From 15dbd5dd8b9cdc76532fcfb9aeeb282b5c2337b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Both <fabian.both@octomind.dev>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:54:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improves the update message in case of global install.

---
 src/tools/update.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/tools/update.ts b/src/tools/update.ts
index 97a1dc7..2091739 100644
--- a/src/tools/update.ts
+++ b/src/tools/update.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const update = async (): Promise<void> => {
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(pathToPackageJson)) {
     console.error(
-      "cannot find package.json, cannot update, please update manually",
+      "Cannot find package.json at ~/.local/packages. If you installed globally via npm, run: npm update -g @octomind/octomind",
     );
     process.exit(1);
   }