pipe pipe   50 May  5 00:20  Discord -> /var/home/pipe/.config/discord/app-1.0.136/Discord*
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe   16 Feb 26 16:11  discord_asset_cache/
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe    0 Jan 21  2025  domainMigrated
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   58 May  5 00:31  GPUCache/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   74 Sep  3  2025  IndexedDB/
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 136K May  5 00:31  installer.db
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe  430 Feb 26 00:09 'Local State'
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   14 Jan 21  2025 'Local Storage'/
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe  356 May  5 00:31  logs/
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe   70 Apr 28 19:49  module_data/
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe 8.4K May  5 00:32 'Network Persistent State'
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe 2.3K May  5 00:32  Preferences
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe   34 May  5 00:31  quotes.json
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe   36 Jan 21  2025  sentry/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   24 Mar 28  2025 'Service Worker'/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe  192 May  5 00:31 'Session Storage'/
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe  522 May  5 00:32  settings.json
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   34 Jan 21  2025 'Shared Dictionary'/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe  108 May  1 15:59  shared_proto_db/
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe 4.0K Jan 21  2025  SharedStorage
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe    0 May  5 00:22  SharedStorage-wal
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe  69K May  5 00:32  TransportSecurity
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe  36K Jun 23  2025 'Trust Tokens'
-rw------- 1 pipe pipe    0 Jun 23  2025 'Trust Tokens-journal'
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   28 May  1 15:59  VideoDecodeStats/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   68 Apr  8 18:58  WebStorage/
drwx------ 1 pipe pipe   96 Feb 15 22:28  WidevineCdm/

It seems like the folder app-1.0.136 is the right one, as it has the following contents:

-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 164K May  4 20:00 chrome_100_percent.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 254K May  4 20:00 chrome_200_percent.pak
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe 1.5M May  4 20:00 chrome_crashpad_handler*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe  15K May  4 20:00 chrome-sandbox*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe 181M May  4 20:00 Discord*
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 6.9K May  4 20:00 discord.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe  10M May  4 20:00 icudtl.dat
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 247K May  4 19:59 libEGL.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 2.1M May  4 20:00 libffmpeg.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 6.2M May  4 19:59 libGLESv2.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 4.6M May  4 20:00 libvk_swiftshader.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 600K May  4 20:00 libvulkan.so.1
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe  706 May  5 00:20 locales/
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe  302 May  5 00:21 modules/
drwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe   64 May  5 00:20 resources/
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 5.8M May  4 20:00 resources.pak
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 333K May  4 20:00 snapshot_blob.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 pipe pipe 5.6M May  4 19:59 updater.node*
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe 702K May  4 19:59 v8_context_snapshot.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 pipe pipe  107 May  4 20:00 vk_swiftshader_icd.json

However, bdcli fails to recognize it as valid because the version regex doesn't cover this case. Maybe the regex should be modified to fit it?

[zerebos]

The version regex intentionally ignored folders like that because Discord is currently experimenting with a new updater and BetterDiscord is not yet ready to work with it. It's inconsistent across platforms. Some linux and mac devices have it while others don't

[ransagy]

Not sure if quite the same issue or merits a new one but; Installing discord stable via winget doesn't get detected as a valid install in bdcli. My install path is at C:\Users\USERHERE\AppData\Local\Discord\ seemingly, with the expected app-x.y.z folders.

[zerebos]

That sounds like a separate issue, please open a separate one.

[zerebos]

@pipe01 can you try forcing the install by providing a path? bdcli install --path ~/.config/discord/app-1.0.136/modules or similar?

[pipe01]

@zerebos doesn't work either unfortunately

[c1oudychan]

@zerebos i know im not pipe01, but it doesnt work either

[eslym]

$ bdcli install -p ~/.config/discord/app-1.0.137/modules/discord_desktop_core-1/discord_desktop_core/ -c stable
Error: --path and --channel are mutually exclusive
Usage:
  bdcli install [flags]

Aliases:
  install, reinstall

Flags:
  -c, --channel string   Discord release channel (stable|ptb|canary) (default "stable")
  -h, --help             help for install
  -p, --path string      Path to a Discord installation

Global Flags:
      --silent   Suppress non-error output

--path and --channel are mutually exclusive

unlike the gui installer, you can't specify the correct path manually to install and bdcli expected the path given by user matched in the discovered list of paths

cli/cmd/install.go

Line 39 in a933d31

install = discord.ResolvePath(pathFlag)

cli/internal/discord/paths.go

Line 78 in a933d31

index := slices.IndexFunc(allDiscordInstalls[channel], func(d *DiscordInstall) bool { return d.CorePath == proposed })

this behavior made bdcli way less useful, because i can't wrap it with bash script when built-in resolution fails

maybe add a --force option which make -p and -c not mutually exclusive or have a better path validation like test for the package.json?

to be clear, the --force i proposed is not skip all validation, it can only be used when both -p and -c specified, like what the gui installer does, or maybe a better name like --manual

[zerebos]

No, they should stay mutually exclusive, if a path is valid it should not matter the release channel. The release channel only acts as a helper for auto path detection.

[eslym]

@zerebos understood, thanks for clarifying.

In that case, I think the remaining issue is that --path needs better validation / support for manually provided paths. This is related to the current issue.

Should I open a new issue for that?

[zerebos]

Sure please do

[Extra-Citron-7630]

I am having the same issue, I install discord and bdcli via homebrew and everything was working fine but now it is not able to detect the installation. I even uninstalled discord and reinstalled it and after it ran the first time, getting the same error

bdcli install -c stable
Error: could not find a valid stable installation to install to