Updating EpicGames Freebies Claimer

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wzxjohn edited this page Sep 7, 2021 · 9 revisions

Updating EpicGames Freebies Claimer and its dependencies

As of v1.5.0, a full uninstallation and reinstallation of the required libraries and this repo are required to update.

Updating epicgames-client library

Holding the Shift key, right-click on an empty background space inside of your EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder and choose Open PowerShell window here

Inside the Powershell window, you should see the path to your EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder.
Type npm uninstall epicgames-client and press Enter.
Wait for uninstall to complete. Once finished, the PowerShell window will display your EpicGames Freebies Claimer directory again and allow you to type.
Type npm install epicgames-client@Revadike/node-epicgames-client#develop and press Enter.

Updating or reinstalling EpicGames Freebies Claimer

In your EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder, remove all files except device_auths.json and config.json
Download the latest release
Extract latest release files to EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder containing device_auths.json and config.json
If you are updating from V1.5.3 and below to V1.5.4 and above, you need to move your device_auths.json and config.json to data folder

Checking current version

Open package.json with Notepad and check "version:"

package.json