ERROR: Too many arguments: quarto-ext/grouped-tabsets

Question

I'm trying to install a quarto extension on ubuntu but getting the following error:

$ quarto install extension quarto-ext/grouped-tabsets
ERROR: Too many arguments: quarto-ext/grouped-tabsets

Interestingly I can't find the install argument:

$ quarto -h
  Usage:   quarto 
  Version: 0.9.522
                  
  Description:
    Quarto CLI
  Options:
    -h, --help     - Show this help.                            
    -V, --version  - Show the version number for this program.  
  Commands:
    render          [input] [args...]   - Render input file(s) to various document types.   
    preview         [file] [args...]    - Render and preview a document or website project. 
    serve           [input]             - Serve a Shiny interactive document.               
    create-project  [dir]               - Create a project for rendering multiple documents 
    convert         <input>             - Convert documents to alternate representations.   
    pandoc          [args...]           - Run the version of Pandoc embedded within Quarto. 
    run             [script] [args...]  - Run a TypeScript, R, Python, or Lua script.       
    tools           <command> [tool]    - Installation and update of ancillary tools.       
    check           [target]            - Verify correct functioning of Quarto installation.
    help            [command]           - Show this help or the help of a sub-command.

but I can't find any other alternative to install extensions via the quarto commandline tool. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Answer 1

The documentation indicates that You need Quarto v1.0.15 or greater to install extensions.

You can find the latest stable version here.

Alternatively, to install the dev version on Ubuntu/Mac, you should remove your current installation and then run:

git clone https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli
cd quarto-cli
./configure.sh

On Windows this would be:

git clone https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli
cd quarto-cli
./configure.cmd

If you have already installed the dev version in the past you can update it simply by navigating to the parent folder and running:

cd quarto-cli
git pull