How do you install a plugin through the command line?

Question

I would like to install and enable plugins through the command line in a way that can be scripted, and which replicates the same steps as are taken when you install a plugin through the Craft control panel.

What commands are necessary to accomplish this?

Would this be enough?

composer require repo/plugin-name
./craft install/plugin plugin-slug

Will these two commands also install the plugin migrations, enable the plugin, and update the project.yaml file, just as if I had installed the plugin through the control panel?

Is it also necessary to run ./craft migrate/all? Or ./craft clear-caches/all?

Also, is it possible to install a specific plugin edition (e.g. Lite or Pro) through the command line?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Will these two commands also install the plugin migrations

There will be no migrations to run since it is a brand new installation.

enable the plugin, and update the project.yaml file, just as if I had installed the plugin through the control panel?

Yes to both.

Is it also necessary to run ./craft migrate/all? Or ./craft clear-caches/all?

Nope.

Also, is it possible to install a specific plugin edition (e.g. Lite or Pro) through the command line?

Not natively. If a plugin has multiple editions, it will default to whatever is listed in their getEditions() method, which is typically going to be "Lite" first.