alfy-init failed if using volta as a toolchain manager.

[IsLand-x]

For detailed information, please refer to: bchatard/alfred-jetbrains#276

[wilsonyiyi]

On this day in 2024, I also ran into this issue. I suspect the problem is caused by Volta, but I still want to use Volta. My temporary solution is to manually modify the symlink. Here, I’ll use the scenario where npm install --global alfred-npms doesn’t work as an example.

After running npm install --global alfred-npms, a symlink for alfred-npms is created in the Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows directory. However, the symlink points to an incorrect location, which doesn’t exist. The actual installation location of alfred-npms is /Users/xxx/.volta/tools/image/packages/alfred-npms/lib/node_modules/alfred-npms. So, you just need to manually adjust the symlink to temporarily resolve the issue.

Here are the steps to resolve the issue:

1. Navigate to the Alfred.alfredpreferences/workflows directory and delete the incorrect symlink using:
   rm alfred-npms
2. Create a new symlink pointing to the correct location:
   ln -s /Users/xxx/.volta/tools/image/packages/alfred-npms/lib/node_modules/alfred-npms alfred-npms
3. Go back to the Alfred workflows, and you should now see the alfred-npms workflow available.

[LitoMore]

It looks like Volta uses a temporary path when executing, we could tweak aflred-link for Volta, but not sure if it's worth it as Volta could change in this regard at any time.