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Jon Rista commented on CB-13768:
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I have experienced this issue as well. This is also for a package we do not directly depend on, but which appears to be a dependency of one of our direct dependencies (so we cannot remove it, and we have no control over where it comes from):

 

```→ cordova plugin add git+https://github.com/guyromb/Cordova-open-native-settings.git
Error: Failed to fetch plugin git+https://github.com/guyromb/Cordova-open-native-settings.git via registry.
Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
Failed to get absolute path to installed module```

 

This has left us dead in the water for our android builds. 

> cordova-fetch is unable to install from url or file system using package.json
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-13768
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13768
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Bug
>            Reporter: Andrew Crites
>            Priority: Critical
>
> This is a big issue in cordova@8 since you can't opt out of cordova-fetch. Using a url such as `github.com` or the file system for a plugin doesn't work with package.json. It still works using config.xml:
> {code}
>     <plugin name="cordova-plugin-repo" spec="https://github.com/user/cordova-plugin-repo#specific-branch" />
>     <plugin name="local-plugin" spec="src/local-plugin" />
> {code}
> This works when running {{cordova platform add}}. However, if you do not use {{--nosave}} this will update package.json dependencies:
> {code}
>     "cordova-plugin-repo": "git+https://github.com/user/cordova-plugin-repo#branch",
>     "local-plugin": "file:src/local-plugin",
> {code}
> If you try to install with package.json like this, you'll get errors for these packages:
> {code}
> Failed to restore plugin "cordova-plugin-repo" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: Failed to fetch plugin https://github.com/user/cordova-plugin-repo#branch via registry.
> Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.                                                                                                                     Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.
> TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "url" argument must be of type string. Received type undefined
> Discovered plugin "local-plugin" in config.xml. Adding it to the project
> Failed to restore plugin "local-plugin" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: Failed to fetch plugin file:src/local-plugin via registry.
> Probably this is either a connection problem, or plugin spec is incorrect.
> Check your connection and plugin name/version/URL.                                                                                                                                             Failed to get absolute path to installed module
> {code}



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