[CB-7739] document installing specific version of platforms

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.6.0
• Fix Version/s: Master
• Component/s: cordova-cli
• Assignee: Josh Soref
• Reporter: Josh Soref
• Created: 08/Oct/14 18:07
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:17
• Resolved: 07/Jan/15 15:14

Description

$ cordova platform --help

Synopsis

cordova platform <command> [options]

Manage project platforms

add <name>|<directory> [...] ...... add specified platforms
directory is a directory containing a platform
name of platform to be retrieved from npm registry
--usegit ...................... retrieve from git instead of npm registry

remove <platform> [...] ........... remove specified platforms

list .............................. list all installed and available platforms
update <platform> ................. update the version of Cordova used for a specific
platform; use after updating the CLI.
--usegit ...................... retrieve platform from git instead of npm registry
check ............................. list platforms which can be updated by `cordova platform update`

aliases:
platforms -> platform
rm -> remove
ls -> list

You can do:

cordova platform add android@3.6

or

cordova platform add ~/cordova-android

or

cordova platform add https://github.com/apache/cordova-android

– <some syntax that I don't know>