Clarify behavior of steampipe mod install and plugin v/s mod dependencies

[johnsmyth]

It is not clear in the docs that steampipe mod install will install mod dependencies but not plugins:

https://steampipe.slack.com/archives/C01UECB59A7/p1690208467924439

Hi folks, when I install a mod by using steampipe mod install (the working directory contains 
a mod.sp), it doesn't install the required plugins and returns error like Error: could not find 
plugin which satisfies requirement '[email protected]' , I thought it should install the required 
plugins as well per https://steampipe.io/docs/reference/cli/mod Install all mods specified in 
the mod.sp and their dependencies , will this behavior be updated in the future? (edited) 


John Smyth
steampipe mod install should install any mod dependencies, but it will not install plugins.  
This is by design, as the database layer (db and plugins) is decoupled from the \client/execution layer (mods).  
You may have many mods / mod directories that share a \database instance, and you can run a given mod against 
different database instances.