Install extension error: 'Newer version exists', but I can't see it

Darkos

I am trying to install an extension on a development database, when I get the error "Cannot install the extension {name} by {company} {version} because a newer version was already installed."

I uninstalled / unpublished the versions I found with Get-NAVAppInfo (non was higher than what I was installing).
I tried to both publish and install with both VSCode and just powershell - same result.

I have also raised the version number a couple of times. It shows the updated version number in 'Extension Management', but installation still not allowed.
Running multitenant...

I made a cronus database (without multitenant), copied the objects from my development base and published/installed the extension on the cronus. This works as expected!

Any ideas, that won't throw away the data?
BC130.28871

Spy

Hi Darkos,

I just jump into this issue.
Simply produce a new GUID and replace the id in the app.json.

Using SQL query : SELECT NEWID()

kylehardin

Uninstall and unpublish both allow you specify an exact version and tenant. I suspect you have the extension installed at a tenant level you don't expect - either default or a specific one, and you just haven't been able to get the uninstall and unpublish to remove it. Make liberal use of the -version and -tenant parameters.

p.s. Do NOT generate a new GUID as the previous response suggests.

SilverX

Newer versions are mentioning installations on another tenant and suggest to restart NST.

Can the error be right? The data version matters. Get-NavAppInfo - tenant xxx - tenantspecificproperties contains the data version. Probably raising the version can do.

kylehardin

You can get a complete list of tenants with Get-NAVTenant. You can pipe that into a foreach loop and then see versions for the installed applications with Get-NAVAppInto.

$ServerInstance = 'BCProd'
Get-NAVTenant -ServerInstance $ServerInstance | ForEach-Object {
$tenant = $_.Id
write-host $tenant
Get-NAVAppInfo -ServerInstance $ServerInstance -Tenant $tenant
}

Darkos

I am so sorry. This was such an old question, and I never got back to your answers.
I'm thankful for your suggestions, and I'm sure at the time I found a solution (and should have updated my thread)....

Trying to recall what happened, but it is long gone from memory
Very sure I kept my guid, since I like my data to stay in the extension!