remote-term 0.1.3 → 0.1.5

package/bin/remote-term

@@ -7,16 +7,23 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
 const binaryName = isWindows ? "remote-term-binary.exe" : "remote-term-binary";
 const binaryPath = path.join(__dirname, binaryName);
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(binaryPath)) {
-  console.error("Error: remote-term binary not found. Try reinstalling: npm i -g remote-term");
+  // Show version from package.json even if binary is missing
+  if (args.includes("--version") || args.includes("-v")) {
+    const pkg = require("../package.json");
+    console.log(`remote-term v${pkg.version} (binary not installed)`);
+    console.error("Binary missing. Reinstall: npm i -g remote-term");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  console.error("Error: remote-term binary not found.");
+  console.error("Try reinstalling: npm i -g remote-term");
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
 try {
-  const result = execFileSync(binaryPath, process.argv.slice(2), {
-    stdio: "inherit",
-  });
+  execFileSync(binaryPath, args, { stdio: "inherit" });
 } catch (err) {
   process.exit(err.status || 1);
 }

package/install.js

@@ -63,10 +63,27 @@ async function main() {
   const outputName = isWindows ? "remote-term-binary.exe" : "remote-term-binary";
   const outputPath = path.join(binDir, outputName);
 
+  // Remove old binary before downloading new one (clean upgrade)
+  try {
+    fs.unlinkSync(outputPath);
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Ignore if doesn't exist
+  }
+
   console.log(`Downloading remote-term v${VERSION} for ${process.platform}-${process.arch}...`);
 
   try {
     const data = await download(url);
+
+    // Validate binary is not empty or an HTML error page
+    if (data.length < 1024) {
+      throw new Error(`Downloaded file too small (${data.length} bytes) — likely not a valid binary`);
+    }
+    const header = data.slice(0, 16).toString("utf8");
+    if (header.includes("<html") || header.includes("<!DOCTYPE")) {
+      throw new Error("Downloaded an HTML page instead of a binary — release may not exist yet");
+    }
+
     fs.mkdirSync(binDir, { recursive: true });
     fs.writeFileSync(outputPath, data);
 
@@ -76,7 +93,8 @@ async function main() {
 
     console.log(`Installed remote-term v${VERSION} to ${outputPath}`);
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error(`Failed to download remote-term: ${err.message}`);
+    console.error(`\n*** Failed to install remote-term v${VERSION} ***`);
+    console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
     console.error(`\nManual install:`);
     console.error(`  Download: ${url}`);
     console.error(`  Place in: ${binDir}`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "remote-term",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.5",
   "description": "Remote terminal access via Telegram or browser WebUI. Full PTY support for interactive programs like Claude Code, Python REPL, vim.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {