'keybase device add' -> error: argument "subcommand_name" invalid

[auremoser]

Context

I just contributed to an issue here #1399 but as I suspect the following issue is distinct, I moved it to a new thread. I'm trying to add a new device to my keybase account with the keybase device add command listed here in docs.

Issue

On my new machine: keybase login returns a verification code and

If you are using the command line client on your other device, run this command: keybase device add

On my old machine: keybase device add returns

keybase: error: argument "subcommand_name" Invalid choice: device...

and then proceeds to list a bunch of commands that are valid, but none relevant to adding devices

What I tried

I thought maybe because I setup my old machine early, I would try uninstalling the node version and re-installing the brew package listed in docs. So I did that, no dice. Still the same issue :(.

Anyone else having problems adding devices, or have any tips about this, I'd be so happy to hear them. Thanks!

[maxtaco]

Yeah, it seems like that's the old node version speaking on the old machine.

Can you run keybase -d version ? Thanks!

[auremoser]

Surely, yep, looks like uninstall via npm didn't work :( though it didn't through me any errors.

debug: Fallback to layout_v1 debug: + opening config file: /Users/aurelia/.keybase/config.json debug: ++ loading config file /Users/aurelia/.keybase/config.json debug: -- loaded config file -> {"user":{"name":"aure","salt":"4dee73e1afe527f8b90736cf281c6770","id":"6e4d139041933a393fc4cf683af48d00"}} debug: - opened config file; found=true debug: + testing GPG command-line client debug: | using GPG command: gpg2 debug: - tested GPG command-line client -> null debug: Setting GPG_TTY=/dev/ttys001 debug: + Load proxy CAs debug: - Loaded proxy CAs debug: + startup message debug: | CLI version: 0.7.5 debug: | Platform info: {"versions":{"http_parser":"1.0","node":"0.10.22","v8":"3.14.5.9","ares":"1.9.0-DEV","uv":"0.10.19","zlib":"1.2.3","modules":"11","openssl":"1.0.1e"},"arch":"x64","platform":"darwin","features":{"debug":false,"uv":true,"ipv6":true,"tls_npn":true,"tls_sni":true,"tls":true}} debug: | Version info: ["keybase (keybase.io CLI) v0.7.5","- node.js v0.10.22","- gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.22","- libgcrypt 1.5.3","Identifies as: 'keybase.io node.js client v0.7.5 darwin'"] debug: - startup message debug: + opening database file: /Users/aurelia/.keybase/keybase.idb debug: ++ DB::_init_db debug: -- DB::_init_db -> 0 debug: - DB opened debug: Call to gpg: { args: [ '--version' ] } keybase (keybase.io CLI) v0.7.5

• node.js v0.10.22
• gpg (GnuPG/MacGPG2) 2.0.22
• libgcrypt 1.5.3 Identifies as: 'keybase.io node.js client v0.7.5 darwin'

[maxtaco]

Well that's sad. It is an old version of node and npm, so it might be buggy. Is it possible you did an npm install as root, and it didn't have permissions to uninstall without privileges?

Thanks, and sorry for these snafus!